Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Nipples do n't twinkle — you must have fallen asleep looking at the fairy lights on the Christmas tree , ’ she scoffed . |
| 2 | And it then made possible going by the shortest route . |
| 3 | The centre , designed by architect Nicholas Groves Raines after a competition in 1987 , will be partially enveloped by a glass shell within the building , allowing light to enter through the church 's widely-admired stained glass windows . |
| 4 | Although she was not a tall woman , she had to stoop low to get through the doorway . |
| 5 | It is reasonable to assume , therefore , that there would be a residue of canine stock , who for one reason or another would be deemed unsuitable to die for the perverted pleasure of the gloating Roman nobility . |
| 6 | Contrary to popular belief , Soviet economic sources provided rich picking for the researcher , as long as the right subject was chosen . |
| 7 | Naturally enough , it had been deemed impractical to legislate against the women themselves . |
| 8 | The match hinged on the morning foursomes , which Gloucester edged 3-2 when Dorset had looked set to lunch in the lead . |
| 9 | During this initial period it will be necessary to use whatever methods appear appropriate to deal with the patient 's distress . |
| 10 | But a fine run of only one defeat in the last eight matches has propelled them back into contention in a duel that looks set to go to the last game . |
| 11 | Jon Gittens looks set to return to the heart of defence after five stitches in Nicky Mohan 's injured foot . |
| 12 | Queen of the South chairman , Willie Harkness , 74 , looks set to resign from the Second Division side and be replaced by Bill Jardine , a club director for 17 years . |
| 13 | This now looks likely to change with the emergence of the European Commission 's CCITT px64 videoconferencing standard ( see 3.13 ) . |
| 14 | New pay recommendations are due in the new year and , although Mr Clarke has told the review body that there must be pay restraint , ministers appear likely to press for the award to be met . |
| 15 | Clarke looks sure to play in the final two Tests on the blind-side of the scrum and his promotion is a huge letdown for the two original selections in that position , Mike Teague and Mick Galwey . |
| 16 | The Chicago Plan Commission , appointed by the mayor , has ultimate say on the MCA 's building permit . |
| 17 | The second national conference for charity accountants provides an opportunity for all those involved in charity financial management , including accountants , advisers with charity clients , treasurers and trustees , to meet other working in the same field , and to examine the new demands and expectations facing charities and the impact of new charity law . |
| 18 | If it is considered necessary to write to the police abroad then for EEC claims this will be done by the branches or handling agents and for the rest the file must be sent to H O Claims . |
| 19 | He was glad to see him , for he knew him for a tough , sturdy fellow , who was considered certain to get into the Owsla as soon as he reached full weight . |
| 20 | It is only then that they will be deemed ready to report to the flying squadron . |
| 21 | When a child is considered ready to transfer from the Institute to a regular school : — |
| 22 | The company remains tight-lipped about the launch date for its long-awaited 88110 upgrades to the AViiONs , which it apparently has ready to go in the Labs . |
| 23 | ON A night of Littlewoods Cup upsets it was left to Welling to perform similar derring-do in the FA Cup , writes Jack Massarik . |
| 24 | Got squashed in the photo files by Brendon Fitzgerald , broke the photocopier , got lost looking for the canteen , uncovered the truth about IPC tea , became Dele Fadele 's personal typewriter ribbon engineer ( have been ever since ) , discovered House music had not yet reached Waterloo , realised that guitars really are the work of the devil , mended the then extremely sad NME stereo ( ie , plugged it in ) and was quickly appointed technical supervisor to anything mechanical ( plugs , electrical toothbrushes ) , invented dance music , formed Subbuteo league with James Brown and Simon Dudfield which eventually became fixed beyond all belief , tried to blag a Misty In Roots CD and failed . |
| 25 | A councillor wanting free goes on the Space Invaders machine ? |
| 26 | It seemed sensible to go to the flat and telephone from there . |
| 27 | When I bought him he had been ridden in an ordinary jointed snaffle , so it seemed sensible to stick to the mouthpiece with which he was familiar . |
| 28 | Quite simply , not only do we and they not share common objectives , but we do not even make similar appraisals of world events , as the President of France demonstrated at the time of the coup in Moscow , when he seemed willing to negotiate with the coup 's leaders . |
| 29 | While the focus of our endeavour must necessarily be the degree to which the project has achieved its own stated objectives , the evaluators have felt free to go beyond the limits which those objectives described . |
| 30 | Ahmed liked to be laughed at , but he was a peasant and Nour was , in his own estimation , a prince and I was of an English generation which would have felt free to laugh at the Grand Turk if it had been so inclined . |