Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [conj] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The times of retiring and getting up on the next morning were noted on the diary sheet and marked electronically by pushing the appropriate buttons on the recording unit .
2 Drama makes an important contribution towards realising the overall aims of English as set out in chapter 2 .
3 The water is the deepest hue of aquamarine and whipped up into meringue peaks .
4 It is still early and you can drive out towards Apt and branch off across the Lubéron .
5 Sort of austere and pissed off with anything less than perfection in the world .
6 He was pointing at Robert and yelling something that sounded like Arabic but turned out to be very emotional English .
7 You 'll study like mad revise like mad and come out with a C.
8 They came home , packed their bags , left Wales for good and set up in Brussels until they found a new house .
9 The stronger sense of is strike off " , wrench loose " , and this is surely the last in a progression of " violent " verbs , beginning with diffugere and going on through and before coming to ( or rather , ) at the poem 's despairing close .
10 Invariably Titron came up , green water avalanching into white that flared back in the wind .
11 ‘ I think I 'll go across and have a chat with that young fallow who came in the other day , ’ Phil said in a conversational tone to no one in particular and rushed out to Sister Cooney 's office .
12 Sadly , Stirling gave orders for much of the equipment to be off loaded and sent back to Kabrit .
13 She takes an exit at random and pulls up at the side of the road to consult her A to Z , but there are no street names visible which would enable her to orient herself .
14 Er these are sort of parties that start at midnightish and go on through the night .
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