Example sentences of "[det] [noun] of [noun] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You putting that bit of carpet down till your daddy come along and done that on it . |
| 2 | in fact I might not even need to vacuum the floor , need I ? , if I pick that bit of paper up off there |
| 3 | Taking that level of security down to individual data items , what what areas of my chartered account can I update what areas can I look at ? |
| 4 | Perhaps they could now get each episode of Eldorado down to that length . |
| 5 | He totted up the figures night after night , and ‘ he would take that piece of paper out of his pocket and look at it again and again ’ . |
| 6 | The approach was reactive and piecemeal , with little appreciation of traffic now as a system or of the relationships between land use and traffic generation . |
| 7 | She spread out another section of paisley cloth and pinned another bit of pattern on to it . |
| 8 | But the conventions surrounding the drama itself usually go some way to counter this kind of misapprehension even in mediaeval times . |
| 9 | Be sure to scatter this kind of food thinly in the places where these species normally forage — a heap of cheese in the middle of the lawn will just attract the attentions of your local starlings . |
| 10 | and the other thing is that to get this kind of continuity even at one post he 's got to work with Dave for at least six months and Dave 's going in March next year so we want a A L O in post by September of this year if that 's possible . |
| 11 | In some countries they spend days after a death , have a wake or make some kind of celebration out of it . |
| 12 | We also have in the area a tremendous number of new houses which have never been contacted by us or for by any political party and I would hope that we might be able to do er something about the area behind the church there is er an area that comes to mind which could well be fruitful , and I would hope that we might during this year get er some kind of literature out to these places apart from election literature . |
| 13 | for people who are caring for their , their family we 've , we 've also said , that employers should recognise that people should be able to get , erm some kind of leave occasionally from their work er , perhaps ten days a year when they find the person they 're looking after is is sick . |
| 14 | I think instead of encouraging you to try out new ideas they seem to get some kind of kick out of telling you how bad it is … |
| 15 | She had brushed aside the congratulations of her gynaecologist when he said , ‘ Most women would have been screaming for some kind of relief long before now . ’ |
| 16 | I wanted it to be over , to return to the innocence and freedom of life before the kidnap , for John to be safe , for us all to know some kind of certainty instead of this constant doubt and anxiety , to be able to think of the future again . |
| 17 | They believe Mr MacDonald may have been involved in some kind of argument shortly before his death . |
| 18 | Promoter Barry Hearn told me : ‘ He must have created some kind of record already with this his ninth world title fight in under two years . |
| 19 | The birds squawked and flapped , and the very top of the bush seemed to be flicked by an invisible hand which knocked a few shreds of leaf out into the air . |
| 20 | A few hours of relaxation away from the whirl of London for both of them , I suppose . |
| 21 | Could I just conclude Moderator by saying that those who are engaged in ACTS the churches which are participating members of this action of churches together in Scotland are engaged in a journey together . |
| 22 | After a few months of wrestling unsuccessfully with the strong weeds , the house was delighted to see activity in the grounds . |
| 23 | Does anyone have information which would assist in getting this piece of equipment back into use ? |
| 24 | Right , it 's not too late to start to again , I , I 'll chuck this piece of paper away for you . |
| 25 | I saw this piece of rock back in 1986 when I went to America with Gerald Costello for the NCMD to help set up the World Council for Metal Detecting . |
| 26 | Dealers said there was also some buying of pounds out of Singapore . |
| 27 | In fact , it does n't matter how remote , how poor is the resemblance of an insect to a stick , there must be some level of twilight , or some degree of distance away from the eye , or some degree of distraction of the predator 's attention , such that even a very good eye will be fooled by the remote resemblance . |
| 28 | Broadly speaking , there is dependence in the early stages of the lifespan ; independence during adulthood ; and the likelihood of at least some degree of dependence again in old age . |
| 29 | In Leeds , the LEA 's current framework ( Leeds City Council 1991b ) might usefully be monitored and modified where appropriate — with this issue of balance firmly in mind . |
| 30 | The mumming play , of which the pace-egg play is an Easter version , was performed originally at Christmas and I will be discussing survivals of this type of play later in the book . |