Example sentences of "and [noun pl] [adv prt] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 When we were all off-duty of an evening , Rosemary and I would get ourselves done up in our civvies ( strictly forbidden ) , and with our greatcoats and hats on to fool the eagle eye of the duty NCO in the Waaf Picquet Post , totter down the drive to await the arrival of the boys in the car .
2 Clara could never understand why others did not repay her contempt with contempt — why , for instance , the church-goers and novel-readers and fillers in of football coupons and motorbike owners in the area did not possess the courage of their convictions and gang up on Mrs Maugham 's massive disapprobation .
3 This initiative will enable the Association to assist its members and their staff to keep their knowledge and skills up to date .
4 We adapt to the weather , and the availability of banks and shops out of season .
5 Production up and losses down after QA project
6 13 Keep picture library records and pictures up to date and make sure you know the whereabouts of every valuable transparency .
7 They make their own simple things — models and castles out of mud , dolls with red earth and leaves .
8 The role of CCG 's Safety and Training Department has been to analyse the information available : clarify the requirements and keep management , staff and clients up to date on developments .
9 This log is only a guide ; we adapt to weather , and the availability of shops and restaurants out of season .
10 It is not clear whether the transition from one quite understandable activity to another that would have made the old commercial librarians blush even to contemplate ( one thinks of Day 's library ticket with its ‘ Scarce books and books out of print carefully searched for ’ ) was simply a question of the slippery slope in a semi-literate world .
11 On the Havana seafront several thousand citizens fired blank cartridges , arrows and catapults out to sea in a symbolic gesture of defiance aimed at the USA .
12 Those who had time also diligently collected their most important legal documents — the deeds of ownership to property , the maps of their orange groves and fields , their tax returns and their identity papers going back to Ottoman times — and packed them into bags and tins along with family heirlooms and jewellery and their front door keys .
13 and ebbings out of light were signs to be read
14 Ken , if we could er look at what 's actually happening out there to pensioners at the moment , I think of which we 're all very concerned , but there has been a small item of good news to balance against the concerns we have for those pensioners that are still suffering from uncertainty and that is some money has started to come in as a result of legal actions and settlements out of court .
15 First , spending on residential care in private sector homes for elderly people through the social security budget was rising at an exponential rate and was to all intents and purposes out of control , being demand led .
16 The police are thus empowered arbitrarily to limit numbers and to form cordons to allow lorries and workers through to work .
17 Put bleach , toilet cleaner , deodorants , after shave , scissors and razors out of reach in a locked cupboard .
18 Reference is made in chapter 4 to the value of making good notes but , as the time of the examination approaches , it is good policy to transfer key facts and figures on to swot cards .
19 It is a crisis which will put people out of work , families out of their homes and firms out of business .
20 ‘ If you do n't watch it , madam , ’ he teased , lifting the plate and glasses out of reach , ‘ there will be no birthday cake and no champagne ! ’
21 Remember to keep decorations and lights out of reach .
22 Some pawned their cars , others their video recorders and televisions along with time honoured pawns like silver candlesticks and family portraits .
23 I 'm not interested in producing reports and publications out of evaluation studies , I 'm interested in affecting the situation , and affecting it to the mutual satisfaction of the people involved in it .
24 Those I 'm not interested in producing reports and publications out of evaluation studies , I 'm interested in affecting the situation and affecting it to the mutual satisfaction of the people involved in it , and in fact when we 're when I 'm working with people on an evaluation , or discussing evaluation in general , one of the major items of our discussion always is how can you consult other people , how can you get them involved ?
25 They used to send us bread and teas down from Chase Farm .
26 He grew up in a Free Church home in Huddersfield with grace before meals and friends in for hymn singing on Sunday evenings after the service in the Baptist church ; he was a Fabian of long standing ; a cofounder of War on Want ; and his wife was a daughter of a Congregational minister .
27 This year 's 14-day extravaganza will feature more than 80 performers , and encompass everything from Baroque and blues through to ragtime and rock .
28 The population increase in turn affected the finely balanced domestic economy , forcing women and children out to work , and by the end of the period , with the crisis of the framework knitters , there is some evidence , when faced with major economic problems , of a use of restraint to limit births .
29 The first attempt was in winter , precisely at that dark , depressing period when the sun can barely be bothered rising for more than 20 minutes before it packs in and hands over to nightfall .
30 Klinger prints and drawings up for sale
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