Example sentences of "[coord] [vb base] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To let herself out of the back she 'd either have to clamber over the seats or squeeze out of a window , and because of the shape of the doors the windows did n't even open all the way . |
| 2 | Then lie or sit down on the nearest piece of furniture , try to keep warm and wait calmly for help to arrive . |
| 3 | It is a suitably simple affair , with just two sculpted capitals of indeterminate subject and only one sculpted arch or voussure out of the four ; the tympanum is the best thing , a Christ in Majesty decisively sculpted in uncommonly high relief . |
| 4 | Then again they would just stand there , or squat down in the shade of a sand hill , their eyes fixed on the two endless parallels , following them out until they joined and lost themselves in the bush . |
| 5 | To subscribe to ELT Journal , simply fill in the form on the back of this leaflet and send it off , with payment , to the address supplied overleaf or send off for a free inspection copy . |
| 6 | Make sure that you receive all four issues of the 1993 volume by filling out the form on the back of this leaflet and sending it off , with payment , to the address supplied overleaf , or send off for a free inspection copy . |
| 7 | Or grind down to a powder if you want to add it to smooth sauces . |
| 8 | People will help themselves and save you a lot of work , as will buying paper plates for everyone to use and making the buffet a finger buffet with lots of little bits and pieces of food , and nothing that has to be served onto a plate with a spoon or cut up with a knife and fork . |
| 9 | When included , the inner shape was taken to be a hole or cut out in the total shape . |
| 10 | They are particularly concerned that the poor , elderly and sick will be forced to run up debts or cut down on the amount of electricity , coal , oil and gas they use . |
| 11 | Poise is directly concerned with good deportment ; a poised person does not walk noisily or clumsily , slump in a chair , or sit or bend down in an ungainly manner . |
| 12 | Essential for sets , you can sit back and relax with your favourite mag or catch up on the gossip with the girl under the next dryer ! |
| 13 | When we feel resentment or act out of a sense of duty it can sometimes be seen and felt by the person concerned . |
| 14 | After a time , all knew that the concourse was not going to turn sour or break up in a fight . |
| 15 | We could see Jane Russell again at the Empire , or walk up to the Arcadian to see Sanders of the River . |
| 16 | Now of course you may not be able to do anything to change the basic situation — you ca n't very well turn the children out onto the street or walk out on a job just because it is tedious . |
| 17 | If you are a countryman , you may sit by a stream and contemplate a may tree just coming into blossom , or climb up on the ramparts of an iron age hill fort and let your soul soar with the wind . |
| 18 | I would therefore display a becoming restiveness , or look round for the usual dispatch-case , so that when he started slowly rising to his feet , which he did as if by some inner mechanism , I could , like an adjoining lift , follow him slightly behindhand . |
| 19 | If you stand on a hill in winter when there is a thaw or look down from a motorway , especially in the Midlands , you can hardly miss the pattern of long parallel bands of snow , which are always the last to go from the hollows of the old ridge and furrow . |
| 20 | It is a kind of mystery tour , with an unimaginable destination ; not surprisingly many pupils fall asleep or jump off during the journey . |
| 21 | ‘ My mam says he 's prob'ly in prison or run off with a bit of stuff , ’ said one of the hostiles in the playground one milk-break . |
| 22 | The time required to pass a barge up and or barge down in a 50 feet balance lift would be approximately say 15 minutes . |
| 23 | The other Non-academic Parties will also notify the Lead Organization of the sale or transfer out of the Project of any capital equipment for which any claim for payment has been made under this Agreement . |
| 24 | Its heroes do not characteristically commit suicide or ride off into the sunset : they settle down , marry , and make comfortable and elaborate treaties with the world they live in . |
| 25 | This card may be placed next to the model or face up at the table edge to indicate that it is in play . |
| 26 | His mother would find him slumped across the keyboard or face down on the carpet where he had collapsed . |
| 27 | Women must either follow the male career route and spend little time with their children , or drop out for the vital middle years that filter out the top managers . |
| 28 | Nor did Mme Guérigny visit the cinema or theatre , or drop in on a neighbour . |
| 29 | Renew contacts with old friends Saturday or drop in on a parent or much loved relative . |
| 30 | Bryony come and stand over here or hang on to the buggy whichever you want to do . |