Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But even the most mercenary of foreign firms grows a little queasier about trading with a regime which shoots dead its citizens , and then tries to score popularity points by offering convict labour to foreign factories ; and even the most unreconstructed optimist can see that the resurgence of hard-line Marxists in the Peking power structure is likely to militate against further free-market reforms . |
| 2 | I find it rather rich for eating as a table cheese , but a few spoonfuls stirred into hot pasta is delicious . |
| 3 | This is structured by hourly changes of sail or course , so that the crew can learn as much as possible about handling in the time they are aboard . |
| 4 | Beaten again : Martina Navratilova lost in two straight sets at Flushing Meadow yesterday but she in not definite about retiring from the game . |
| 5 | I lost my temper too — I 'm sorry for shouting about the fire . |
| 6 | ‘ A lot of people feel shy about going into a Tax Office , so this is a good opportunity for them to get any help they need , ’ explained Peter Guy , the Inland Revenue 's Customer Service Manager in the province . |
| 7 | 1965 The Rolling Stones are fined £5 each for urinating in a garage forecourt after a concert in Romford , Essex . |
| 8 | Southend pumps its sewage into the sea after primary treatment ; the beach at Westcliff has just been called unsuitable for swimming by the Heinz Good Beach Guide . |
| 9 | He jumped , feeling guilty about staring into the car . |
| 10 | Salmond had been the recipient of abuse all that day , mainly from Labour for voting with the Government on Maastricht the night before . |
| 11 | FIREFIGHTER Gary Madill is lucky to be alive after crashing through a roof and smashing 25 feet to the ground . |
| 12 | Puddle was run out for 97 after figuring in a third wicket stand of 181 with opener Andrew Harris which provided the platform for Wales 's impressive success . |
| 13 | I have an instrument like this for listening to the TV . |
| 14 | There are 30 craftsmen at Bringwyn and they 've become blase about working in a stately Victorian ballroom . |
| 15 | ‘ It 's not the same as actually being fat — when you feel embarrassed about squeezing into a small space behind a table , or when you pull your shirt tail down so no one sees the fat hanging over the top of your jeans . |
| 16 | Was , was everybody embarrassed about going to the pawnbrokers or did n't did n't some people |
| 17 | Do n't be embarrassed about lying on a bed in the shop to try it out , and make sure you test the actual size you want to buy . |
| 18 | The reader of a description needs therefore to be careful about accepting as a description anything more than is actually visible on the canvas or in the sculpture . |
| 19 | You 'd have to know the pilotage , and be very careful about taking in a vessel of any size . |
| 20 | Agents Mathews and Goodman are looking for rents of around ££10 a sq ft for space in Martin 's Building as it becomes free for letting with a range of suites up to 14,000 sq ft being available . |
| 21 | The provision of an adequate flat-rate pension would also prove a better vehicle than pension-splitting for dealing with the problems that are likely to face older women in the future as a result of divorce . |
| 22 | Liz Kennedy was hit in face by flying debris when a special effect went wrong during filming of the BBC 's £850,000 political thriller ‘ Love Lies Bleeding ’ . |
| 23 | Engineering is a professional subject and the BEng and MEng degrees offered in the School are all accredited by the appropriate Professional Engineering Institution as acceptable for leading to the status of Chartered Engineer . |
| 24 | The Italians are getting jumpy after drawing against the Swiss in Cagliari . |
| 25 | Historical and geographical facts were intertwined : the country had been ‘ founded in 1821 after fighting between the Zulus and the Boers ’ ; it was surrounded on all sides by South Africa and contained mountain ranges , and so on . |
| 26 | I shall return to this after looking at the other two models ( see pp. 46 – 48 ) . |
| 27 | Below : Iris III S1263 fitted with Rolls-Royce Buzzard engines became the Mk V. This aircraft was lost in 1933 after colliding with a launch in Plymouth Sound . |
| 28 | Om Prakash Chauthala resigned as the Janata Dal Chief Minister of Haryana on May 22 after serving in the post for less than seven months . |
| 29 | So a word of warning : be careful of relying on a person too far away from yourself . |
| 30 | There was a certain story my father was fond of repeating over the years . |