Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No-one would believe they had a recession on in Japan when they have time and resources to devote to dreaming up and creating things like this : Toshiba Corp has just launched a line of word processors with sound effects — ‘ to introduce an element of fun in the workplace ’ according to Reuter — they bark when you write ‘ dog ’ , moo when you write ‘ cow ’ and make the sound of pouring when you write ‘ beer ’ , and if you recall a text file word-by-word at reading speed , they repeat these and 26 other pre-programmed noises , from sleigh bells to sirens , as the words come up — and it no doubt laughs like a drain when your boss sends it an electronic message telling you you 're fired for being a disruptive influence . |
| 2 | The second assumption is that the shape of the distribution remains unchanged with temperature , that is , the magnitudes of each relaxation change uniformly with temperature . |
| 3 | " No , I have to slip along pretty sharpish and get some money on to Lal 's horse before they go out . |
| 4 | Before he saw Nicandra alone on the stand , he had noticed a different kind of tension ; it was in the bar , where Andrew was having a drink with Lalage , while now , he guessed , Nicandra would be getting the money on to Lalage 's horse . |
| 5 | Along with Siemens Italia SpA president Giorgio Scanavacca , Italian legal authorities arrested Davide Giacalone , former advisor to Oscar Mammi , former minister of post and telecom , on bribery charges : Giacalone is charged with having accepted $5.3m from Giuseppe Parrella , former managing director of ASST , Azienda Telefonica dello Stato SpA , in the minister 's study ; Giacalone has already told the police that he passed the money on to representatives of the Republican party ; for his part , the former PTT minister declared his innocence : ‘ That I was involved in a history of billion-lire bribes is as unfounded as it is untrue — at whatever moment the magistrates tell me it is necessary to investigate my accounts , I will liberate myself immediately from parliamentary immunity , ’ he said . |
| 6 | He 's not going to spend money on like Pete was forever buying Pam cheap jewellery from Ratners and erm things of that nature . |
| 7 | yes , but he is not erm a playboy , he 's not going to spend money on like Pete was forever buying Pam cheap jewellery from Ratners and rubbish from that nature . |
| 8 | There are better things to spend the money on in Liverpool . |
| 9 | Trapezium could break her duck in the John Holdrich Maiden Fillies Stakes following a three-quarter length debut second to Waffle On at Newmarket . |
| 10 | Trapezium could break her duck in the John Holdrich Maiden Fillies Stakes following a three-quarter length debut second to Waffle On at Newmarket . |
| 11 | On this occasion we were sitting late at night in a small park somewhere in Madrid . |
| 12 | I use the ironing board mostly for skirts that have to be steamed to the length required . |
| 13 | But the Tories would be unwise to harp on about Mr Kinnock 's . |
| 14 | Recent surveys suggest that these are the foreign languages at present most in demand by employers . |
| 15 | Christian Aid spends its money mostly on Christians . |
| 16 | The dispute marked the latest stage in the political turmoil which had begun on Oct. 9 with Mamaloni 's resignation on as leader of the People 's Alliance Party ( PAP ) , shortly before he was due to face a challenge to his leadership at the ruling party 's annual convention . |
| 17 | Arran was giving an impression of strength and direction wholly at odds with his personality . |
| 18 | The couple had encouraged and followed their son 's sporting progress right across South Africa , but they were n't able to afford the trip to Australia to see the World Cup challenge . |
| 19 | This family would probably end up in a concentration camp somewhere in Germany . |
| 20 | ( A number of writers have seen ‘ projection ’ as involved in the problem of masculinity , and have suggested that men may sometimes project their own fears of such things as emotional intimacy on to women , who are then seen as ‘ bad ’ because they cause these problems . ) |
| 21 | Since Dysart too had been to Oxford , it was possible that by taking Morpurgo on at Tyler 's Hard he had merely been doing an old chum a favour . |
| 22 | No one can shift responsibility on to others or trade off their resources . |
| 23 | We have n't had the computer on for ages have we ? |
| 24 | Since the unity pact , which healed the rift between ZANU and ZAPU ( with its political base predominantly in Matabeleland ) , development funds have been flowing in , but education and all other aspects of services and development have still to recover , especially in sparsely populated rural districts . |
| 25 | I searched the pouch furiously for matches . |
| 26 | Follow right edge of sixth field on defined track to gate in far righthand corner ; turn left in seventh field downhill to farm in bottom corner . |
| 27 | He demonstrated this technique successfully on clients in front of the trainees . |
| 28 | Yeah because he 's got to go on a month 's course for a start , for just general and then we 've got to try and find him a a week 's course somewhere as A L O , I do n't know where but er in that time . |
| 29 | From about July 1988 to March 1989 inclusive the first defendant entered into transactions with members of the United Kingdom investing public who paid out money thereunder in return for shares in Euramco as appears from the entries for that period in the schedule annexed hereto . |
| 30 | My brief was to provide a large painting of London with the Thames and the Richard Rogers Lloyd 's building somewhere in view , to fit a space that was large , long and thin in one of the client 's boardrooms at the Royal Mint . |