Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir Colin flies back to England later this week to try to sort out the storm over the Pakistanis . |
| 2 | Father Devlin got in alongside him . |
| 3 | Throughout the Depression the NUAW clung on to its existence by retaining the rump of its membership — no more than 25000 — in its East Anglian stronghold . |
| 4 | East Grinstead got off to a great start with an 11th minute goal , but in spite of their pressure — they won ten penalty corners to Holywood 's none — they seldom troubled goalkeeper Kyle Thompson . |
| 5 | It is high time that Wolverhampton got round to proposing some reorganisations . |
| 6 | Suddenly Mr Crick got up from his stool . |
| 7 | as if frightened by more unwanted exposure Marinello crept back into his shell . |
| 8 | With a groan Wattling got out of bed , and then danced cheekily into the bathroom . |
| 9 | By nine that morning they were parked on a side-street off Tottenham Court Road , Bodie at the wheel of the Capri , Doyle slouched down in the passenger seat , idly , almost cursorily , watching the heavy flow of traffic up towards Warren Street . |
| 10 | Pathfinders in Space obeyed all the ground rules Sydney Newman laid down for doing drama on Television . |
| 11 | Averting her eyes , and mentally swatting the butterflies her own erotic thoughts had set fluttering , Luce gazed around with interest while Michele named some of the more important buildings lining the canal 's banks . |
| 12 | One after the other , Nat , Aldo , Jimmy and Ben got on to their bikes and rode off . |
| 13 | Rain confessed as much when Shildon checked up on her progress . |
| 14 | ‘ He thinks I 'm his mother ’ she said blissfully , as Patrick gazed up at her from her lap — dolls will never be quite the same again . |
| 15 | Giant Eachus , blamed for the second goal in Cyprus which sent Bangor crashing out of Europe in midweek , gifted Glenavon two goals yesterday and is clearly suffering a crisis of confidence . |
| 16 | Giant Eachus , blamed for the second goal in Cyprus which sent Bangor crashing out of Europe in midweek , gifted Glenavon two goals yesterday and is clearly suffering a crisis of confidence . |
| 17 | William gazed out of the window as they drove through what used to be called The Village and was now just another suburban shopping centre . |
| 18 | Jim flies out to Bosnia to entertain British troops on Boxing Day and is pinning his hopes on a reunion two weeks into the new year after completing his hectic festive schedule . |
| 19 | Tony Smith 's ( non-flying ) Flying Flea lines up with the C100 below to make a pair of early private pilot machines . |
| 20 | Muir , omitted from the event last year after an administrative error , needed just 15 ends to help heal the wounds as he sent New Zealand 's Gary Lawson tumbling out of the championship . |
| 21 | Gordon Taylor points out in last Friday 's Echo Soccer in Crisis investigation that not all players enjoy rich rewards from the game when their careers can be cut short . |
| 22 | When Sarah got back to the attic bedroom in Newcastle Place the first thing she did was open the window , letting in damp , wintry air . |
| 23 | She loved the hot stews that Minton produced out of the oven when they returned from the pub . |
| 24 | KEITH Curle goes back to his roots tonight as Manchester City face a survival battle . |
| 25 | Poorly paid employment on Lebanese construction sites — as David Gilmour points out in his Dispossessed — was the fate of many of the farmers and labourers of Palestine . |
| 26 | Lord Lawson lines up alongside other members of the old guard such as Lord Howe , the late Lord Ridley and Lady Thatcher herself , who have been banging on the monetarist drum with the message that the deficit is one of the keys to the economy . |
| 27 | Blair crept down to the bank whilst I rehearsed various reasons to explain why he had not caught the trout : lack of experience , bad casting technique . |
| 28 | Maggie was about to protest that talking to Roger and Luke did not qualify as lurking , but Roger made off with a bottle in each hand and Luke had vanished again . |
| 29 | All positive stuff , as Madeleine Kingsley points out on page 82 , if only you approach it in the right way . |
| 30 | It was nearly five o'clock and dark before Detective-Inspector Doyle got back to his home in the village four miles to the north of Cambridge . |