Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [art] [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Patten played Cinderella last night and cancelled a private engagement to carry on the polishing while Margaret went to the Blue Ball . |
| 2 | And as I arrive at the university , Martin Stephenson is well into a meandering anecdote about Hoovers , the capacity audience hanging on every word as he does what he does best . |
| 3 | And it 's an end to the client hanging on the line whilst a despatcher finds out how long that cab will be . |
| 4 | Is a house being erected only a building when its roof is on ? |
| 5 | As far as most women are concerned the only enviable thing about a penis is the ability it confers on the owner to pee out of a coach window as it powers along a motorway when the bladder feels like bursting and the driver refuses to stop . |
| 6 | She , she goes down no problem when there 's just erm us at home , you know ? |
| 7 | Of the nine republics which officially took part in the referendum , five ( Azerbaijan , Byelorussia , Kirghizia , Tadjikistan and Turkmenia ) asked only the question as set by the USSR Congress of People 's Deputies . |
| 8 | We need to concentrate on the FA cup , getting a deceent run will give the players some confidence and bring in the money as well as keeping us fans happy ( well relatively speaking ) . |
| 9 | We need to concentrate on the FA cup , getting a deceent run will give the players some confidence and bring in the money as well as keeping us fans happy ( well relatively speaking ) . |
| 10 | Although I wanted to go down the pit because you got more money you see . |
| 11 | Non-existent until about I should n't think there was an a bus did come to the bottom of Road , I ca n't remember what was , it must have been about nineteen twenty I suppose something like that , it used to go to the bottom of Road and turn round there , but I never er my mother always used to say you 'd ruin the trade , the trade down well I do n't believe it did really er now I think the lack of transport now you 've hit something there , lack of transport there encouraged people to shop in Green rather to go down the town cos you could get anything off Green you know , you just think you 'd ju you , you smiled about the er butcher 's shops , the grocer 's shops , the cake shops , you could get the gents , you could get anything on Green the ironmonger shop , you need n't go anywhere else but , when they started transport er yes I think the buses had quite a bit gradually cos things that , you do n't think get things happening in this country overnight I mean , they grow on you do n't they ? |
| 12 | For a natural worn look , lightly rub down the varnish when hard with fine steel wool . |
| 13 | Yesterday presenter Christopher Frayling and producer David Wallace told of their fear as the lift plunged down the shaft after a cable snapped . |
| 14 | In the weeks before Christmas , the agent was starting to sack staff , some of whom had joined only a week before the order was issued . |
| 15 | I 'll try not to fall down the step when I go . |
| 16 | We w we was partnerships you see well when our place collapsed they carried on just carried on a bit because they were connected with Japan . |
| 17 | A local farmer helped clear a road after it was blocked by a blown down tree . |
| 18 | I agreed to pass on the message as I was on my way to Make-up . ’ |
| 19 | Then she rang Mrs Chalk , who agreed to curtail her afternoon off to dash back to Armscott , ready to pass on the news if Charles called home first . |
| 20 | The scuffles broke out when more than 60 protesters began tearing down a fence while it was being erected by council contractors around the trees on a strip of land at Stafford Park . |
| 21 | On the morning of the 10th , the nation at large , having been well forewarned , battened down the hatches as the ‘ low of the century ’ tracked towards a position between Iceland and Shetland . |
| 22 | For a moment , her crime writer 's instinct took over and she made a mental note to jot down a description as soon as she got home . |
| 23 | DEL Harris of Colchester , for so long in the top three of the British squash rankings , has dropped down the list because of injury and a recent loss of form . |
| 24 | The Government 's latest position on the Maastricht Bill debacle , presented with patrician brazenness by Douglas Hurd yesterday as the law officers ' latest position , is that it matters not a whit whether MPs approve Labour 's amendment on the social chapter . |
| 25 | However , there was some evidence that events could act over a period as long as six months or even a year , particularly in the patient series . |
| 26 | Drain , and if you wish , peel off the skin while the artichokes are still warm . |
| 27 | Without warning the air was split by a high pitched banshee wail , rising and falling on a sliding scale of pain that would have made the slates fall off the roof if there had been any . |
| 28 | But I could have them send up a tray if you 'd rather stay in bed . ’ |
| 29 | He should still be inside , keeping up the pressure until he forced the truth out of her . |
| 30 | He 'd been shaken , certainly , when Cedric Downes had invited him to go along to the North Oxford Golf Club and knock up the caretaker if necessary . |