Example sentences of "[noun prp] draw [adv prt] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Soon after moving in Minton drew up a will in which he left the house to Ricky .
2 Maximilian drew out a plastic notebook from underwater with his left hand and started to make a note in it with his right , using a gadget pencil with his name on it in gold .
3 Ben drew up the car and then glanced at Zoe .
4 At the far end of the century , in June 1596 , Lord Burghley drew up a note of matters to be considered by Queen and Council .
5 He steeled himself as Epitot drew back the sheet .
6 CW to draw up a list ( attached ) of new machine allocations and resultant re-allocations .
7 Jan. to draw out a programme and make arrangements . "
8 At the Manor today it 's been all quiet … the postman has delivered more applications … the board will meet either Friday or Saturday to draw up a shortlist
9 At the Manor today it 's been all quiet … the postman has delivered more applications … the board will meet either Friday or Saturday to draw up a shortlist
10 The record company folk who have been talking Gulf and eating her sarnies leave and Susanna draws up a chair , sits on it cross-legged and starts to play with her hair , twisting it and knitting it .
11 Mr Browning drew up a chair for her , as nice as could be , and sat down himself .
12 Sandison drew out a handkerchief , mopped his brow and then positioned the hat carefully on his head , very slightly tilted over his right eye .
13 Citing Lévi-Strauss 's analogy between the object of exchange in each of these systems and Jakobson 's zero-phoneme , Jacques Lacan draws out the consequences of this paradigm for ( male ) discourse :
14 As Matthew drew out the chair and waited for her to sit down , Donna said suddenly , ‘ My God !
15 Marshall drew up a chair for her .
16 Tom drew back the sheets and Willie climbed in between them .
17 ELISABETH LUARD DREW UP A CHAIR
18 Napoleone Lomellini drew out a paper .
19 Only in later novels does Brooke-Rose draw out the implications of this parallel ( i.e. the ‘ fictionality ’ or ‘ constructedness ’ of lived experience ) , but by pushing the possibility of psychological and ontological wholeness into ever more distant territory in The Sycamore Tree , she demonstrates a growing scepticism with regard to the possibility of achieving it .
20 One such plan was Reith 's appointment of Patrick Abercrombie and the LCC architect J. H. Forshaw to draw up a scheme for the rebuilding of London .
21 McKillop drew out an envelope from an inside pocket of his suit-jacket .
22 Branson and Draper drew up a list of twelve people — almost a fifth of the staff employed in the record company , Branson telling himself , with little conviction , that ‘ people will understand ’ .
23 Craig drew back the carpets and examined the floor-boards inch by inch .
24 The Campbell drew out a pistol which had no hint whatsoever of the Airfix factory about it .
25 In 1812 the Cortes of Cadiz drew up a constitution which consecrated the dogma of the sovereignty of the nation .
26 The Cabinet will meet for the first time on Wednesday to draw up a programme of legislation for the new session of Parliament , which will last 18 months until the autumn of 1993 .
27 God draws up the terms .
28 At the request of an Abu Dhabi representative , PW drew up a report to help the majority shareholders decide whether to continue to support the bank .
29 Certainly suspect committee members had attempted to go abroad , but the real reason was probably that the committee had served its purpose by acting as a bait to attract foreign relief organizations ( the ARA drew up an agreement on 20 August ) .
30 In 1956 Britain drew up a scheme for a free trade area of OEEC states , but it was not put forward until November and by then the work of the Six , to British surprise , had progressed well .
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