Example sentences of "[adv prt] [prep] [conj] [verb] [art] " in BNC.

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1 For at least another hour he walked on as if to test the conclusion against all the temptations and changes he could uncover .
2 There are two principal kinds of horizontal press : the hydraulic press ( the simplest of all ) , usually a Vaselin model , which has two flat metal plates at either end that push together , squashing the grapes in between and issuing the juice from a duct in the inner cylindrical sleeve ; and the pneumatic press , of which the Willmes is the most common .
3 Catherine Moore heads down under and discovers a whole new world on a caving trip in South Wales
4 TO FIND A BODY , VEHICLE , FOR THAT STRONG SENSE OF MAN 'S DOUBLE-BEING WHICH MUST AT TIMES COME IN UPON AND OVERWHELM THE MIND OF EVERY THINKING CREATURE .
5 Now this does n't alter for one moment my recommendation of this as a superb performance , but I can well imagine a non-violinist , with less understanding of the extraordinary soloistic skill involved , homing in on and lambasting the accompaniment , giving only an average rating as a result .
6 Of modern poets , I had of course spoken to the boys — and to the masters for that matter , for most had ventured no further than Hardy and Houseman , like the Brasenose dons — of Eliot , Pound and the later Yeats ; and I discovered that they lapped this up as if slaking a mental thirst .
7 This approach emphasises the ‘ state form ’ .9 Like most Marxist analyses , this approach still envisages the state as ‘ capitalist ’ : an apparatus caught up in and managing the social relations of capitalism .
8 Are you also saying that soap operas , in particular — it may be other programmes as well — are picking up on and creating a space for discussing topics that really are preoccupying people , and rendering conscious a lot of issues that are ‘ out there ’ already ?
9 A ntecedent events are those events that precede , lead up to and set the stage for the disobedient
10 Even if the primary focus is the needs of an older person , the counsellor can not afford to ‘ take sides ’ , but should instead aim to help the whole family face up to and develop a wider understanding of the problems and difficulties that exist in old age , and in caring for older people .
11 Intellectualisation : The family members usually have clearer heads than the primary sufferers and use them for even more determined discussion of " facts " rather than facing up to and discussing the emotional pain of their own position .
12 Gore ( 1978 ) studied the impact of unemployment at five points in time leading up to and following the shutdown of two companies .
13 And it would have been good because it was per The only thing was he would have had to have gone up to and do a survival course .
14 In the daytime you can come back and look at the Old State House we 're coming up to and see the cobblestones which mark the place where blood was shed in the great Boston Massacre .
15 But she discovered what he was up to and confiscated the church .
16 Stephen Hawking makes frequent references to what God might have been up to when designing the cosmos .
17 The statement listed a series of general commitments following on from or developing the aims of the previous five-year plan [ see p. 32823 ] .
18 Whichever substance you use , put it on in as concentrated a form as you can using a large paint brush .
19 ‘ Oh come on in and shut the bloody door , ’ said the landlord and the bar erupted into gales of laughter .
20 ‘ Look , why do n't you hop on the tube and come on in and have a drink . ’
21 He thumbed towards the men behind him , then said , ‘ Come on in and meet the gang . ’
22 Other features to look out for when choosing a hairdryer are a comfortable handle , a removable air filter that can be cleaned , a hanging loop and a nozzle to direct the air flow .
23 Over the past two months I 've dealt with what you need to look out for when buying a computer and how to tell if the machine you intend to buy is well built .
24 Faust plug back in and put the boot in with a vengeance .
25 window and I sort of pinged the cat 's tray , you know , if I shut the door and walked back in and hid the paint on the side , and on a couple of occasions he was painting that window and suddenly this cat appeared outside
26 It was great and probably would have been with the exception of the video going to number one , it probably would be the highlight of our career cos we 'd been out of had n't been working in Ireland for six years and we were back in and did a sell out concert tour and I think that was really good .
27 Yet his family was totally dependent on him , not just his brothers but his mother and his father , so he could n't buck the system ; the pressure to rein him back in and continue the status quo and what was making money won over .
28 I 'm telling you , Pat , we go out the back , into the garden and cut a swish from that bleeding forsythia bush , then come back in and beat the buggers ’ arses black and blue .
29 Now he looked positively sinister , his eyes continually flashing around as if seeking a challenge .
30 Miss Armstrong said the defendants were in some way prodding the woman from behind she swung round as if to hit the children with her bag and they ran off .
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