Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | A dive simulator allows you to plan dives and predict stops . |
| 32 | She also got on well with Branson ; she had become one of the ‘ inner circle ’ at Virgin , invited on ski-ing holidays and country weekends , utterly trusted within her own sphere ; a model , in fact , of the Virgin ethos of somebody being given responsibility and rising to it . |
| 33 | TWO men who braved flames and choking smoke to rescue a Motherwell couple from their blazing home were yesterday given Firemaster 's Commendations for ‘ courageous and unselfish actions ’ by Strathclyde Fire Brigade . |
| 34 | Brooke offers resignation but stays on |
| 35 | Eat shit and die you mother . |
| 36 | As Bauer put it in a recent BBC television discussion of covert recognition , ‘ Our normal experience of perception , of seeing objects or faces as an all or none process , is a trick that the brain plays on us ’ . |
| 37 | I put on a jersey and jacket and lay with head and shoulders propped against a locker , eating sardines and mopping the oil from the can with fresh bread . |
| 38 | In some magazines they ask men to fill in questionnaires about beauty , and loads of men seem to be using cleansers and having facials . |
| 39 | Finally , once you feel confident that you have selected the appropriate information , you can make notes and review your reading ( see next stage of strategy ) . |
| 40 | Will they really want treadle or dread ? |
| 41 | By then , in any case , Thorfinn was in Scone with Osbern of Eu , drawing maps and discussing strategy . |
| 42 | Nigel : But 40 leading scientists do say that carbon dioxide is made in producing uranium and building the reactors , and power stations are not the main source of greenhouse gases anyway ; and nuclear programmes divert money from energy-saving programmes , and it takes six years to build a nuclear power station and you can save that amount of carbon dioxide in six months by saving energy . |
| 43 | Without doubt , the late Victorian and Edwardian gangs did not restrict themselves to fist fights or kicking contests . |
| 44 | East German decisions to cancel contracts and revalue the mark against the convertible rouble ( the accounting unit for trade within COMECON — Council for Mutual Economic Assistance , or CMEA ) sparked off a dispute with its COMECON partner Czechoslovakia . |
| 45 | Already colour and form were coming together , but the drawing lacked contrast and required sharpening up . |
| 46 | Rosalba closed her eyes , and beseeched heaven , not for the first time , ‘ Dear Lady , Lady who has known tears and cares and the love of God on earth , please help Serafina and give her lots of milk so she can make money and give her strength and stop people being unkind to her . |
| 47 | As long as he had her , he could work and make money and perform , which is what he is all about . ’ |
| 48 | The surrounding borders are mulched with Cocoa Shell , which provides nourishment , conserves moisture and suppresses germinating weeds . |
| 49 | Dip a quarter-of-an-inch of the rooting end into hormone rooting powder and tap off the excess . |
| 50 | Dip the base in hormone rooting powder and insert in very free-draining rooting compost , or equal parts peat and sand , four or five cuttings round the edge of a 5in pot . |
| 51 | Dip the cut end in rooting powder and insert in a hole made with a dibber in pots or trays of rooting compost . |
| 52 | Whole leaf with stalk ( African violet , peperomia ) : cut a leaf near the base of its stalk , dip the end in hormone rooting powder and insert in compost up to the leaf base . |
| 53 | A copyright owner can , of course , grant permission or issue a licence or contract for a work to be copied or reproduced in some way , either in part of whole . |
| 54 | He made notes and said that if he had a key to the house he 'd be able to plan what was needed in a shorter time . |
| 55 | The solicitor made notes and promised to do all that he could to help if contacted . |
| 56 | They are designed to keep the body supple , develop co-ordination and improve poise and general fitness . |
| 57 | She was always doing this , reliving Fernando and forgetting keys and taps and pans on hot stoves . |
| 58 | A majority of the deputies in parliament rallied to support Pflimlin and reject what they interpreted as de Gaulle 's scarcely concealed blackmail . |
| 59 | Readers can check this result by subtracting Project C's cash flows from Project D's cash flows and solving for the IRR as outlined in the previous paragraph . |
| 60 | He told of Tim 's ‘ captivating smile , flashing teeth and twinkling eyes ’ . |