Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [noun] [adv] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | A man buys a razor and shaving cream and later returns saying you have only given him change for £5 instead of £10 . |
| 2 | These experiences do not , of course , wholly explain modern union behaviour or remove from unions much of the responsibility for changing matters . |
| 3 | exchange , conversion , change in terms etc of securities |
| 4 | Touch legering means , quite simply , that you hold the line and feel for bites instead of relying on some kind of visual indication . |
| 5 | In greater or less degree according to their temperaments , their training , their intelligence , they are swayed by prejudice , rely on intuition instead of reasoning , leap to conclusions on inadequate evidence and fail to recognise the cogency of material which might cast doubt on the validity of the conclusions they reach . |
| 6 | The result would be a shot which curves away to the right , as shown in Diagram B. In addition , such a late hit combined with a normal release would often top the ball as the hands arrive at impact ahead of the clubhead . |
| 7 | Using the Far Western assay coupled with the LZ competition assay we have been able distinguish between bZIP proteins that dimerise with CREB through the leucine zipper and other proteins that bind to CREB independently of the leucine zipper . |
| 8 | ‘ They bicker like children instead of getting us jobs . ’ |
| 9 | and it was it was over the footbridge you know when you go into Morpeth instead of turning |
| 10 | I wanted to change our trip and go to Warwick instead of Oxford . |
| 11 | Apparently it belongs to this boy Svend because it was he who suggested they go to Copenhagen instead of staying on in Roskilde when the pop festival ended . ’ |
| 12 | It has taken real courage for the 26-year-old Good 'ol Boy from Dardanelle , Arkansas , to admit his alcohol dependency to the world , turn his back on tournament golf for now and reach for help instead of his enormous metal driver . |
| 13 | When 420 knots shows on the airspeed indicator , I fall in line astern of him . |
| 14 | Officers now work with cars instead of bicycles , radios instead of whistles , riot gear instead of truncheons , plus a range of computers and technical wizardry . |
| 15 | So let us promote better health for the population that we have at present instead of experimenting with high-cost technology . |
| 16 | Oh what do they call it , what you have at Christmas instead of ? |