Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The female has a colour pattern which almost fits that given for the Threadfin Goldie . |
| 2 | What do you think that does for ? |
| 3 | ‘ Nipples do n't twinkle — you must have fallen asleep looking at the fairy lights on the Christmas tree , ’ she scoffed . |
| 4 | This pattern of differentiation in vitro parallels that seen as a result of TCR-mediated positive selection in vivo , and is accompanied by the development of functionally competent cells . |
| 5 | A reduction in the number of toes on each foot parallels that seen in fleet-of-foot mammals . |
| 6 | And it then made possible going by the shortest route . |
| 7 | Alexander the Great knew this intuitively when , himself having been wounded in the thigh , he walked round his wounded men and asked each to talk about his experience in the battle and how his wound had been received . |
| 8 | Greed is the least of the problems , though the administration was not amused when Israel pushed its luck by suggesting that to help with its Gulf expenses — missile damage , the cost of the prolonged military alert , loss of tourism and so on — America might like to double the $3 billion it already gives Israel each year . |
| 9 | At that particular moment of time , as the leader of the Labour group here , I had a discussion with the leader of the Labour group on Thamesdown Borough Council , with the political officer down there , and I was asked to resist any attempt to sell off the garden of Swindon , because once Thamesdown became a unitary authority , it would want that to sell for itself to get it 's capital . |
| 10 | I do n't want that to happen to my daughter so I smacked her for stealing and lying . ’ |
| 11 | If the Prime Minister reads the debate in Committee and sees the praise that I heaped on the Minister during those 12 sittings , the Minister will be next for the chop in the reshuffle , and I would not want that to happen to him . |
| 12 | You would n't want that to happen to your friend . ’ |
| 13 | Quite convinced that meeting you would dispel the fantasy , and yet at the same time did n't want that to happen at all . |
| 14 | We intend that to apply to the Navy and to the Air Force as well . |
| 15 | ‘ I used to work so hard in the week I had no energy left to enjoy weekends and I became awful to live with . |
| 16 | Underlying confidence was such that the system survived the extraordinary madness of the South Sea Bubble in 1720 , so well that , once the vapour had cleared , it became possible to talk of beneficial outcomes from history 's most infamous bursting . |
| 17 | London Marathon : Tolstikov 's prizes bring little comfort in a changing world Ken Mays talks to last year 's men 's winner from Siberia who is preparing on the coast for his double attempt |
| 18 | This research will also consider how far young children 's social behaviour with peers encourages collaborative working at computers and , then , how far an individual 's self perception might be influenced by such focused collaborations . |
| 19 | I mean that comes off it , I can see that much , I just thought it was good anyway |
| 20 | I mean that has to be dealt with through the development control processes . |
| 21 | Whilst the Ontario housing market remain hesitant owing to economic problems which are exacerbated by frustrating political decisions , our business hopes to see enough improvement in the market to support further development of our activities in the Toronto area . |
| 22 | Looking at the overall position , farmers might be forgiven for seeing little to cheer in these figures . |
| 23 | When she got that come from . |
| 24 | The new money will still leave gearing at 60 per cent , but Mr Scott says the company will be happy with that level of debt , given that gearing at other transport groups can be as high as 90 per cent . |
| 25 | Mary White , the secretary of the Mount Leinster MAG warned , ‘ You may think this going to be a small hole gouged out of the mountain but it reaches for five miles on top of Tomduff . |
| 26 | Then , there is the real possibility that a serious defeat for the government could result in a general election and , under the British system , the opposition , just as much as the government , would prefer this to happen at a time favourable to themselves . |
| 27 | It is a special occasion as it coincides with a lovely Flower Celebration and we have Canon Harney to thank very much for allowing this to happen in our lovely Cathedral . |
| 28 | All the reasons why she should n't be allowing this faded into insignificance . |
| 29 | In all he fought 257 combats at Verdun , most of them against heavy odds , and shot down eleven planes . |
| 30 | This led some to speak of a ‘ natural religion ’ implanted in the human heart and necessary to human well-being . |