Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv prt] [prep] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The radio set can remain on for hours at a time ; you can enjoy it as background to reading , writing , homework , housework … . |
| 2 | So what is incorporated in there , is the minimum that you could ever survive on in terms of running a totally enabling authority . |
| 3 | Fear of losing our grip may make us hang on to jobs for longer than we should , in an attempt to reassure ourselves . |
| 4 | They reckon investors should hang on to shares in both National Power and Powergen . |
| 5 | Genestealers are n't creatures of Chaos even if they do hang out in hulks in the warp till they can find a world to prey on . ’ |
| 6 | This is odd as over 85 per cent of Saabs , including Carlssons , are sold to business users , who presumably do not hang around outside nightclubs in the evening . |
| 7 | It is a tautology to say that English spelling is excellent because the reader can Jump around for clues on so many different levels ( semantic , visual , phonic , contextual , etymological , and so on ) . |
| 8 | They can carry on as members of the TGWU ? |
| 9 | The court heard Gooch break down in tears during the interview as he said he could n't remember what happened . |
| 10 | I 'll just break down in tears on your birthday , it is n't a problem |
| 11 | PARDON me if I do n't break down in tears at the plight of the parents who are having to take their children out of private schools because they can not afford the fees . |
| 12 | No I have , I have , I have well I can do down in fits in someone 's hair . |
| 13 | ‘ He made me dress up in clothes like my mother 's . |
| 14 | ‘ She 'll grow up with rickets like the rest of 'em , ’ she said , rubbing Patrick 's thin legs which failed to support him when he attempted to pull himself up against his father 's chair . |
| 15 | Flaws , even those under the surface will show up as anomalies under an ultra violet lamp . |
| 16 | It follows from what has been said so far that , as stable norms can be observed through analysis of linguistic patterns , change in progress will show up as violations of the expected ‘ normal ’ patterns . |
| 17 | Such gains should show up in receipts of profits from the investments made abroad . |
| 18 | The principle here is that if particular changes in activity bear a constant relationship to the reference event they will show up against fluctuations of the ongoing EEG which , being " random " , should cancel out to zero when averaged over successive trials by the computer . |
| 19 | The reason unforgiving strategies do n't do very well is that they ca n't break out of runs of mutual recrimination , even when their opponent is ‘ remorseful ’ . |
| 20 | She says people should look up to men of the cloth , and she 's told the vicar he 's a disgrace to his profession . |
| 21 | He was a natural swimmer and loved it , and could keep up with Nails for several lengths , with a long , graceful strike that far outshone Nails 's for style . |
| 22 | The tutor can also keep up with developments in treatment and patient care , and is made aware of the stresses these may put on the learners . |
| 23 | At present usage I would run out of batteries before the half-way point and Mick and Paddy would run out just after . |
| 24 | The deal was calculated to improve Unedic 's financial position by F25,000,000 ( about US$5,000,000 ) by end-1992 and meant that Unedic , which was funded entirely by companies and their employees , would not run out of funds by October as would otherwise have been the case . |
| 25 | You 're fair like your mother and you ca n't run around without shoes like them ignorant dark pickney . |
| 26 | I could search round for papers on it . |
| 27 | You can make up round tables from cheap wood and cover them with long cloths and changeable overcloths . |
| 28 | Some table easels can double up as carriers for wet canvases . |
| 29 | Some table easels can double up as carriers for wet canvases . |
| 30 | There had been suggestions that he would move on after problems with his choice of selectors . |