Example sentences of "[prep] [noun prp] [adv] [verb] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Hunter was on about Deane not getting away from his marker enough , from corners and stuff he just sits and gets marked instead of moving out to the far post .
2 THE Pyrenean principality of Andorra yesterday voted overwhelmingly in favour of a new democratic constitution which will change the destiny of a territory still run largely on feudal lines .
3 The decision on whether to be in or out of SERPS still hinges chiefly on age .
4 The tube of Tenax then fits directly into a gas chromatograph .
5 A text of Modestinus also ends abruptly with the remark that the judge will ensure that the testator 's instructions are enforced .
6 Even three years after the accident , the shadow of Chernobyl still hung heavily over the proceedings .
7 The ‘ Davni Chasy ’ issue was important because it helped both the band and RCA learn a great deal about each other , although it is probably closer to the truth to say it was really a case of RCA simply learning more about the staunch and pedantic attitude of The Wedding Present .
8 While the exact size of this latter group is unclear , Peter Clark has estimated that as many as one fifth of the population of Kent regularly stayed away from church in the later sixteenth century , and the situation may well have been worse in the peripheral ‘ dark corners of the land ’ to the north and west .
9 The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh then travelled overnight to Glasgow for the start of the Silver Jubilee tours of Great Britain and Northern Ireland .
10 With Kirsty still sleeping soundly against his shoulder , Jake strode towards the exit of the deserted station and out to where his car was parked .
11 The following day 's hill race once again developed into a Swanson/Dugdale battle , with Swanson finally pulling away to victory as they completed the race on the stadium track .
12 By now Dr Neil was in an agony of desire , the loved one in his arms , so near and yet so far — But not so far as he thought , for McAllister suddenly wanted more from him than he was giving .
13 Miners ' leaders attending a special conference of the National Union of Mineworkers in Sheffield yesterday backed away from a strike over the imposition of a 7.6 per cent pay rise by British Coal , when they realised there would be little support from members .
14 The citizens charter reform means that the Government are making a determined effort to move away from the era when the gentlemen in Whitehall always knew best towards a more open , accountable public service , striving to do better .
15 Labour claims that the Tories and the SNP need each other : the Lib Dems , the party of PR , which in Scotland actually benefits most from what Mr Ashdown condemns as ‘ our unfair voting system ’ , agree .
16 Red-billed and Yellow-billed Hornbills from Africa also breed here in the gardens .
17 The way in which the goals and targets were developed in Australia also differs noticeably from the English experience , where the whole process was controlled from within the Department of Health .
18 ICI in Britain also experimented widely with job enrichment in the 1970s .
19 The baby 's due in August , but the DJ with the most popular radio show in Britain already looks quite at home in his role of first time father-to-be .
20 High-speed trains in France already compete successfully with the airlines ( and cars ) over relatively short distances , as , for example , Paris-Lyons .
21 What happened in Middlesex eventually happened all over England , and as Midland bricks and Welsh slates — and later more unspeakable materials like asbestos and corrugated iron — flooded into every corner of provincial England , the ancient local materials that fitted their own regions so well , for they came out of their very soil , disappeared one by one .
22 Political life in America sometimes seems only to be about bargaining in one form or another : Bargaining skill is indispensable in a chief executive obliged to operate in a pluralist system of decision -making where power is diffused and decentralized , and where there is a multiplicity of significant power holders rather than just a few .
23 Alcohol consumption in Finland also correlated significantly with the incidence of chronic pancreatitis discharges ( r=0.74 , p= 0.004 ) .
24 AS the BBC 's board of governors meets in London today to pronounce formally on the future of the corporation 's director-general , and perhaps that of its own chair , BBC Scotland has become preoccupied with pressing problems of its own .
25 The sea temperature in Shetland never gets much above ten degrees Celsius even in summer , which does n't encourage prolonged immersion without the protection of a wet-suit .
26 KERRY Matthew ran the race of her life on Saturday only to finish agonisingly outside the English Schools Championships qualifying time .
27 Hitler 's deputy , no less , baling out over Scotland then surrendering amiably to a farmer and demanding to be taken to the Duke of Hamilton .
28 I cross the moor to Banavie then turn right to Gairlochy along the line of the Caledonian Canal .
29 I turned back to Rachel still sitting peacefully in her seat , sipping her drink .
30 For Weaver just fired blindly at Doyle , and though his shot went wild , Doyle was taking no chances .
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