Example sentences of "[vb base] [coord] [verb] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 1 ) Subject to the provisions of this Act , no person shall , except during the permitted hours : ( a ) sell or supply to any person in any licensed premises , or licensed canteen , or in the premises of a registered club any alcoholic liquor to be consumed either on or off the premises , or consume in , or take from , any such premises any alcoholic liquor . |
| 2 | The residential children sleep and eat in these areas , using the plinths as beds . |
| 3 | They stand over their riders while they sleep and watch for any danger . |
| 4 | They slip and slide against each other — somewhat ponderously , since they proceed at no more than a foot a year and sometimes a great deal less . |
| 5 | In your sleeping mind these images knock and scrape against each other , creating strange collages of familiar and distorted material . |
| 6 | ‘ Then we will take the boy 's speech and writing which is so good and subject it to careful analysis and if we teach the other boys whose writing and speech is not so good how to subject what they say and write to this kind of analysis they will realise how badly they speak and write and will promptly set about trying to improve the way they speak and write … . ’ |
| 7 | They will not yowl , wander , mate or engage in sexual brawling ; they will not spray their sexual scents ; they will not tear precious fabrics ; nor will they be able to hunt , kill or climb with any efficiency . |
| 8 | What he saw was incredible to him : imperfect stones , yes , flawed , sometimes of poor coloration , but cut and set with such skill and ingenuity that their imperfections were disguised . |
| 9 | If you do snap a twig then freeze and wait for several minutes before continuing . |
| 10 | If this applies to you and you find some situations more difficult than others , stop and think about those areas where your confidence appears to be at its lowest — what can you do to improve matters ? |
| 11 | You will need to use Minitab instructions PLOT and RLINE for this exercise . |
| 12 | Do I have an obligation to consult the people who reside and work in this space ? |
| 13 | And where the source of light comes mostly from one side , as when plants are growing under a hedge , stems often bend and stretch in that direction . |
| 14 | For there are other plates surrounding the Pacific Plate and they jostle and crash against each other , like ice floes at break-up time ; and as they jostle so they tide up against each other , pushing each other deeper , cracking and bending as they do so — only on a global scale , and with extraordinary consequences . |
| 15 | There is yet another story of hide and seek on these hills , but there is historical evidence for this one which dates from the autumn of 1536 . |
| 16 | If I pick and choose at this stage , I 'm not likely to get off the ground . |
| 17 | The second part will concentrate on how Balinese perceive and respond to these changes . |
| 18 | I sit and stare for some time , wondering if he is sick . |
| 19 | At the bar half a dozen very grey old men sit and grimace at each other , saying absolutely nothing . |
| 20 | yeah , they 'll be , and she 's always moaning driving Sue up the wall , why should I keep him blah , blah , blah , blah , doing nothing , we sit and look at each other and Sue said for Christ sake she said you 're twenty years old , not forty , she 'd been bad on and off again , throat , well she had the shoulder , throat er she thought she had , oh the diabetes was one were n't it , diabetes one , they thought she had , thought that she had glandular fever but she has n't and er , so Sue said to her well are you looking after yourself and she said yes I am , Sue said well I du n no she never seems to be , cos she 's never been well has she really ? |
| 21 | There are social norms within each culture as to the distance people stand or sit from each other . |
| 22 | We look and listen with more attention if we are viewing for a purpose . |
| 23 | The best answer , Dr Holman said , was credit unions , local organisations of residents who save and lend to each other at low interest rates . |
| 24 | If you wish to pay your Community Charge by Direct Debit , please complete and return to this office the attached mandate . |
| 25 | The Secretary shall minute the proceedings of each meeting such minutes to be produced , and read and passed at each sederunt . |
| 26 | But he 's not g no give and take with this guy , he 's just taking advantage of his size . |
| 27 | People who want to become the King 's most important officials jump and dance on this rope , and whoever jumps highest without falling gets the best job . |
| 28 | Some qualified teachers are not attached to a particular school but visit and work in several schools in an area , for instance teaching music or languages , or working with partially hearing children . |
| 29 | They rattle and bash into each other , a whole long string of them . |
| 30 | Under good conditions they will , thrive , reproduce and live for many years . |