Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [noun pl] [adv] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Often , one would be trained to carry out chores normally done by a kitchen maid . |
| 2 | It is good staff development to ask a more junior member of staff to carry out tasks normally associated with more senior positions . |
| 3 | A broad and imaginative approach to this problem is needed ; the existing skill mix and the capacity of other health professionals to carry out tasks previously restricted to scarce and expensive professionals , such as doctors , must be examined . |
| 4 | He hoped the young man would relapse into muteness and leave him to read the privilege and privacy imbedded in this landscape , to note the pampered thoroughbreds grazing beyond the fences and glimpse their owners ' residences tucked down driveways discreetly screened by firs . |
| 5 | Outside the corridors the 15-year-old civil war between the government and the MNR continued with its accustomed brutality as the rebels mounted attacks in an attempt to take over positions previously controlled by the Zimbabwean army . |
| 6 | Bluebeard 's castle , it was , or Mr Fox 's manor house with ‘ Be bold , be bold but not too bold ’ written up over every lintel and chopped up corpses neatly piled in all the wardrobes and airing cupboards , on top of the sheets and pillowslips . |