Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Local authorities will be encouraged to employ specialist archaeological officers , to develop archaeological policies and to include them in local and district plans . |
| 2 | yeah yeah and fine now I think somebody 's coming to see me at eleven and then I 'm teaching from twelve til two , somebody 's coming to see me at two but a bit later on this afternoon or on Monday morning I can do |
| 3 | They did n't want me for pastoral and I 'm not head of department . |
| 4 | Suspend them on long and short threads , tied to a wire coat-hanger . |
| 5 | Even the attempted revisions of the discipline associated with the Scrutiny programme have failed due to its lack of positive practical goals : " False ideals are not destroyed merely by seeing through their linguistic dress , but by opposing them with stronger and better ones . " |
| 6 | Mountain bikes do n't have guards because if you 're using them on wet and muddy terrain you do n't want to constantly have to stop to unclog the wheels . |
| 7 | Yes and er I er they got me on that and I 'd er seen a bit on it before hand one way or another , but I went to a place and , and asked them if I could er see and er they showed me and explained it , the er the way to er . |
| 8 | If we lose them as doubting teenagers by not stimulating them with well-made and provocative stories , what kind of audiences will we have left when they become adults ? ’ |
| 9 | As they became confident , she moved them into faster and more daring exhibitions , inciting them to dive skilfully for a titbit or a ‘ lure ’ . |
| 10 | But anything other than aquiescence with the regent could only tie them into political and ideological knots of Gordian proportions . |
| 11 | At five o'clock in the morning Ada Neumann would have been in her kitchen , simmering the dozens of doughnut-shaped rolls in hot water for a few minutes before baking them in the oven , glazing them with egg-white and then showering them with sesame seeds . |
| 12 | ‘ God preserve me from foolish and deceitful women , ’ he said , letting her hair go and falling back on the pillow , his arms raised angrily above his head . |
| 13 | I do n't know why I should burden you with this and make an exhibition of myself in front of eveN– one . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ In fact , I did n't know him at all and he 'd managed to slip in and out of affairs before I even tumbled to the fact that he was playing around . |
| 15 | Its aim is to do something in the life of the person who reads it , as well as to capture his aesthetic interest and supply him with historical and theological information . |
| 16 | Clarkson 's narrative revealed his own perseverance and commitment until exhaustion and financial difficulty overtook him in 1794 and Hoare fastened upon Clarkson 's continuing ‘ zeal ’ . |
| 17 | Faye had started painting her at eleven and was supposed to have had a blood glucose test at noon . |
| 18 | then I have embellished it with red and blue gemstones and a drop-pearl ( from an old earring ) in the centre . |
| 19 | Within the Councils , the ‘ proof ’ still largely consists of peer reviews , although ABRC has attempted to assess the contribution which bibliometric studies might make to their decision-making , whilst the UFC now requires universities to provide it with bibliometric and other performance statistics . |
| 20 | If you must use a rim lock , buy the best rim deadlock you can afford , and fit it with long and strong screws . |
| 21 | Horner 's fierce forehand had been her best weapon , but Soutter was able to contain it with steady and accurate driving and a calm mind . |
| 22 | 8 Instead of multiplying a number by 98 , Julie multiplied it by 89 and got the answer 23,585 . |
| 23 | 5 Instead of multiplying a number by 42 , Jane multiplied it by 24 and got 432 . |
| 24 | Stock markets fluctuate wildly , economists have difficulty forecasting performance or prescribing remedies ; the indicators and institutions that used to provide us with reliable and reassuring benchmarks no longer seem to be functioning properly . |
| 25 | they had to sell them for three and threepence , three farthings . |
| 26 | You were going to sell them at one and tuppence each . |
| 27 | Let's try and get it on the board , which somebody has written on and I told them about that and asked them to clean it , but , bring a spray can of white paint next time . |
| 28 | As vesting day , 1 April 1948 , approached , the shape of the organisations which were to take over the industry , and the men who were going to lead them at national and regional level were known . |
| 29 | Coleridge was not only a willing listener to Southey 's ideas , but was soon developing them into grand and Utopian principles during long hours spent in Oxford ‘ disputing on metaphysical subjects ’ . |
| 30 | There was nothing in the original Bill about academic freedom and universities were to be permitted to dismiss senior staff in order to replace them with younger and cheaper people . |