Example sentences of "[verb] a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's all right they told her , everyone loves a sports car . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , he has come here , so he must seek a favours |
| 3 | The firm did not seek a costs order against Mrs Luxmoore-May , but she will have to pay her own costs for the original hearing and appeal . |
| 4 | McColl is the first Scot to have won a boys ' winter series title . |
| 5 | Only Anne Gibson has won a singles medal for Scotland in the championships — a bronze in 1987 — and McEwan , just 17 , has an outside chance of repeating that . |
| 6 | The senior Harmon was the best-playing club pro in golf , having won a Masters , then he returned to his golf shop . |
| 7 | Won a sports trophy . |
| 8 | Another happy collaboration between the Sports Council 's Greater London and South East Region Movement and Dance Liaison Group and the Westminster City Council resulted in a superb participatory weekend of movement and dance held at the Seymour Leisure Centre , 24–25 October , at which the Medau Society provided a Teachers ' Workshop and a Recreational Class , both taught by Margaret Charlwood . |
| 9 | In Ica ( the venue for the Group of Eight presidential summit which took place on Oct. 11-12 — see p. 36973 ) Sendero Luminoso carried out several bomb attacks and killed the wife of a university rector on Oct. 1-2 , and also attacked a police post in the neighbouring town of Palpa , killing eight and wounding 13 . |
| 10 | To calculate your fabric requirements , you will need a strip(s) of outer fabric and lining to equal the length and depth of your pattern , plus a 2.5cm ( 1in ) turning allowance all round , plus extra for matching a pattern . |
| 11 | Either he walked out of here with a deal for Simon Cormack , or he would need a police escort anyway . |
| 12 | Raymond , her husband , Bernard 's father , would need a days notice of her absence . |
| 13 | He once tried to found a citizens ' police under the ‘ Fifth Estate ’ to monitor the doings of the FBI and the Central Intelligence Agency . |
| 14 | In 1978 he had a complete change , by becoming a contracts engineer with the Rolls-Royce Product Support Division , working primarily with customers of Industrial Olympus . |
| 15 | ‘ Fife is fast becoming a jobs disaster area , ’ he warned . |
| 16 | He re-sat the ‘ O ’ levels at the next available opportunity ( November 1979 ) and crashed once more , thus having to abandon his initial ambition of becoming a police officer . |
| 17 | By 1701 Myddlewood had attracted a squatters ' colony of fourteen cottages that formed a distinct , new settlement between Myddle village and the hamlet of Marton . |
| 18 | Few exporters can now avoid involvement with foreign currencies as they trade in increasingly diverse and competitive markets and a willingness to accept a customers preferred currency can be a strong marketing tool when negotiating a contract . |
| 19 | He refused to accept a travellers ' site at Loch Laggan as a fixed address for Frost , a first offender , who offered to pay at £10 per fortnight . |
| 20 | I drew a rolls royce and not a plane . |
| 21 | In their latest applications alliance , Oracle Corp will team with Sun Microsystems Computer Corp to develop and sell products and services for the pharmaceutical industry : the partners look for about $200m in hardware , software and services from the venture by 1997 ; it will include a systems integration effort for complicated tasks such as document tracking and joint development of software to expedite computer-assisted new drug design . |
| 22 | It will include a systems integration effort for complicated tasks such as document tracking , and joint development of software to expedite computer-assisted new drug design . |
| 23 | We recommend that a small group , which would include a Friends representative , be formed to consider this and make recommendations to Management . |
| 24 | ( I ) " licence " does not include a seamen 's canteen licence ( see 5.139(1) ) , nor a refreshment licence or an entertainment licence ( see subs . |
| 25 | Simpler storage items could include a drinks trolley by the side of a sofa to hold glasses , trays , ice buckets and so on . |
| 26 | Over the weekend she helped a police artist draw an impression of her attacker . |
| 27 | A UNION demand for a review of an order to reinstate a Liverpool councillor sacked after she helped a police probe has been turned down . |
| 28 | In earlier incidents , OMON units on Jan. 14 had briefly occupied a police station in Riga , and had tried to remove two of the barricades which had been put up by Latvians on main roads , bridges and around public buildings in response to events in Vilnius . |
| 29 | A MAN who successfully traced a forces pal through the columns of The Northern Echo said yesterday it had brought bad news . |
| 30 | To obtain Age Concern England factsheets mentioned here , send a 9″ × 6″ sae to the Information and Policy Department , Age Concern England , Astral House , 1268 London Road , London SW16 4ER , stating which factsheet(s) you would like to receive . |