Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [verb] [adj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bell goes on to make explicit a relationship between monolingual stylistic variation and bilingual behaviour : having two discrete languages available rather than a continuum of styles simply throws into sharper focus the factors which operate on monolingual style shift . |
| 2 | Typically , the way he describes it gives it all an edge , a challenge , like he 's looking out to make sure no one can get the drop on him . |
| 3 | Then , first looking round to make sure no one was watching , she sat up straight again and pulled her dress to her knees , with her legs on either side of the horse . |
| 4 | After the remains of the crew were removed , bomb disposal experts from RAF Wittering were called in to make sure the wreckage and the surrounding earth did not contain unexploded bombs . |
| 5 | The Employment Appeal Tribunal decided that the failure to offer a long-serving worker the chance to stay on rendered unfair a redundancy which had originally been justified . |
| 6 | The pages of the charge were folded back leaving open the page on which she was to sign . |