Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [conj] [pron] [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For reasons that no-one can yet explain , teetotal Leslie 's Rolls-Royce careered off the M5 motorway , mounted an embankment and flipped onto its roof . |
| 2 | He was as good an advertisement for vegetables as I 'd ever come across . |
| 3 | ’ Only that someone said is n't it luck for Gharr that he could just about pass as an Ardakkean if he dyed his hair … ’ |
| 4 | When he was younger he 'd write songs about a laughing gnome , or a song about a laughing policeman , and I think it was a great outlet for David because he could almost blow his character out of all proportion and be able to pretend whatever he wanted to pretend , which is what actors and pop stars do . |
| 5 | The almost incessant labour which that art requires leaves so little time for study that one can hardly find any person of sufficient experience capable of writing . |
| 6 | Nearby , alum has been worked for centuries and we could still see the remains of the old landing stage where little coasters brought brimming vats of urine from London , which was mixed with the local mineral to produce dyestuff fasteners for textiles . |
| 7 | The Commission says this would create savings for manufacturers as they will no longer have to supply labels , costing 70p each , in every community language . |
| 8 | ‘ The issue is , of course , when we come to sell off stock that we would otherwise have returned , what percentage of its normal retail price can we get ? ’ |
| 9 | It currently has a service within the Fire Service wh which costs a certain amount and we ca n't presume and I would , I suspect that Councillor is is actually trying to do is to get in by the back door for cut that we will then be forced to make the March March March Committee well I hope that members of this at this this this Committee would reject that er suggestion as it at the last meeting . |
| 10 | Frogspawn : Take a look in ponds and streams during spring and you 'll probably see what looks like a mass of clear jelly with little dots in it . |
| 11 | It can lead to a perpetual and escalating attempt by women to please , trying to retain their outward beauty at all costs , and to show only the lovely , pleasing side of their nature for fear that they will otherwise be dethroned . |
| 12 | no that 's right , yeah , I mean , I , I 've said it , I do n't care , but er I 've said in the past that er , I think some of the reason me and Ann split up was , I mean she always used to say I never treated her right and all things like that , I did you know , and I do care for her , but a lot of the things was I never showed it because erm if anything bothered me I never know it showed and it did n't bloody bother me because I 'd resolved myself after Julie that I 'd never let anything bother me again |
| 13 | The expanse of wooden floor , cool and clean and shining … the double bed with its hand-appliquéd quilt in a complex pattern of pastels and white … the stand of leafy potted plants , the antique free-standing mirror , whose glass oval would take in the whole length of a woman in evening dress … the modern wardrobe , built-in , that blended so skilfully into the architectural mood of the house while providing all the space for clothing that she could possibly need … two original paintings on the walls , each an impressionistic landscape in subtle , imaginative colour … |
| 14 | That is no for complacency and there will obviously be towns where these developed and members . |
| 15 | To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will now meet representatives of the Scottish Constitutional Convention to discuss proposals for constitutional change in Scotland . |
| 16 | You may need a lot of confidence a lot of support and you might even need some help looking after your children if they 're quite young . |
| 17 | It is in the interests of this class that the workers can afford to buy the types of products that it can realistically expect to sell them . |
| 18 | The judge knew this man of old : he was the pit-bull of the legal profession , attacking any weak spots with devastating precision , and seeing him ended the Judge 's faint glimmer of hope that he might just get home in time for the football . |
| 19 | She had no idea how long she stayed there , simply gazing into the beautiful sea-blue eyes which had become more important than life itself to her , but everything she saw there somehow made all of her doubts , all of her fears just slide away , leaving her lighter of heart than she could ever remember being . |
| 20 | Bass , for example , requires a tenant to put down a deposit of £1,000 before he can even contemplate arbitration . |
| 21 | I therefore welcome the inclusion of SmartIcons that extend the range of operations that you can easily do with the mouse . |
| 22 | A detailed report on our divisional activities is contained in the Review of Operations and I will therefore concentrate on a general review of some of the more important developments and issues affecting both the Group and industry . |
| 23 | A spokesman for a large nationalised service industry wrote of headhunters being able to provide them with ‘ the feel of external experience ’ and an appreciation of the stature in the market place of their existing staff and the organisation itself , together with a more extensive network of contacts than they could possibly have at their disposal . |
| 24 | The outcome is that fox hunts will need a licence from the Ministry of Agriculture before they can temporarily block setts to prevent foxes hiding in them during a hunt , or to dig out foxes which succeed in entering a sett . |
| 25 | This is the type of damage that you could innocently cause : |
| 26 | wire cutters and we 'll have them down , have 'em back here , and they wo n't be wasted , cos although you ca n't use the straps again we 're always short of fronts because of damage cos you can regularly replace the fronts but not the straps |
| 27 | He knew of course that he would never be able to halt the train before it reached the bridge and he had his guard 's safety to think about . |
| 28 | He 'd swear of course that he 'd never again steal me from my proper duties with the children . |
| 29 | That is assuming of course that you would then go b much beyond the f the fourteen hundred figure which has been identified . |
| 30 | Er they actually took us to the petrol station to get more fuel and after a er five course lunch with the local farmer and his family er which was all very nice and er not too much wine of course as you can well appreciate erm we telephoned the gendarmerie and they came along and er closed the main road for er approximately twenty minutes and we took off on a road . |