Example sentences of "[verb] [adj] [verb] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean that does have a lot of resonance for all of us. feel that erm I could have been the same person erm with lots of different changes to my body . |
| 2 | Word count — means that words are counted , ie. ‘ a word is a word ’ — do not count 5 strokes to make a word . |
| 3 | A publican or tobacconist who , in good faith , sells his goods to a 15-year-old who looks 20 has committed a crime , unless he successfully employs the permitted defence that he sold the goods innocently . |
| 4 | Economics and Accounting allows those wishing to follow a career as a chartered accountant the opportunity to combine courses which exempt them from part of their professional exams with courses on broader economic questions . |
| 5 | The hearth itself was often fiercely guarded by a cook , and it would cause great offence if the ‘ lady of the house ’ spent any time in the kitchen , let alone tried to prepare a meal . |
| 6 | Preston was astonished at himself for letting it happen , but when he 'd first suggested wearing a condom Emily had said , ‘ You do n't have to , ’ and told him the story about her abortion , and he 'd felt too sorry for her , and too embarrassed , to insist on doing so for health reasons . |
| 7 | SunWorld latched on to a rumour circulating in Silicon Valley that says NeXT has completed a Sparc port . |
| 8 | She was n't acquainted with this end of the town , never having had any need to visit a hospital . |
| 9 | The trouble with arriving early at a park is you do n't look convincing pretending to take an interest in the roses . |
| 10 | The relatively inexpensive initial methods of screening available ( that is , digital rectal examination and measurement of the prostate specific antigen concentration ) and the advances in transrectal imaging with ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging all serve to provide a sound backdrop for a screening programme . |
| 11 | I know that wishes to take a photograph of the Chairman and myself on Wednesday |
| 12 | Meanwhile another design team is working on a four-way superscalar design called EV-5 specified to produce a minimum 300MHz chip whose performance could exceed 200 SPECint92 and 350 SPECfp92 . |
| 13 | Beautifully out of time , they proved that all the paranoia which surrounds those seeking to hitch a ride on the next bandwagon is worthless . |
| 14 | There are also diamonds strewn around the landscape : collecting 100 earns Turry a continue-play . |
| 15 | In the bad old days you could go crazy trying to match a driver 's configuration to the switch settings on a LAN card . |
| 16 | ‘ And did this fire become a conflagration , did it burn itself out or was it doused by water ? ’ |
| 17 | just a couple of months afterwards , playing India in Trinidad with three spin bowlers in his team , he saw them reach 406 for 4 to win the match , only the second time a team had passed 400 runs to win a Test . |
| 18 | D does that begin to make a difference ? |
| 19 | " And does that include running a brothel and dealing in stolen goods ? " |
| 20 | Many professionals said this failed to plug a gap in the Children Act . |
| 21 | ‘ Does this boat have a sound system , Nick ? ’ |
| 22 | Dockbuild Limited wants to build a pub and offices in the rundown yard off Bondgate . |
| 23 | Roberts added that neither does MCI intend to take an equity position in a European PTT . |
| 24 | They 've all got to keep an eye out for her and try catch her at it but |
| 25 | Hot on the heels of its flotation ( CI No 2,101 ) , MathSoft Inc has opened a subsidiary in Sunninghill , Berkshire with a view to pushing its newly upgraded Mathcad 4.0 technical calculation package into Europe . |
| 26 | For example , Lord Crowther-Hunt considers that the Queen would be perfectly " justified " in withholding her consent from a bill which sought to abolish the House of Lords even if the government proposing this had secured a mandate through the manifesto set before the people at a general election . |