Example sentences of "[noun pl] and [vb base] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As soon as he was satisfied that all was well , he laid back his ears and set to work on the grass . |
| 2 | And I 'd hold on to his ears and yell with terror and excitement . |
| 3 | Well , it was late — the simplest answer would be to drop the book on the floor , throw off his T-shirt and his jeans , and crawl under the covers and go to sleep . |
| 4 | Military leaders in the sixteenth century who could not find wars to fight elsewhere might turn on their own sovereigns and fight at home ; there had been some decades of civil war in England after the English had been driven out of France in the middle of the fifteenth century . |
| 5 | Of the other parties SDLP suffered because the votes of Republican Clubs supporters in particular were not transferred on elimination to SDLP candidates and support for Republican Clubs was so dispersed throughout the province that there was insufficient support in any constituency for one of their candidates to be elected . |
| 6 | The Chesapeake 's 5 million hectares of shoreline marshes buffer the eroding influence of waves and act as sediment screening sieves for water running off the shore . |
| 7 | Shut your eyes and go to sleep . |
| 8 | Close your eyes and go to sleep . |
| 9 | ‘ God , Nurse , ’ Ted exclaimed virtuously , ‘ There 's nothing for a hot-blooded sinner like me to do when he sees you coming , except close his eyes and pray for continence . ’ |
| 10 | The Empire was a warm haven where Frankie could watch his favourite films or close his eyes and sleep without fear . |
| 11 | He would linger on those delivery trips and stay for dinner or tea or come back via the Talbot , the pub across the road , although he was under age . |
| 12 | We appeal , therefore , to public opinion , and trade unionists in particular , to denounce these repressive measures , condemn the violations of democratic and trade union rights by the authorities and demand the immediate release of all detainees and a halt to mass dismissals and arrest without trial . |
| 13 | All will offer general health checks , write prescriptions and immunise against disease . |
| 14 | All will offer general health checks , write prescriptions and immunise against disease . |
| 15 | Dulé was to slip into the sea , then , binding the container of burning pitch to his head with a deep cushioning of reeds in between to prevent him getting burned , he would swim to the ship , gouge a hole in the hull with his knife and , taking dry tinder from a companion swimming alongside him , light spills from the fire and pass them through the walls of the ship , then slip back under the cover of the mangroves and lie in wait for the panic . |
| 16 | Managing director Prabhdyal Sodhi told the hearing Dixon conspired to alert the health authority rather than go through the proper channels and complain to management . |
| 17 | Younger employees wanted money and benefits such as subsidised housing , ‘ flashy ’ company cars and help with child care . |
| 18 | to provide unemployed people , particularly those who have been unemployed for longer than six months and those in the inner cities , with job opportunities and help in job search skills , or opportunities to become self-employed or to find appropriate training ; |
| 19 | To provide unemployed people , particularly those who have been unemployed for longer than six months and those in inner cities , with job opportunities and help in job search skills , or opportunities to become self-employed or to find appropriate training . |
| 20 | Copyright is a complex subject and it is vital that the professional artist is aware of the issues involved so that he or she can make the most of opportunities and guard against exploitation . |
| 21 | This is a movie about the fragility of relationships and hold on normality . |
| 22 | What I 'll do is give you a system whereby even at the drop of a hat you will be able to put together a few words and speak with clarity , speak coherently and be able to put your point of view across . |
| 23 | The widely differing behaviour of EC members has prompted Britain 's prime minister , John Major , to say that a common foreign policy must go beyond mere words and extend to action , and that the Community is clearly not yet ready for that . |
| 24 | One solution was to cut their losses and sell to television . |
| 25 | The handmade albums and plain-paged books ( below ) are ideal wedding or christening presents and come in red , blue or black bindings with co-ordinating cover-papers . |
| 26 | If governments had not run such deficits then the slump would have been far deeper , since the deficits worked partially to offset the collapse in demand which resulted from the big increase in OPEC savings and fall in investment . |
| 27 | Indeed , not only the earlier act but God 's especial blessings to the British nation in the form of a tradition of civil liberties imposed a particular duty on it to act as exemplar to other nations and work for emancipation . |
| 28 | One Sunday , after listening to a sermon in church on the wickedness of Sabbath-breaking , he was playing at tipcat ( a predecessor of cricket ) when he suddenly heard a voice cry , ‘ Wilt thou leave thy sins and go to Heaven , or have thy sins and go to Hell ? ’ |
| 29 | One Sunday , after listening to a sermon in church on the wickedness of Sabbath-breaking , he was playing at tipcat ( a predecessor of cricket ) when he suddenly heard a voice cry , ‘ Wilt thou leave thy sins and go to Heaven , or have thy sins and go to Hell ? ’ |
| 30 | Scrape pith off peel , cut peel into ½in squares and add to casserole . |