Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [noun sg] [det] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ali is not up to repartee these days , never was , really , unless he was in the mood , and them he 'd fade you with one of his standard lines ( ‘ You no as dumb as you look ’ ) . |
| 2 | The tapestries were in remarkably good condition when found but have been sent out for restoration several times this century and final work on the last two will be finished next June . |
| 3 | If staining is carried out after disaggregation all cells stain but two phenotypes , one polar and one non-polar , can be distinguished . |
| 4 | This machine should have run out of petrol many hours ago , ’ said the Doctor , sounding as if he did not want to be interrupted . |
| 5 | They ran out of petrol some miles from their destination , fortunately near to some houses whose occupants came to their rescue . |
| 6 | It slipped out of orbit many centuries ago , ’ Kopyion said . |
| 7 | Is not the difficulty that the Home Secretary is incapable of keeping in prison those people who should be and keeping out of prison those things which should not be ? |
| 8 | In All 's Well Helena goes up to verse whenever she talks of her love for Bertram , moving in and out of prose several times within a scene ( I.i. ; I.iii. ; II.v. ; III.ii. ; III.v. ) , in the flexibility that marks the mid-period plays . |
| 9 | State Department officials variously described that idea as ‘ surreal ’ and ‘ wacky ’ last week , rejecting out of hand any negotiations with the cartel . |
| 10 | I went out to water some plants and there was piles of soil all over the lawn — I was furious . |
| 11 | We have to get everybody back to man these ramparts . ’ |
| 12 | It may be necessary to report back to management any concerns of mismanagement or potential abuse . |
| 13 | Now that Donna is back at work both sets of Grandparents are vying to share the care of Greg during the day . |
| 14 | I will then go on to present some examples of language in use in conversation , to show how these attitudes relate to actual practice . |