Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Along the hedge that backs onto the lane is a magnificently full border , where pink , mauve and white phlox jostle for attention along with the steely blue heads of Echinops ritro , while annual lavateras in pink and white run around the edges . |
| 2 | They were both so obsessed with the place , its gossip and rumours and intrigues , that they wanted to spend every possible moment together there , comparing notes , exchanging opinions : who was in , who out , what X said about Y's review of P's book about Q. Well , she was sick and tired of the place , tired of its beautiful architecture housing vanity and paranoia , glad to exchange its hothouse atmosphere for the real if smoky air of Rummidge . |
| 3 | I mean for years when I was young I was jet black and that was lovely . |
| 4 | We calculated 95% confidence intervals with exact error factors for Poisson mean for numbers less than 30 and with the asymptotic error factor approximation for larger numbers . |
| 5 | A man buys a razor and shaving cream and later returns saying you have only given him change for £5 instead of £10 . |
| 6 | It 's just I mean as philosophy just very standardly takes words from ordinary language gradually gets a technical meaning , er which is different from the original meaning and then when ordinary speakers use it in the original meaning they get told off . |
| 7 | It 's been approved , but I mean as interest exactly what what 's been approved . |
| 8 | If the Minister believes that education in nursing is a vital investment in the profession and the nation , she will ensure that those funds remain for education only and will strengthen the Government 's commitment to ring fencing . |
| 9 | Make for funfair tomorrow . |
| 10 | Changes in contribution conditions mean that higher paid people qualify for benefits faster than lower paid people and this especially affects women who make up the majority of low-paid workers . |
| 11 | No it wo n't , no it wo n't , seep through earth eventually |
| 12 | I think you should , allowances should be at at least support you in that and also from those allowances other resources that provide for research etcetera for the members . |
| 13 | We long for nights when their aircraft can not attack us , and at the moment we are rejoicing in a fog which is sheltering us , I wish the politicians would see sense and stop the war . |
| 14 | Send for tickets now to ensure you do n't miss Michael Barry cooking a 3-course meal in 30 minutes , wine tastings with Jill Goolden and Oz Clarke , and a chance to meet other cookery celebrities . |
| 15 | ‘ They 'll tell you all you need to know about the design department at G.W. , so kindly make sure you 've read and understood them before you report for work tomorrow morning . ’ |
| 16 | Waqar , who has just signed a new three-year contract with Surrey , said : ‘ I do n't care what people say about ball-tampering either . ’ |
| 17 | You 're you 're proposing Tony that we do write to the bus company again and ask if the buses can come through just say through Halam rather than go down Station Lane at Edingley ? |
| 18 | Cook for minute then gradually add the milk , stirring well . |
| 19 | Anyway , erm we went to the Ca Polly had n't seen them in the shops anywhere and went to Caerphilly market on Saturday morning and as we were coming from it he said look there 's a shirt you want for Robert there . |
| 20 | ‘ I enjoy it ’ and ‘ It hurts ’ testify of course only to awareness of the immediate stimuli , and will always be outweighed if enlargement of awareness changes the response . |
| 21 | It is argued that markets necessarily coordinate demand and supply ex post rather than ex ante . |
| 22 | It 's extraordinary the way they materialize like flies out of thin air when the sun shines . |
| 23 | I slip into make-up whenever and wherever there 's a spare chair , and today Lynette Braid , head of the department , is the miracle worker who paints out the dots and dashes and lines and circles . |
| 24 | Others , saved by the brief notes , leap into focus again . |
| 25 | ‘ A guillemot with specs on ! ’ |
| 26 | If you think of a famous building that you associate with London okay we are doing life in the city , we all live in London okay , think in your mind of a famous building for example Saint Paul 's , what I want you to do , and we 'll go round the class , is that I want you to describe yourself |
| 27 | This ‘ transition ’ is one of learning where you fit into society rather than one of practising choice . |
| 28 | Second , encounter with God never takes place in a vacuum . |
| 29 | ‘ But if we are in a deep , narrow valley , say with width less than four depth , we do n't really know the period , due to reflections . ’ |
| 30 | Neutrinos are elusive particles which interact with matter so rarely that large bodies of material are often needed to detect them . |