Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [pron] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Based in Minnesota they have had little if any real distribution in the UK until Terry Shearer , who did so much at Spandex to get IBM 's 4250 accepted by the printing industry , took them on through his new company , PrePress Solutions . |
| 2 | It made me laugh when your mum kept on about him last night , about having all his hampers stolen . |
| 3 | She 'd already found out much more about Puddephat than she 'd hoped — she 'd even got a promising suspect in the shape of Theo Sykes — and there was no point in banging on about her non-existent book outline . |
| 4 | She got quite enough teasing about her name without letting on about her all-too-appropriate birth-date — and her parents ' hasty marriage was hardly his concern . |
| 5 | ‘ I remember one journalist went on about her black dress from Yves Saint Laurent at the wedding , and how I wore cords , as if they were shocked that Catherine Deneuve would be with someone like me . |
| 6 | WALLPAPER king George Carpenter knows this column covers everything : he 's been on about his latest water polo exploits . |
| 7 | ‘ Correct , and , before you start on about your precious dress , I can do both . ’ |
| 8 | And , I mean , we , we was on about it one day , and she was only sat on the table next to us , ooh she was giving us daggers ! |
| 9 | Mm he was on about it last night , he says well I think all we really need is to look at is two hundred pound up front , buy the equipment , couple of decent speakers , a graphic equalizer and the twin deck tapers |
| 10 | But Val was on about it last summer . |
| 11 | He 's got nothing better to do than keep nagging on about our new garden fence . |
| 12 | But what she forgot as she jogged on the spot was that even though time might have stood still for her , it has moved on for her 31-year-old husband Slim Jim McDonald . |
| 13 | Then , the following week , the essay on Jane Eyre she had been working on for her English class disappeared from her desk . |
| 14 | The same can not be said of the keyboard itself which uses really nasty little keytops and has stick-on legends but at least they have been stuck on for you this time . |
| 15 | We went back into the house and I put the kettle on for our customary cup of coffee . |
| 16 | And Keith Rowland looked comfortable when he came on for his first cap in the second half … another lad who can do a useful job for Northern Ireland in years to come . |
| 17 | He has opted for the island county this time qualifying under the residential rule which also applies to captain Mark Harris , who has switched clubs from Menai Bridge to Bangor but stays on for his fourth campaign in charge . |
| 18 | If the master you rely on for your temporal well-being has not dealt with you , that is , already . |
| 19 | All the furniture in Mr. Preston 's accommodation — is to be his with the exception of the old mahogany bureau which I believe you , Sara , have always looked on as your special possession . " |
| 20 | In the early mornings the heat came in through her open bedroom window and when , later , she went out to take the air , there was no air , only a dense , clinging humidity . |
| 21 | Walking in through his front door comforts me , a little . |
| 22 | Cos the stairs was in your living room then , as you went in through your front door your stairs were facing the front door . |
| 23 | Unemployment may mean that people have more leisure time available but lack of money restricts the kind of activities they are able to participate in during their spare time . |
| 24 | ALIEN star Sigourney Weaver , 43 , above , is letting her hair down for her latest role as America 's first lady in a comedy called Dave . |
| 25 | D Company had spent the previous day digging a line of trenches to cover a series of vehicle checkpoints on all the main roads , and were just settling down for their first day 's occupation of the trenches . |
| 26 | Septimus brought it down for me one Christmastime when I was just a girl — before the last war anyhow . |
| 27 | Brian Swan was first to the ball when Townsend 's penalty came off the right-hand post and Swan was also in support of the stand-off when he touched down for his first try . |
| 28 | Pat : He was six months old and I 'd gone down for his second immunisation and I mean the doctor I went to see was a family doctor — I 've known him since I was a baby — and he just , he was looking at him and he just said , ‘ Is your husband Chinese ? ’ |
| 29 | No losses were reported by the German unit , but Lt. Klaus Mietusch claimed one Hurricane shot down for his eighth victory . |
| 30 | EYES down for our weekly quiz about the news of the last seven days . |