Example sentences of "[adv] [pos pn] [noun sg] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Knowing that half of Scotland had left their cars sitting in the middle of roads to make sure that they could get to the gig is not so much my horror story as the police 's , she chuckled .
2 Now I know there are some fish willing to feed I will cut down my feed rate to a dozen maggots only when I cast in .
3 Did you put down my fuel bill for last month ?
4 So my phone call to the Parsons ' household the next day was in the best traditions of the society in which I found myself living .
5 So my taxi driver like whizzes past my house , I go , oh I 'm new in the area .
6 We pressed on down the Gulf and after an hour or so my radio lad in the back gave me a chit — " The Argosy has been found , return to Bahrain " — and so , led by the squadron commander , John A. MacDonald commanding No 55 at that time , we were led back to Bahrain .
7 A Metropolitan authority said that they did not yet know how much their training allocation from the central training budget would be , as training is organized to coincide with the academic year .
8 ST HELENS are taking legal advice after the Rugby League turned down their compensation plea for injured Test centre Paul Loughlin .
9 On top of that , proportionately more has gone to those who have only their state pension by way of benefits .
10 Ms Darlow took along her wedding gown for one and her grandmother 's hat and muff for another an outfit which lent itself to a sepia finish , said Mrs Simmons .
11 It has nibbled at the problem , closing down its fertiliser business after failing to sell it .
12 Meryl gulped down her orange juice in an effort to subdue the mental image of Norman Pinder avidly turning the pages of his favourite Sunday newspaper , his eyes popping out even further , if that were possible .
13 ‘ I think , ’ Anna said a minute later , setting down her brass burden on the kitchen table , ‘ I think I have had a little revelation . ’
14 Comfort put down her wine glass with a snap , her smile shrinking like a jersey boiled in washing soda .
15 She slammed down her wine glass on the table and held her palms out to him .
16 Laying down her coffee mug with a decisive thud , she got to her feet and strode with her usual long-legged grace to the dining-room .
17 She had seen it in any case and she was not Sairellen Thackray who would look down her granite nose at him and sneer .
18 Fifty kilometres to the north , the American oil company Texaco drilled its first productive well in 1967 in a clearing in the forest , bringing in its drilling rig by air as there were no roads .
19 When the preacher looks at the ceiling before long his congregation look at their shoes and then their watches !
20 There follows an account of Edward 's slight involvement in his father 's political activities , especially his schoolboy advocacy during the Home Rule election when his ‘ enthusiasm pleased my father ’ .
21 Milan Aksentijevic , the deputy commander of the fifth army district — which included Croatia — after forcing down his helicopter south of Zagreb .
22 Sir Richard put down his wine cup on the small table beside him .
23 He took down his tool kit from the high cupboard where it was kept well out of Timmy 's reach .
24 It seemed he had left in the Casa Guidi a gun of which he was fond , taking only his hunting rifle in case he had the chance to go into the country to shoot rabbits .
25 Assume that the author provided only his opening statement about Britain 's fear of Russia ( line 16 ) .
26 These modern apartments are our Club Choice in Lanzarote and very much our Club base on the island , central to Club 18–30 activities and the facilities of this lively resort .
27 WHAT ROARS ALONG YOUR WASHING LINE AT 100MPH ?
28 Please make sure that you write down your registration number in the space provided on the sponsor form .
29 Also , buying canned or frozen food rather than fresh food cuts down our vitamin intake by as much as 25–30 per cent .
30 ‘ It 's not my life frame by frame but my heart is in every scene of this film , ’ he says .
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