Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [det] [noun sg] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aloud he said he would stay for another night and take her place on the constituency slate . |
| 2 | In front of the railway station , a second police car ( summoned by a confident Morse as Lewis had driven him from North Oxford ) was now waiting , and the Chief Inspector nodded a perfunctory greeting to the two detective-constables who sat side by side in the front seats as they watched , and awaited , developments ; watched the three men walk over to the twenty-minute waiting-area set aside for those meeting passengers from British Rail journeys — an area where parking cost nothing at all ; watched them as they passed through that area and walked into the main car-park , with the bold notice affording innocent trespassers the clearest warning : |
| 3 | ‘ Do you ever think about that thing that happened to us in the park ? |
| 4 | By this time Clever Folly had shaken off all opposition and proceeded to break the course record by 4.7 seconds in spite of 4lb overweight . |
| 5 | ‘ We ‘ ave to go after that German and kill ‘ im before he catches up with the captain . ’ |
| 6 | Most serious cases of sex abuse are passed on to a unit which is designed for this purpose and has specially trained staff . |
| 7 | Ideally , you will have come through this week and found that your liking for tea , coffee , chocolate , and cola is now influenced by how much they like you . |
| 8 | If you think you could qualify for this allowance or need more information of help in filling in the forms , contact the bureau . |
| 9 | indicates the shoe is recommended for this purpose or has this feature |
| 10 | But at least they did n't need to worry about any area that came under Michael Stein 's remit . |
| 11 | He said : ‘ I do n't know of any government that has actually falsified figures . |
| 12 | My own society , SOLACE ( Society for the liberation of animals from cruelty and exploitation ) , claims no such thing and I do not know of any society that does . |
| 13 | Consequently he can not approve of any building that wants to draw attention to itself . |
| 14 | When I suggest that women have a strong ability to communicate with each other and form a collective body , it is not to imply that the individual should lose herself entirely in this . |
| 15 | For the monkeys to successfully avoid receiving electric shocks , they had to be able to communicate with each other and to send and receive information with appropriate facial gestures . |
| 16 | Quite clearly the reason that people have been asked to come along this evening and have come along this evening is to put there points of view about how the see the theatre in the future what is programme facilities are the things that are n't happening here they feel should be happening here that 's what it 's for not here to serve any purpose for individuals to get up and make personal cuts on people or say what happen on a Saturday morning or a Thursday afternoon cos I |
| 17 | A young motorist who crashed into another car while reversing at a fast speed escaped a driving ban at Whitby magistrates yesterday . |
| 18 | Could it have ever succeeded with more capital and drive behind it ? |
| 19 | A significant number of the executive search consultants in the major firms have chosen , for the best of reasons , to come into this role and find it a challenging and stimulating career in itself . |
| 20 | Meredith hastily curbed her natural friendliness , reminding herself that she was n't at home now , gossiping to strangers and leaping into any car that came down the lane . |
| 21 | We 've learned to work with each other and to fit into small costumes ! |
| 22 | Other classes struggle all the time , to get anything done you feel you know why are we having this class , we 're not making erm it 's not making a lot of educational sense and one comes to the conclusion after many years of bitter experience that it personal dynamics , it depends on who 's in the group and some groups erm this one successful and some groups which I wo n't mention are relatively unsuccessful and one feels okay that 's because of the inter-personal , it 's who 's in the group and how they interact with each other and try as one might , I suppose I play th the leading role in this group |
| 23 | Once the catalogue is written , the specialist calculates the quantities of each type of pottery that have come from each layer and makes observations about the significance of the groups of pottery . |
| 24 | Opponents of the bill had argued that it amounted to " retroactive justice " by declaring illegal acts committed in another country and allowing the prosecution of people for offences committed before they became British citizens or residents . |
| 25 | Er , we have in her place , Judy , whose sitting here and I know that every official , and I hope yourselves , will give her all the support that she will need in this job and to say to her , your very welcome , and I know we 're going to enjoy having you with us . |
| 26 | However , when we become adults we tend to think we 've learnt everything we need to know in this area and stop practising . |
| 27 | People could see why I wanted to work in that way and did what they could to make it possible . |
| 28 | Aye , there was er a Billy , a Harry , and er there was another lot come , I c I just ca n't remember their name but after the First World War this Billy used to come round this part and collect cast horses . |
| 29 | It comes with the incredible value for money you expect from any product that carries the Valor name . |
| 30 | On sunny winter days , panels in the original south gable can be opened to allow air trapped in this conservatory and warmed by the sun to circulate in the body of the house . |