run - use in sentences

Adjective complement

  • contrary: There is a sense in which this runs somewhat contrary to the spirit of the LAA.
  • north-south: The thin boundary wall of the monastery runs north-south toward the right-hand edge of the photograph.

Object

  • course: Return to Top 3.5 - Can you run a course at my institution?

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • through: Guys and Dolls runs through to this Saturday, 26 November 2005, and includes a matinee on Saturday.

Preposition: as

  • daemon: Apache HTTP Server Version 1.3 Starting Apache Invoking Apache The httpd program is usually run as a daemon which executes continuously, handling requests.

Adjective modifier

  • long: Regime change in Washington would do more good to the world in the long run.

Preposition: into

  • trouble: If you run into trouble you can save the state of play onto cassette and resume the game later.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • out: I hope they don't run out of space.
  • over: Keep an eye on your time, and do not run over your limit.
  • off: Alam was the last one and he did not run off into the bushes.
  • down: In a new sure way to can run down in ambassadors such.

Preposition: in

  • tandem: Basic molecular and genetic research will run in tandem with human clinical studies of mental health, intellectual function and learning disorders.

Noun used with modifier

  • family: David Wilson's Trailers are a privately owned family run business established in 1984.

Preposition: by

  • volunteer: They may be run by volunteers, often including parents.

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