Example sentences of "[verb] together for a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | A hundred thousand soldiers seems to have been the maximum any Hellenistic state was able to gather together for a decisive battle . |
2 | The membranes of course contain both the proteins and the enzyme that phosphorylates them , protein kinase C. If radioactive ATP is added to a tiny sample of the membranes , and incubated together for a few seconds in a miniature test-tube , the membrane proteins become both phosphorylated and radioactive . |
3 | They lived together for a long time ; she bore him children — who took after their mother and turned out to be demons too . |
4 | " Collection " covers " a collection got together for a temporary purpose " , but not one " made or exhibited for the purpose of effecting sales or other commercial dealings " . |
5 | Before the members of the cast separated to check out of their lodgings on that last night of the provincial tour before moving in for a run at a West End theatre they got together for a few drinks on stage . |
6 | Westwood offers an account of how the structures of gender , ethnicity and class fit together for a specific group of women workers . |
7 | Colours can of course be mixed together for an infinite variety of results . |
8 | The way I was doing the deal , everyone was going to have to work together for a long time . ’ |
9 | We splashed and laughed and played together for a long time , sharing their delight at looking underwater through a diving mask for the first time . |
10 | The paths of two lives , or three to be exact , came together for a little while and then separated . |
11 | Some thirty graduates of the degree came together for an excellent meal in University House , followed by an informal update from one of the joint organisers of the reunion , Keith Moffitt , on the whereabouts of those who had been unable to attend . |
12 | This posits that the company or any group of individuals acting together for a common purpose creates a living organism , or a real person , capable of willing and acting through the people who are its organs just as a natural person wills and acts through their brain , mouth and hands . |
13 | Each June a group of Duannians meet together for an informal reunion . |
14 | Helen , with the baby only two weeks away , was very large indeed , but not too large for me to get my arms around her , and we stood there in the middle of the flagged floor clasped together for a long time with neither of us saying much . |
15 | Already their affair was like marriage , with its own dispiriting routine , this shabby coming together for a few hours in the shabby office . |
16 | They stood clasped together for a long time , then he bent his head and kissed her , softly at first , then with such increasing passion that she could feel his heart beating like a drum . |
17 | Pilger told him they had better get together for a serious talk the minute he got off the plane . |
18 | It was n't until we told him , that he exclaimed ‘ Oh yes , I remember the Institute Netball Team first time round in the 70's — Oh yes , a right tough lot ! ’ — Marion , we 'll get together for a few team tactics eh ? |
19 | ‘ We 've always been really good friends but had n't worked together for a long time . |
20 | She went up to the bedroom to see Anna and they spoke together for a long time . ’ |
21 | Finn must have been lying awake in the darkness , as she was , the wall separating them like Tristan 's sword , for she could hear the soft murmur of him and Francie talking together for a little while , but she could not make out one word . |
22 | They had lived together for a long time , but the sister was now reaching the conclusion that the situation could not continue much longer : |
23 | Groups come together for a specific reason and this reason should run like a thread through the liturgy as well as linking it to the whole community of the Church . |
24 | After one or two attempts they can change over until all join together for a big finish . |
25 | Shaking a match out involves a lot of rattling and scratching about , before he lights the turd using two matches held together for a brighter flare . |
26 | Working together for a healthier future … and a cleaner , greener Company |
27 | That is to say we are , we all need renewal and new ideas , but we stick to old quarrels and re-run old battles because we do n't know how to face up to the real problems at the present , nor to find ways of working together for a worthwhile future . |
28 | However , the emphasis in LMS training has been on a whole-school approach , with governors , teachers , office staff , cleaners , caretakers , technicians , ancillary staff and LEA representatives working together for a full day in a particular school . |
29 | The exercise had made the public familiar with the coalition and had given the local branches of the three parties experience in working together for a common purpose . |
30 | They stood together for a few moments , her head sunk in his mighty chest , his head finally bowed as he looked down on her . |