Example sentences of "[prep] [pos pn] [noun pl] [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think what I 'm asking for a pair of shoes is fair enough though I am keeping the prices low as an incentive for my customers to come back for more . ’ |
| 2 | With a sinking heart she arranged for her things to come up by an outside porter , and then set off for home . |
| 3 | At the other end , Charity smiled and waited for her listeners to come back to her . |
| 4 | ‘ It provides a sense of belonging to a fairly sympathetic world , and an opportunity for its occupants to make out of that world something personal to themselves . ’ |
| 5 | European manufacturers are afraid of getting left behind if the emerging handheld personal communicators generate a sudden rush of consumer excitement , and rather than wait for their labs to come up with their own local products , are weighing putting their names on one of the American products and manufacturing it locally . |
| 6 | ANGLIAN Water yesterday splashed out £36 million on a Swedish water engineering company as part of its attempts to diversify out of water supply . |
| 7 | The FAA voluntary reporting system was retained and continues to work well for routine incident reports , while the NASA administered anonymous system made great strides but suffered from the inability of its operatives to refer back to those reporting the incident to obtain amplification of the circumstances or to ask supplementary questions . |
| 8 | ‘ As long as he 's not fixing for another of his boys to play around with this alternative route through the mountains , ’ I said . |
| 9 | In spite of his vows to stay out of trouble he always managed to find it . |
| 10 | After a muttered exchange through the bars , the captain ordered two of his officers to stand by with pistols drawn while he unfastened the padlocks . |
| 11 | For example , in a case — Sex slur drove man to lash out at bully who mocked him : Killer stepson 's years of torment — where a bullying stepfather was killed by the stepson he had tormented for years , one of the taunts mentioned was the mocking of his desires to get on at college , calling him a ‘ funny boy ’ . |
| 12 | James Lamb as Mayor — he was thirteen times Mayor of Rye — had with his jurors to ride out through the wild windy night to rescue his royal guest for whom he gave up his own bedroom . |
| 13 | Henry Kissinger recognized that Romanian co-operation could be useful to the United States in its efforts to get out of the Vietnam War and to open up relations with Mao 's China . |
| 14 | He had forgotten her in his efforts to catch up with her twin . |
| 15 | A diet which is bizarre or extreme may bring about weight loss if strictly adhered to but , as the brain draws on its reserves to make up for the deficiency in vital nutrients , the dieter is likely to become edgy , easily upset and to experience difficulty in making decisions . |
| 16 | They tend to rely on their parents to put up with the drudgery of queues and are only interested in capitalism and the rewards it can bring . |
| 17 | ‘ But the difference now is that the profits go back into the game and the WRU are to be congratulated on their decisions to tap in to the funds that are available . ’ |
| 18 | Murray meanwhile called on his players to knuckle down after a series of disappointing results . |
| 19 | He rasped out the words and stood with his hands on his hips to glare down at her . |
| 20 | There is air for his creatures to move about in . |
| 21 | He heaved again at the floor plate and there was room for his feet to slide down towards the blurred stones between the sleepers . |
| 22 | Glaxo Group Research says it does not have a career break scheme because it believes that ‘ it would be too difficult for our scientists to keep up with the pace of change if they were away from work for an extended period ’ . |