Example sentences of "[adv prt] [pos pn] [noun] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Will my hon. Friend pass on my congratulations to all who were involved in that improvement ? |
| 2 | I got out of bed and put on my dressing-gown with shaky haste . |
| 3 | My policy is a policy of peace … my minister of foreign affairs carries on my policy in this sense " . |
| 4 | I only wish I had the power of putting down my thoughts in clear and sensible language . |
| 5 | ‘ Give me my bill , ’ I said to the man behind the desk , ‘ and bring down my suitcase in half an hour . ’ |
| 6 | I thanked her and left after slipping the coin down my stocking for safe keeping . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm against apartheid too , ’ growled Surkov , ‘ but I do n't want it thrust down my throat like this . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I shall be the first one to give in my order to these dear ladies , I shall have three pairs of the best leather boots the house of Grenfell and Morgan can supply . ’ |
| 9 | I try to suck in my cheeks like all those Donnie Munro pictures , but the jowls still wobble alarmingly . |
| 10 | We have announced a number of job losses over the past 12 months which have arisen as a result of er an internal cost cutting exercise to make our research more er cost effective , and also as a result of decisions by the Government and the electricity supply industry who have cut down their funding for basic research into reactor technology . |
| 11 | They were desperate for solid information rather than rumour , and a few made veiled threats to scale down their coverage of another case for which the Yard was desperate for publicity unless there was a press conference . |
| 12 | Rabbits often disappear down their holes at great speed and without slowing up , so they clearly need an excellent assessment of exactly where to jump , to avoid bumping into the sides of their front entrance . |
| 13 | The SSA would not normally condone betting , but for a good cause head office staff are positively encouraged to have a flutter by SSA chairman On February 5 around 8O people put down their stakes for four horse and four videoed greyhound races . |
| 14 | When the balance sheet was finally totted up after the war , it was estimated that 1O , OOO Frenchmen alone had laid down their lives on this one small corner of France . |
| 15 | There appears no civilised pale where they can remove their armour and let down their guard for any length of time . |
| 16 | In Sutherland alone , one third of the population was evicted ( by burning down their homes in most cases ) to make way for sheep ranching and game shooting — which ensured in their turn that the pine forests would stand little chance of regenerating . |
| 17 | Instead of working psychologically on their own awareness , they may now , involuntarily , try to hold down their discomfort by physical means . |
| 18 | So if an unexpected rise in demand occurs , they meet it partly by producing more and partly by running down their stocks of finished goods . |
| 19 | As it is , he slyly suggests that minor artists may look down their noses at major ones and that ‘ important ’ work may be left to persons of an inferior kennel , like the Russians , the Germans , the Americans , who , poor dears , know no better . |
| 20 | Are the clerics going to look down their noses at this ? |
| 21 | The curators of the grand US museums like the Metropolitan look down their noses at these shows , but the citizens of Memphis are pleased as can be , because before WONDERS they just felt out in the boondocks . |
| 22 | If the supply of suitable saplings near the site runs out , they will dig canals leading into the stream and float down their logs from farther away . |
| 23 | Instead it has one long ribbon-like fin that runs along its underside from close to its stumpy tail to its head . |
| 24 | After its underground journey through the Gaping Gill/Ingleborough system , Clapham Beck resurfaces nearby and the gentle , bubbling stream continues along its way through delightful landscaped woodlands in lower Clapdale . |
| 25 | The lips that had soothed now hardened , and when she stiffened in fright his tongue ran along her mouth with shocking intimacy , easing her lips apart and moving inside to tease her tongue and explore the warmth . |
| 26 | Anyway , the Club that runs the slope — Sweden 's largest skiclub — is reported to be enthused with its British bristles and will , no doubt , want to shut down its snowguns for good . |
| 27 | Thomson said last month it was scaling down its involvement in free papers in the UK . |
| 28 | The giant Anglo-Dutch company and BP each had a 50 per cent stake in the crucial exploration block , but Shell decided to scale down its share to 20 per cent before drilling started last summer . |
| 29 | Army " hardliners " , who believed in the supremacy of military over civilian institutions , had previously boycotted the peace process and demanded that the URNG lay down its arms before any agreement was reached . |
| 30 | However , the Treasury which in the past several weeks has been preparing economic forecasts for inclusion in the November autumn statement seems almost certain to revise down its estimates for economic growth next year . |