Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [verb] [pron] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These include plungers , wormscrews ( for boring into a blockage and pulling it out ) , and scrapers for removing sludge and silt and either pushing it down the drain or pulling it back into the inspection chamber on which you are working . |
| 2 | " Dear mermaids , wo n't you please turn the wheel and spin me down to the sea-king 's palace ? " |
| 3 | He had taken one hand from the wheel and held it up in protest . |
| 4 | I understand that Wyre Borough Council are standardising all the play equipment throughout the borough and bringing it up to British Standards safety requirements . |
| 5 | Cornelius retrieved both letter and card and set them down before him . |
| 6 | The unarmed man then produced a buff-coloured plastic ID card and held it up in front of Vasili . |
| 7 | Tie a cord to each bottom ring and thread it up through the rings on each tape . |
| 8 | Then he nodded at Benny who took the hammer and brought it back over his head , ready to smash it down on to the cartridge at a sign from his brother . |
| 9 | There was a warning glitter of laughter in his eyes , and casually he dropped his cigar to the terrace and ground it out under his heel , then moved a fraction closer to her . |
| 10 | Simply waggle the club and set it down in your normal address position . |
| 11 | We are very sorry we have caused any inconvenience to club and are hoping E McCormick accepts this letter of apology on our behalf club and puts it down to a mis-understanding by his supporters . |
| 12 | He got the top off and a cup poured before lowering himself gingerly back into the driving seat and passing it over to Catherine . |
| 13 | ‘ Perhaps this will jog your memory ! ’ he warned , and with an economy of movement had taken her seat and pulled her down across his knees . |
| 14 | Erm well perhaps before I answer that question Mr Chairman , I could just briefly skim across the programme and bring you up to date as to where we are and then we 'll go directly on to that point . |
| 15 | Pete lifted his knight but changed his mind and put it back on the board . |
| 16 | Also the dyslexic child is not necessarily unintelligent because he ca n't write something which you 've just written on the blackboard or which has only just been shown to him in some other way ; the dyslexic person ca n't look up at a blackboard , hold the visual symbols in her mind and get them down on paper in a different position . |
| 17 | To read Tolkien , Morris , Hodgson , Wells and Verne , to mention a few of the most imaginative of authors is to expand the confines of the mind and to jolt it out of its habitual furrow . |
| 18 | He had to walk about three miles to collect the mail and carry it back to the village , for which a charge of sixpence per missive was made . |
| 19 | I got hold of him by the scruff of the neck and took him along to the police box and rang up for the wagon . |
| 20 | He twisted a bathrobe belt around her neck and forced her on to a bed before raping her twice in July 1991 . |
| 21 | And instinctively she reached out her arms as if to circle his neck and draw him down into an imaginary embrace . |
| 22 | Firstly it belongs to John Major himself , for taking to the hustings , and restoring , a cutting edge to the party dialogue — and thus taking the Central Office by the scruff of the neck and lifting it out of the doldrums into which it had sunk . |
| 23 | Her hands stole up his chest , then to his shoulders , and finally she clasped them behind his neck and gave herself up to the pleasure of the kiss . |
| 24 | If they do so he grabs them by the neck and hauls them back to the fold . |
| 25 | The book traces his family history leading up to that midnight stroke and carries it through to the dark period of Mrs Gandhi 's emergency . |
| 26 | The mountain shook for several long seconds , after which time they were delighted to see the Doctor hurtle out of the cave mouth and hurl himself down towards them . |
| 27 | Should one of the fry slip from the nest the male will catch it in his mouth and spit it back into the nest . |
| 28 | I have never seen a player catch a football in his mouth and spit it back to his keeper before . |
| 29 | If she let it , the food would jump into her mouth and swell her up to grossness . |
| 30 | Darius grabs a wedge , ices it with half an inch of butter , crams it in his mouth and washes it down with a can of Coke . |