Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Land that is cultivated or grazed intensively near the croft is often referred to as inbye to distinguish it from common grazings and more distant fields . |
| 2 | Soviet efforts to minimize the impact of his resignation internationally included a Congress resolution passed overwhelmingly at the end of the debate affirming the continuity of foreign policy . |
| 3 | On the following day he condemned it as " illegitimate and invalid " and rejected opening formal negotiations , this position being reiterated in a resolution passed overwhelmingly by the Congress on March 15 . |
| 4 | Near Bering Strait the small inflow of Pacific water circulates locally in the pycnocline layer . |
| 5 | As they passed through the town of Isserre , spots of rain spat on to the windscreen . |
| 6 | They pay thousands and thousands for the Van Goghs and Modiglianis they 'd have spat on at the time they were painted . |
| 7 | The unit tries to keep the offenders out of court , an aim that sits uneasily with the government 's new philosophy that prison and punishment work . |
| 8 | But it sits uneasily with the often-heard principle that ‘ local services should respond to local needs ’ . |
| 9 | At first sight this degree of fluidity in the Japanese labour market sits uneasily with the presumption that employment is for life because this would make wages a quasi-fixed cost . |
| 10 | The title sits uneasily on a place which is , for very good reasons , unsure of its own identity . |
| 11 | There was also , he said , ‘ already enough vehicular access points on to the common without more being introduced ’ he said . |
| 12 | The chorographer ( though not Reyce ) points out : ‘ That p't of the countrye that is nere unto the sea is nothing so fruiffull neyther so comodious for cattell as the other but more fitte for sheepe and come , ’ and so contained many more 20s. men — upwards of 43 per cent in Blything hundred , and more than twice as many as in townships situated wholly on the clay . |
| 13 | One would think that an old person would have to be living in an isolated cottage , in the heart of the countryside , to be so out of touch with the world ; but sadly we know from the frequent reports in the newspapers that such tragic loneliness can exist right in the heart of our towns and cities , and that the old have sometimes remained undiscovered for weeks and months after they have died in their own homes . |
| 14 | So , we bang on about the play and the staging and the big themes , and , if there 's any space left , then , as the chairman of Critics ' Forum wearily intones , ‘ I suppose we ought to say something about the performances . ’ |
| 15 | Innocently replying ‘ yes ’ , he found himself propelled on to the committee and later into the vice-chairmanship . |
| 16 | ‘ With the Hendrix show the work goes right across the range and it covers all the bases . ’ |
| 17 | There 's always a demand for jokes and it goes right across the board , ’ says Neville . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ It 's easy , simple and elegant and it goes right across the age range . ’ |
| 19 | There 's a gap in the wall , and it goes right onto the platform — there ai n't no fence or nothing stopping me getting out . |
| 20 | A woman of taste and energy , Mrs Baer goes right to the source — provincial villages in France — for her fine curtains , natural linens and variations on the theme of blue ( or beige or grey ) and white stripes so sought after by decorators . |
| 21 | Goes right to the spot . |
| 22 | The Clapis area is reached by taking the road to the Col du Cayron , just before Gigondas , then a forestry road which goes right at the col and contours round the hill . |
| 23 | Children 's playground , goes right into the playground . |
| 24 | It goes right into the subconscious of course ; no memorizing involved . ’ |
| 25 | Now there 's the machine is g there the laminated copper er these commutators and it 's on main shaft that goes right through the generator and the turbine . |
| 26 | Not only will this make the water unpleasant but it may cause leakages if the corrosion goes right through the cistern . |
| 27 | It was supposed to have gone into a cave that goes right underneath the house |
| 28 | No it goes right out the building . |
| 29 | This one goes right out the building , round and round and it drops down , phew then it goes up . |
| 30 | Two square escutcheon plates , each incised with a cross , have been riveted on to the surface above and below the keyhole . |