Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By all means snoop into my answer machine and sit through 20 messages suggesting I travel on a coach to Grimsby to review a Jive Bunny concert . |
| 2 | I joined Dateline then and went out with one person I met for two years , but then I moved away with my work . |
| 3 | Responding to the resolution , the Prime Ministers of Armenia and Azerbaijan met for preliminary talks in the Georgian capital , Tbilisi , on March 30 . |
| 4 | On average , we met for three hours every ten days , constantly revising , exchanging and criticising so that in the end we had both had a hand in everything . |
| 5 | Campaign financing is encouraged and yet limited through structural features of the American political system . |
| 6 | We said nothing after that , except to nod goodbye when Tom got off two stops ahead of me . |
| 7 | Donna got off two shots before he crashed into her . |
| 8 | Rachel 's face glistened in the gloom as she urged herself to her climax — sweat and staring eyes , tongue darting between dry lips , breath panting . |
| 9 | Commonly , sales forecasting for a period of up to one year ahead is differentiated from sales and market forecasting for longer periods . |
| 10 | For a right of participation to be meaningful it would obviously require as free a flow of information as possible and the development of institutions securing equality of access and influence for all participants . |
| 11 | Only some large religious or political issue would induce people to take the very considerable step involved in emigration if they had any established position to keep them in England — younger sons , the poor , and those with nothing to lose might easily be more ready to travel , if they could get the financial backing needed , or were willing to go as indentured labourers . |
| 12 | ‘ They should select a side for the Tests and then pick for one-day games , ’ Doshi said . |
| 13 | If this is not possible ( and it usually is n't ) , the golden advice at the present time must be to sell first rather than risk lumbering yourself with the crippling expense of having to borrow for several months or possibly longer . |
| 14 | This chapter examines a study , where , at the outset , the analysts were not entirely clear what could be achieved by using soft systems analysis , but felt it would provide an overview of the situation , enabling ideas to be formulated about new relationships that would arise from a fundamental change in role . |
| 15 | On the other side of the street , beyond a row of lime trees , the broad green slope of Fernhill Park falls away in an amphitheatric curve to the river hidden between steep banks . |
| 16 | Gregarious , flocks often hawking for flying insects and spiralling up to perform aerobatics . |
| 17 | Trade incentives , one case free for every ten purchased in the in introductory period which we 've foreseen as four weeks . |
| 18 | Any well-drafted transfer will therefore provide for the transfer of the right to sue for such breaches . |
| 19 | You have heard about complex variables , and I believe you have come across the Cauchy-Riemann relationships . |
| 20 | Vi had heard about such things . |
| 21 | Those who had heard about major items of foreign news — such as the Amin coup in Uganda , the deaths of Nasser in Egypt and Nkrumah in Ghana , or the proposed resumption of British arms sales in South Africa — had for the most part received the news from the radio . |
| 22 | Furthermore , even before Posidonius , the Druids may well have heard about Greek doctrines of immortality either from oral tradition in Massalia or by honest purchase of Greek books . |
| 23 | He and Richard must have heard about these things but in general they had failed to register . |
| 24 | Remaining stocks ( in electrical equipment , mostly ) are being burned , but traces will remain for many years . |
| 25 | They can remain for many years in cold and hostile environments while retaining their toxicity , and they have a tendency to remain in living organisms . |
| 26 | I have not met many Scottish people who wish to be left exposed to the nuclear blackmail that could come from the huge nuclear arsenal which will remain for many years on the continent and in Russia . |
| 27 | The alternative , according to response competition is : ‘ Ricky will remain for longer periods in his place doing what he is supposed to ’ . |
| 28 | The following aspects of policy are insufficiently studied and will remain for some years central preoccupations of the Group : |
| 29 | Mix to a smooth dough , knead for 10 minutes , the cover with a damp cloth and leave for 1 hour . |
| 30 | Turn onto a floured surface and knead for 5 minutes until smooth . |