Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [noun pl] [conj] [vb -s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fallen people , slipping down through grids and drains until there is nowhere left to fall . |
| 2 | Iser expands on Ingarden 's description of the reading process as the filling in of gaps but criticizes Ingarden 's belief that there are true and false realizations of a text ( 1978:178 ) . |
| 3 | You see it on telly , it goes down in sections and crumples in a huge cloud of dust . |
| 4 | Other figures participating in the same religious ceremony wear a cloth robe covering both upper and lower parts of the body and falling straight down without folds or flounces to the ankles . |
| 5 | ( HAMLET comes down to footlights and regards the audience . |
| 6 | He sits on the edge of the bed where Kate lies fenced in by bolsters and proffers it smilingly . |
| 7 | My husband has suffered from heartburn on and off for years and has recently been diagnosed as having a hiatus hernia . |
| 8 | Terry Gilliam , ex-Python and film director : ‘ John has a tendency to go off in fits and starts . |
| 9 | A gently ascending forest track leads up through woods and comes out into the open at the summit of the trail , to give a fine view of the whole length of the Urner See , framed by the Fronalpstock ( 1,922m , 6,304ft ) and Rophaien ( 2,078m , 6,81 6ft ) peaks towering over the bluffs of the opposite ( east ) shore . |
| 10 | I think they thought , who is this bloke that keeps turning up for practices but does n't actually do anything and has never heard of the Who ! ’ |
| 11 | It can reach a length of up to 7″ and prefers temperatures of between 50–70°F . |
| 12 | If you have to go out to earn a living or live up to commitments and promises you should aim to get back as soon as possible . |
| 13 | Streamline English Destinations follows on from Connections or provides a separate eighty-unit courses for intermediate students . |
| 14 | Streamline English Connections follows on from Departures or provides an independent eighty-unit course for pre-intermediate students . |
| 15 | ‘ Andrew Impey has really come on in leaps and bounds since he first broke into the first team and Ian Holloway does a great job for us . ’ |
| 16 | Sue Leggate says : ‘ Consumer rights have come on in leaps and bounds since Which ? first appeared . |
| 17 | Son Pardo has come on in leaps and bounds since finishing fifth on his debut at Newmarket on 2,000 Guineas day . |
| 18 | ‘ He 's technically a very good goalkeeper and he has come on in leaps and bounds in recent weeks , ’ he said . |
| 19 | He has come on in leaps and bounds this season . |
| 20 | I usually make her coffee , and if she runs out of fags or needs summat from the shops , I go for her . |
| 21 | Fortunately , computer buyers are spared the one thing which afflicts consumers of prestige-based goods : computer brand names do n't confer any status unless you 're one of those nerds who hangs out with hackers and reckons that one 's image is enhanced by owning Conner , ATI , Logitech or whatever . |
| 22 | The Captain tries to put his message more clearly , but is in great pain , and the King orders him out with attendants and fails to understand his message . |
| 23 | The degree of splitting of the bone suggests equivalence to Behrensmeyer 's stage 2 weathering , but the degree of flaking is less : some flaking occurs , spreading out from breaks and splits in the bone , but it is not as well developed as seen in large mammal bone at weathering stage 2 ( Behrensmeyer , 1978 ) . |
| 24 | ‘ Every body placed in the luminous air spreads out in circles and fills the surrounding space with infinite likenesses of itself and appears all in all and all in every part . ’ |
| 25 | Uzbekistan cuts back on pesticides but maintains yields |
| 26 | Some waters contain fine silt , which , although innocuous to humans , is filtered out by textiles and gives rise to staining . |
| 27 | It is the possession of a common culture and the ability to communicate and pass it on to others that distinguishes the human being from other animals . |
| 28 | Scarlet supposed she should be grateful that her daughter had not shaved her head , tattooed her nose or chosen to go around in floor-length black , hung about with chains and crucifixes like so many of the girls on the streets . |
| 29 | In the accounts of industrial action one reads about in newspapers or sees on television , the cause of a dispute will usually be attributed to the issue over which work relations broke down . |