Example sentences of "[vb base] [noun] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Comecon , he points out , was coercive in that a Member State was unable to secede ; this is not yet the case within the EEC , but protectionist trade policies make non-membership a very difficult option for largely agricultural countries . |
| 2 | I squeeze Sarah a little harder and realize something . |
| 3 | Make Sheila a wondrous cup of 99 tea — that 'll have her over the moon in seconds . |
| 4 | Small details , that make fishing a constant source of delight : a bank of yellow flag by a tiny burn ; where mountain everlasting grow ; secret otter greens ; where we saw a wildcat ; a peregrine 's nest ; rutting red deer ; black-throated divers . |
| 5 | Samey levels , awkward controls and some of the most noninteractive flying ever seen on the C64 make G-Loc a game to avoid . |
| 6 | I kin smell pig a mile away , an ’ these cunts … ’ the sect thug indicated his captors with a jerk of his head , ‘ … got the same stink about ‘ em ! |
| 7 | The fourth is the amount of the instalment : say £4.18 a month . |
| 8 | The working man 's 47.7 hours a week in 1964 should have earned him £18.11 ( say £162 a week now ) , but MPs were about to become markedly better off than that as Mr Wilson increased their salaries from £1750 to £3250 per annum ( £29,120 ) . |
| 9 | the should ask for the two elements present in common salt and they say Name a compound . |
| 10 | ‘ Send Hurley a postcard . |
| 11 | Back in Oxford I fax John a note telling him how much I have enjoyed working with him , and urging him not to get too red . |
| 12 | Send Lamb a reprimand , instead . |
| 13 | Nell McCafferty , the Derry-born writer and civil rights activist , poignantly remembered family prayers from the 1950s : ‘ God send John a job ; God send Jackie and Rosaleen a house ; Holy Mother of God look down on Peggy in America and Leo in England ; Jesus and His Blessed Mother protect Mary that 's going out with a sailor . ' |
| 14 | Once near the top of their particular sport , money becomes available : percentages of transfer fees , fight purses , appearance monies make sport a financially healthy occupation — provided success is attained . |
| 15 | These figures make IBM a natural target for Japan 's electronics firms , which are relative newcomers to computers but have high aspirations of success . |
| 16 | Though less fat today , it remains massive in build and has retained enough of its original milking capacity to make an excellent suckler cow , with high conception and calving rates , and a hardiness and placidity that make management a pleasure . |
| 17 | The trouble is that small boats make headway a lot faster than big governments . |
| 18 | ‘ The girl said , ‘ You mean £400 a week ? |
| 19 | Clairette de Die £5.95 A French wine , Very pale and almost colourless this was sweet and perfumed . |
| 20 | Undergrounding cables cost £12m. a kilometre compared to £500,000 for overhead cable . |
| 21 | Welcome back.In a few minutes , we 'll be going inside the Highgrove Estate , for a look at Prince Charles 's garden . |
| 22 | I earn £28000 a year , and I have a one year contract . |
| 23 | Cassis Fizz , Summer Fruit Fizz , Tropical Fruit Fizz and Bucks Fizz are low in alcohol and cost £1.99 a bottle . |
| 24 | If employees are aged 16 or over and earn £52 a week or more , you and your employee will need to pay NI contributions . |
| 25 | Those who earn £43 a week or more will lose benefit for the whole of that week — even if they work only part of it and are unemployed for the remaining days . |
| 26 | Those who earn £43 a week or more will lose benefit for the whole of that week — even if they work only part of it and are unemployed for the remaining days . |
| 27 | Those who earn £43 a week or more will lose benefit for the whole of that week — even if they work only part of it and are unemployed for the remaining days . |
| 28 | ‘ They send stories about us from all over the world and they charge $1.25 a clipping . |
| 29 | Even those who never appear receive £200,000 a year . |
| 30 | The Infirmary League covered hospital treatment and cost 2d a week for a single person whilst the payment of 4d covered a whole family — father , mother and all children under eighteen . |