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 . |