Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Girls have got on through sleeping with a director , although usually they gain little more than temporary advantage . |
| 2 | A lot of women put her down for working with a man , especially one like Francis , camp as Christmas in Tangiers , a slow fuse of lasciviousness smouldered in every phrase . |
| 3 | Zelma , bless her , who has always regarded her son-in-law as a sort of concierge who somehow manages to throw up the odd masterpiece in between sitting at a desk , gazing uselessly out of the window and making endless messes in her kitchen with his coffee dregs and fag ash , had been popping into the study at fairly regular intervals , with unspecific enquiries . |
| 4 | A child has been brought in after choking on a plum stone . ’ |
| 5 | It is as if , for these youngsters , the space they share on the North Bank is a way of magically retrieving the sense of group solidarity and identification that once went along with living in a traditional working-class neighbourhood . |
| 6 | Sam Yaeger spent Monday at the boatyard because he 'd been medically stood down from racing as a result of a fall , but by Tuesday he was racing again , and on Wednesday he rode at Ascot , so the boathouse was vulnerable all day Tuesday and again Wednesday morning . ’ |
| 7 | I 'd only just come in from seeing to a sick sow — I 'm a pig farmer ; Mrs Langton here at Broom House knows me well . ’ |
| 8 | But the floor was wet and I slid along before colliding with a slab of sprats , cod and ice which showered over me . |
| 9 | She always knocked and then walked in without waiting for a response . |
| 10 | STUNNING pop singer Sophie B. Hawkins was upset when she was given the thumbs down to appearing in a white sumo-style nappy in her new video . |
| 11 | She brought a window down by pressing on a button . |
| 12 | Lee must have got in by standing on a stone vase thing on the path . |
| 13 | These are itchy and painful and eventually crust over before disappearing after a further week or two . |
| 14 | For older children , there are more complex issues to think over before deciding on a course of action . |
| 15 | ‘ When Vinnie swore the other day in the Blackburn game he became the first player to be sent off for swearing at a fellow professional . |
| 16 | MIKE Small was branded ‘ stupid ’ by furious boss Billy Bonds after being sent off for swearing at a linesman at Oakwell yesterday . |
| 17 | The youngster 's display was the only plus in a 2–1 defeat ; Ellison missed a penalty when the scores were level , and Mitch Cook was sent off for swearing at a linesman ironically Pickering scored his first goal for the club when Quakers were down to ten men . |
| 18 | And on top of that McCracken was sent off for fighting in a Test match against Australia . |
| 19 | After an admirable talk by Geoffrey in the morning , we were all given the afternoon off before reassembling for a hula-hula party in the evening ( when off duty , staid Scottish lawyers are inclined to let their hair down even further than their English counterparts ) . |
| 20 | The question was left open in Davies v Flackett [ 1973 ] RTR 8 , where the accused drove off without paying from a car park while a stranger held up the barrier . |
| 21 | To increase the definition I finished off by drawing with a fine line , using a ZIG Artist Sketching Pen . |
| 22 | This was put up for vetting to a nominated superintendent whose instinctive response was to deny its submission , suggesting it ‘ looked as if it would be editorially unsuitable ’ . |
| 23 | Norma Jones , left , wanted a change of image to cheer her up after recovering from a nasty injury . |
| 24 | Hegerty , 62 , of Park Street , Ruabon , gave himself up after confessing to a priest , but had since tried to kill himself . |
| 25 | But John , 57 , had forgotten to tie it up after clambering aboard a yacht off Barrow , Cumbria , for a kip . |
| 26 | Obviously at the moment we we all of us are really tied up with living from a Tuesday to a Saturday really you know with Tuesdays our meeting and then all that has to be done after that and then Saturday is the food parcels you know so and most people work as well either part time or full time work at home er with the kids and bringing up families so and obviously also money is shor short for people that are directly involved in the strike so erm . |
| 27 | there is a growing trend for people to tell their boss : ‘ I 'm fed up with working in a smoky office ’ . |
| 28 | She learned to stand up from sitting in a chair , and within two years she was able to walk short distances , even outside , with very little help . |
| 29 | The only other observation is that the screen brilliance is n't up to battling with a bright sunlit office , or overhead fluorescent lights , but that could apply to the majority of today 's notebook computers . |
| 30 | It is virtually impossible to grate then , so they should be broken up by stroking with a fork if required for cooking . |