Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | The dog that suddenly goes deaf at 13 years of age will take some time to adjust . |
2 | The scale of the difficulties facing our schools goes unrecognised by too many in our society . |
3 | On an international scale Louth sits right on the line dividing the Eastern hemisphere from the Western . |
4 | The way in which eukaryotes evolved from prokaryotes is discussed later in this chapter . |
5 | Vital grain supplies due in from Siberia were so badly held up that in January 1922 the national Council of Labour and Defence sent there Felix Dzerzhinsky , the head of the secret police , and since April 1921 Commissar for Transport . |
6 | She relies heavily on tip-offs , in turn alerting county and metropolitan records offices about historic company records due for release by liquidators . |
7 | You know the sort : he fulfils damn near every anti-rock stereotype going , confirms every prejudice levelled at gilded Yank youth , stares deep into the mysteries of his navel while the world turns , or even burns , looks scarily like Paul Simon … and is the leader of an improbably great band . |
8 | Most often it is totally unconscious and goes unrecognized by staff and service users . |
9 | The result is that pin 10 goes low for a fixed period determined by the values of C1 and R2 ; approximately 0.1 seconds with the values given . |
10 | Above : Tiger Moth G-AKXS flies low along the crowd line at the end of the Diamond Nine Team 's routine . |
11 | Flies low over ground or along forest edges . |
12 | Typically flies low over water , with shrill ‘ twee-wee-wee ’ call and flickering wings , appearing distinctly bowed when held momentarily at the downward stroke . |
13 | Quite literally ‘ an island out of time ’ , this water-powered mill sits marooned between the River Aire , which drives the wheels , and the Aire and Calder Navigation . |
14 | For females mating strategy differs due to and reproductive success of biological specialization and parental care , such as the gestation . |
15 | you know cos I told you Mike actually fancies one of these that actually fits right in the fireplace |
16 | Every production has its own approach , each trying to bring the mystery plays alive for a modern audience . |
17 | No doubt there are a few places where Stornoway citizens get drunk at Sunday lunchtime , indeed , there are quite a few of them , but their doors are shut to the public ; sin goes private on the Sabbath for it is public morality which counts in Sabbath observance . |
18 | 4 As the attacker 's body twists to the side , the defender kicks low to the joint at the back of the knee . |
19 | Patten tackles Labour on second home curbs plan . |
20 | At the moment they 're leading by three goals to two as now plays it away to this right hand side to Stewart , makes a charge forward , he 's taking on Chris , he 's getting to the right edge of the penalty area , he crosses low with his right boot , chance for in the area , he turned quickly on it but he blasted the t the shot over the top of the bar . |
21 | When IC1 pin 2 goes high at the end of the timing period , current flows into transistor TR1 base ( b ) through current limiting resistor , R5 . |
22 | The Timer IC2 is connected as a monostable — that is , once triggered in this way the output , pin 3 , goes high for a certain time then reverts to low . |
23 | This frequency-multiplied signal is input to an m-state counter/decoder which has , each of which goes HIGH in sequence ( Fig. 7.10 ) . |
24 | Water is pumped in from the River Nene , which is rich in farm nutrients , and sewage from Oakham , rich in phosphates from washing powders , goes direct into the reservior . |
25 | Cos it goes direct from station |
26 | And Jackdaws Castle which sits high on the Cotswolds is now looking down on the racing world … |
27 | Women can check the device is in place by feeling for the IUD threads high in the vagina . |
28 | SYCORAX SITS HUNCHED under the earth , her head fallen sideways , face up , on to her knees which her hands clasp ; her mouth — what is left of her mouth — gapes open in the direction of the ground above . |
29 | Election ‘ 92 : Smith squeezes faithful into schedule Jenny Shields follows the man who would be Chancellor |
30 | The route turns south-easterly after Gatun , through the deep chasm of the Gaillard Cut — eight miles of near-straight canal where the labours ant tribulations of all Goethals ' thousands of men become dramatically evident . |