Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [conj] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus greatfully would be flagged as a misspelling of gratefully and prehaps as a misspelling of perhaps . |
| 2 | The nylon line drops out of nowhere and cuts through the flesh of his upper arm like a cheese wire . |
| 3 | ‘ Stealin' Horses ’ pops out of nowhere and hangs in the air , a skeletal ballad from Griffin with the accompaniment of a ghostly piano which can be heard weeping softy to itself in the basement . |
| 4 | He warned that the project would change the character of the West End for ever and lead to a ribbon of development between Darlington and Croft . |
| 5 | Olive , when she was sharing the night with me , had the habit of coming up to me about 7.30pm and saying in a sympathetic voice , ‘ You do look tired ! |
| 6 | They will contain the pre-emption provisions and possibly a list of matters that can be dealt with only if approved by the holders of a certain class of shares ( if not included in the subscription and shareholders ' agreement ) . |
| 7 | It gave her meat for now and to smoke for the winter , and a jacket , stinking but warm . |
| 8 | The molecule can be delivered to a cell from outside but works on the RNA inside it . |
| 9 | It was quite a sight to see the poor ladies who accompanied her , some of them quite stout , being pushed from behind or dragged from the front over these obstacles while the Empress laughed like a child to see their stricken faces and the piteous condition of their coiffures . |
| 10 | The 28-year-old was walking along a footpath near Pendleton Road , Darlington , when the was jumped on from behind and pushed to the ground . |
| 11 | The driver was then seized from behind and treated with a degree of violence ; the offenders demanded money . |
| 12 | The 32-year-old woman was attacked in Arkendale Street at 1.20am after being grabbed from behind and knocked to the ground . |
| 13 | ‘ We ca n't be absolutely sure of the sequence of events but the victim was hit from behind and fell against the door leading into the garage , so the killer must have been in the house . |
| 14 | He heard somebody say ’ … and Maggsy ’ and he was grabbed from behind and dragged into the van . |
| 15 | ‘ She was approached from behind and hit over the back with what is thought to be a piece of hosepipe , ’ a spokeswoman for Cleveland Police said last night . |
| 16 | IN A quiz published this week in TODAY and based on the popular TV show Have I Got News For You , we wrongly attributed the programme to Channel Four . |
| 17 | The second level , Taylor 's , was to be located downstream from here and driven into the western side of the Red Dell Beck to come up about 180 ft. below the old workings on the surface — Wide Work . |
| 18 | I think the best thing we can do is leave any talk of work until tomorrow and concentrate on the real reason why we agreed to this evening and get to know one another better . ’ |
| 19 | If he was born by then before then and lived in the village his name would be in the censors . |
| 20 | Certainly not as bright as here , er sufficient light for me to be able to see that there were people in there and to differentiate between a man and a woman but er at that time not enough to be able to clearly define anybody . |
| 21 | Sonny 's guitar style — taking in everything from evocative Dobro through to sizzling lead , with a neat line in unlikely techniques like harmonics from nowhere and playing between the slide and the nut — has been perfectly showcased on his three solo albums to date , ‘ Blues Attack ’ , ‘ Way Down In Louisiana ’ and ‘ Outward Bound ’ ( the latter is highly recommended and is available in the UK on Zoo Records , through BMG ) . |
| 22 | With a view to aiding the assessment of a patient 's progress there are a few simple guidelines that can be followed ; for cure to be taking place the disease should go from within to without , from organs of greater importance to lesser importance , from above to below and to disappear in the reverse order to their original appearance . |
| 23 | When I lived right on the job it used to drive my wife round the bend — I 'd be at home on a weekend , perhaps in the garden , and I 'd think about something in the greenhouse across the road so I 'd go over there and disappear for an hour whereas perhaps I should have been giving more time to my family . |
| 24 | Walked through there and got to the simulator took our jackets off , pretended we 'd already been in walked straight past and we were right on site ! |
| 25 | The procession , which takes place on the Saturday before the first Monday in August , leaves the town hall at 2pm and arrives at the cathedral some two hours later . |
| 26 | Liz 's labour began at 2.30am and ended with the arrival of a 7lb 5oz baby boy , James , at 6am the same morning . |
| 27 | He sprang up at once and made for the door as if he 'd been propositioned by a dirty old man in a public convenience . |
| 28 | But she moved at once and stood below the pounding clanking mesh wheel , looking up . |
| 29 | The piglets slowed their headlong gallop to a trot , then , as though controlled by telepathy , they all stopped at once and stood in a pink group in one corner , |
| 30 | He passed into the saloon , found the companionway at once and descended to a central passage . |