Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She intended to slap Elisabeth on the back , but she was too late ; Elisabeth had made a dash for fresh air and Mitzi 's arm met that of Elisabeth 's chair . |
| 2 | I hate that at nightclubs . |
| 3 | I hate that in men ! |
| 4 | The description fits that of Fräulein Müller 's maid , the woman called Rachel . ’ |
| 5 | Fifteen aircraft of this type were built , Lufthansa using eight as mail carriers and the Luftwaffe employing six on photographic duties . |
| 6 | For if I can do that — if I can get people to begin to comprehend the universality and the depth of our perversion — I would have achieved something rare and precious for the starving and dispossessed two-thirds of mankind ( sic ) from whose ranks I come , and for whose cause I must now fight . ’ |
| 7 | He used language , the politician 's only weapon , to build a momentum for change sufficient to carry Labour to power on a modernising platform . |
| 8 | Originally numbered D1500 , it was renumbered 47401 in October 1973 , the loco emerged new from the Brush Works at Loughborough in September 1962 carrying works number 342 . |
| 9 | While the penalties for water pollution offences are in theory more severe than most field staff believe them to be , they remain frail in comparison with those available to sanction traditional crime . ’ |
| 10 | Perhaps she 'd fallen asleep in Christopher 's room . |
| 11 | Paul , who had fallen asleep in front of the TV after making chips , was wakened by 11-month old Keely coughing . |
| 12 | She had previously benefitted from a credit and loan scheme , but had been unable to continue due to lack of funds . |
| 13 | Unfortunately our present ante-natal teacher is unable to continue due to work and family commitments , but is more than happy to answer any ante-natal queries via the telephone . |
| 14 | He laid much of the blame on the growth of incomes outstripping that of consumer goods production , and attributed this primarily to mistakes in granting autonomy to state enterprises and in regulating the co-operative sector . |
| 15 | But I honestly ca n't validate getting seriously wrapped up in the story of the song because how on earth can you relate that to notes ? |
| 16 | Are you gon na make that for Chris ? |
| 17 | Scheduled to begin on Aug. 30 , the talks had been delayed due to North Korea 's refusal , at an unofficial contact between foreign ministry officials prior to the talks , to respond to Japan 's repeated call for information about a Japanese woman known as Li Un Hye , who had allegedly been kidnapped by North Korea to tutor the former North Korean agent convicted of the 1987 bombing of a South Korean passenger plane [ see p. 35905 ] . |
| 18 | It is also possible to identify land scheduled for development in future years , particularly where the development of an area is delayed due to problems with infrastructure , for example where the release of land is delayed pending improvements to sewers or sewerage disposal facilities . |
| 19 | Occasionally , flights may be delayed due to circumstances beyond our control . |
| 20 | 27 responses as of 31 March — delayed due to distribution difficulties . |
| 21 | Delayed due to staff shortages . |
| 22 | The intermediary in the deal was Christoph Graf Douglas , head of Sotheby 's Germany , who pleaded strongly for the collection to remain intact in Germany . |
| 23 | There are many people who suffer due to lack of affordable housing to rent and inability to cope with mortgage repayments . |
| 24 | You can convey that with dance things , it 's just the way you use your equipment . ’ |
| 25 | A harsh edge can enter into the political discourse of this class , especially when respectability seems to go unrewarded by superiors and unrecognized by supposedly inferiors ( see Garrard , 1978 ) . |
| 26 | It is funded by a poll tax called the licence fee , although a ) the consumer is thus charged for services he/she does not require ; b ) the output often parallels that of TV and radio stations supported by advertising , and c ) its audience share is dropping . |
| 27 | The study of the visible marks used in writing from the point of view of their shape and size rather than their use in a particular system , which is covered by graphology ; this distinction parallels that of phonetics and phonology . |
| 28 | Sweeney 's encounter with ‘ the epileptic on the bed ’ parallels that of Nausicaa not with Odysseus but , more shockingly , with ‘ Polypheme ’ . |
| 29 | Its close links with the English cathedrals had to wait for the Norman reorganization , which first made possible in England an absenteeism and pluralism on the German model . |
| 30 | Successive reforms failed to end patronage and to establish the sort of professional , rationally organized state bureaucracy loyal to the notion of public service that the Northcote-Trevelyan reforms made possible in Britain . |