Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [conj] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Place your other arm on the floor for support and lift your leg up in the air in a scissors action . |
| 2 | He helped Ratagan away , the big man leaning on him for support and cursing his lameness . |
| 3 | To ensure shortest-path routes for cyclists and to increase their safety and comfort , cycle traffic can be permitted to deviate from existing traffic regulations . |
| 4 | The worms can only live in compostable material so there 's no fear of them making a bid for freedom and eating their way through the vegetable patch . |
| 5 | Water Gardening from Lotus tells you everything you need to know about building and maintaining your garden pond . |
| 6 | There was something about Mortimer that made her uneasy . |
| 7 | These ‘ other ’ for signs that signalled its ‘ innate physical , mental and moral inferiority ’ ( David Green ‘ On Foucault ’ in Ten 8 No 14 ) . |
| 8 | Modigliani was pleased when Zbo responded quickly to his pleas for money and told his dealer he was going back to work : ‘ I must explain — though real explanations are impossible in letters — that there has been a ‘ vacuum ’ . |
| 9 | When Niki said the Paris decision had been the right one , one knows two things about Niki that explain his position : first that any Ferrari driver has to speak through both sides of his mouth , and second , that even were that not so , there is nothing Niki likes as much as winding someone else up . |
| 10 | A contingent headed for Plymouth and met their first serious resistance at Trematon Castle by Saltash , held for the King by Sir Richard Grenville . |
| 11 | The Council confirmed its will " progressively to transform the Community into a European Union by developing its political dimension , strengthening its capacity for action and extending its powers [ UK reservation ] " . |
| 12 | Sun Alliance sold the majority of its 14.24% stake in Commercial Union for £280m and merged its Australian non-life operation with Royal Insurance 's to form the fourth largest general insurer in Australia . |
| 13 | Connections in Reading A & B encourage pre-intermediate students to read for pleasure and develop their reading skills . |
| 14 | He tried to deny he 'd been to the village at first , but when I told him I 'd watched his every move he said he 'd gone for toothpaste and avoided our constables because he did n't think they 'd allow him to go out . ’ |
| 15 | No-one had told him about schools or explained their purpose . |
| 16 | ‘ George strips the wallpaper , takes the covers off books and spreads his hay all over the floor in one of our rooms , ’ said Mrs Stallard . |
| 17 | For organizations that want their employees to give of their best the conclusion must be that ‘ we can not afford not to have an effective communication policy ’ . |
| 18 | The others had potential , but I bathed and groomed her as if for Crufts and made my way to the hospital . |
| 19 | In the attempt to provide good influences , officers were advised to cultivate personal contacts : to become friends with the boys , to invite them home for tea and to visit their homes ; they were to encourage their charges to have confidence in them and never to break faith ; above all , they were told , never ‘ miss an opportunity of strengthening your hold over them ’ . |
| 20 | I have always remembered her as saying ‘ One came between brothers and shared their tutor ’ as an explanation of her knowledge of Greek . |
| 21 | I hovered over the sideboard pretending to be looking for cutlery and strained my ears to catch the conversation . |
| 22 | And that the nobility did not vote in King William for the good of the Commonwealth nor for religion but to preserve their riches and honours ' — a curious speech which combined legitimism with Country Jacobitism and even a sense of class hostility . |
| 23 | I could of done the same at home , I would of liked to have looked after Neil and kept my own electric |
| 24 | He and Cranston were still arguing rival theories when they reached Aldgate long after dark and made their way through a small postern door in the city gate . |
| 25 | The RAF Benevolent Fund made an initial contribution towards my clothes , and Mr Grice , their representative , would come round after work and help my mother fill in the forms . |
| 26 | The women may spend large parts of the day on personal care , preparing and clearing up after meals and doing their laundry . |
| 27 | In Germany there were some three deaths that the police thought could be related to such fantasy games , including one in which a self-confessed Storm Master hanged himself in prison after raping and killing his girlfriend . |
| 28 | In addition , museum assistants or other personnel whose task it is to prepare the objects for visitors and to supervise their access to the collections may have more time for other tasks . |
| 29 | I went back to the house for lunch and found my father chopping driftwood in the back garden . |
| 30 | It demands , it does n't come cap in hand asking for favors and groveling its gratitude ! ’ |