Example sentences of "[adv prt] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Blaise Cendrars , the writer , saw Modigliani let fall a twenty-franc note one evening when a well-known pauper came in to sit at the next table . |
| 2 | Furious , she sat down to wait for the next vehicle . |
| 3 | The Livingstones and Crichtons did this in 1439 , when they seized James II and then settled down to squabble for the next decade ; the Boyds did the same thing with James III ; and Angus found time , despite his matrimonial problems with Margaret Tudor , to get possession of James V in 1526 and dominate politics for the last two years of the minority . |
| 4 | After another couple of hymns and an anthem , they go down to prepare for the next service . |
| 5 | If we go back to the education example , and suppose that the first vote is between L and M , then if the rich vote sincerely L wins , and in the second round H defeats L. On the other hand , if the rich had voted for M in the first round , then M would have gone on to win in the second round . |
| 6 | Then it goes on to look at a second play , B , and the replies to that . |
| 7 | Perhaps the Home Secretary will get up to respond on the second point that he made to the Conservative party conference . |
| 8 | Rabobank NV and Amsterdam-based Getronics NV have teamed up to bid for the second Dutch Groupe Speciale Mobile digital cellular licence . |
| 9 | Stepping up to bat in the eighth inning of game five on Sunday with the scores tied 1-1 , the Giants first baseman had trouble controlling the adrenalin , ‘ but I took a deep breath and tried to focus on the point of release of the ball ’ . |
| 10 | Heavy rain stopped everyone after 18 laps , so it was back to go for a second start . |
| 11 | Putting the thoughts out of his head , he settled back to wait for the next people who could keep the Americans busy . |
| 12 | If he was the sole breadwinner , you may have to go out to work for the first time . |
| 13 | After five sentences , stop and pause , take a deep breath , look out of the window , then come back to work on the next five sentences . |
| 14 | Phillipson has pointed to more direct state management of retirement , in order to regulate the size of the labour force , yet the well-known attempts by the government to induce retirees back to work after the Second World War were notable for their lack of success ; the reserve army of elderly labour was highly resistant to re-enlistment . |
| 15 | ‘ Robert had just taken over the Seconds , but was called back to play in the first team . |
| 16 | ( The Abbey 's building and contents insurance must be taken out to qualify for the first time buyer 's discount ) . |
| 17 | But Smith admitted : ‘ We 've got three points out of four , and that 's what we set out to achieve from the first two games . |
| 18 | David called Mick Ronson and Woody Woodmansey ( after making ‘ The Man Who Sold The World ’ , they had returned to Hull where they lived ) and invited them back to prepare for the next album , ‘ Hunky Dory ’ . |
| 19 | It is a curious miscellany , where photographs of his early ballets are mixed in with family snap-shots , pictures of his friends , souvenirs of journeys , Christmas and other greetings , a book of clothing coupons from the days of rationing , costume drawings and various illustrations cut from magazines , including a feature on Roland Petit 's ballet Carmen and examples of the ‘ new look ’ in women 's clothes when long skirts came back to fashion for the first time since the war ; he proposed a ballet about that , but it was rejected . |
| 20 | She felt sad and immensely tired that she was about to see for the first time how Eddie had died . |
| 21 | It has already bought two leading aerospace firms , Motoren-und-Turbinen-Union ( MTU ) and Dornier ; now it is about to pounce on the third and largest , Bavaria-based Messerschmitt-Bolkow-Blohm ( MBB ) . |
| 22 | No hint that she was about to walk into the last surprise party that she could ever expect to see . |
| 23 | As an example of our approach to regeneration areas , work on the redevelopment of the Crown Street project has progressed to the point where most of the roads and services are in place and work is about to start on the first 200 houses . |
| 24 | ‘ Only a rose — ’ I began as I held out my offering to my husband and I was just about to start on the second line when a Yorkshire pudding with onion gravy flew past my head and stuck with a plop on the ceiling . |
| 25 | Now she 's about to compete in the first ever round-the-world air race . |
| 26 | She rang again and was about to ring for a third time when the door was pulled abruptly open . |
| 27 | ‘ Refreshing , ’ she euphemistically called the British climate she was about to face for the first time as a ‘ star ’ . |
| 28 | A wide range of support is available to assist existing exporters and businesses about to export for the first time . |