Example sentences of "[noun] [be] break up the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , in messages like : Your coat 's on fire The wing 's breaking up The radio 's gone wrong Your uncle 's died probably the majority of English speakers would place the tonic stress on the subject noun , though it is difficult to see how this is more important than the last lexical word in each of the sentences . |
| 2 | Northgate South ward councillor Dot Long , who took the case up with Labour colleague Eleanor Young , said : ‘ The illegal parking is breaking up the paving stones and it 's generally a nuisance for nearby residents . |
| 3 | The whole trust of the reforms is to break up the N H S piece by piece . |
| 4 | On the beach , the pirates were breaking up the captain 's little boat with axes . |
| 5 | The declared aim of such finance pirates is to break up the giants , and sell them off bit by bit . |
| 6 | So the war came at last , at exactly 6.35:24 pm on January 16 , 1991 , when Peter Jennings interrupted a canned piece to announce that explosions and flashes were breaking up the Baghdad night . |
| 7 | Islands to the SSW were breaking up the swell , but the wind was funnelling between them to create a very steep and confused sea . |