Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] [prep] a [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah he got trapped in a car park and he could n't get out for ages and ages and then as he got out he crashed into another car . |
| 2 | It was blow-out , on the driver 's side , and erm , well we just lost it , the wheel was snatched out of his hand when the tyre went and the next thing we just slammed into the barrier and then got catapulted into a concrete wall , |
| 3 | Language has developed as a sign system — one of the ways in which humans communicate and make sense of the world around them . |
| 4 | Kevin Wilson was another who had a fine game ; he has developed into a player Northern Ireland can not afford to be without . |
| 5 | The South African has withdrawn with a hamstring injury from the side to play Australia at Twickenham on Saturday . |
| 6 | She has told the local Home Care Organiser about Mrs B and the Organiser has arranged for a Home Help for the old lady , and is now arranging for the Community Laundry Service to be provided . |
| 7 | Lazio midfielder Diego Fuser will make his international debut while gifted Juventus striker Roberto Baggio has shaken off a thigh strain to play up front . |
| 8 | Four youngsters were plucked to safety yesterday after becoming trapped on a cliff ledge at Seaham after the tide cut them off . |
| 9 | This year we have been involved in projects in both Hong Kong and Mauritius , while our Waste Management Information Bureau , which draws on the resources of the whole of AEA , has responded to a record number of enquiries during the year . |
| 10 | Lord Marshall , the CEGB 's former chairman who has resigned with a £250,000 payoff , said the lower return would be especially disappointing to staff who had ‘ devoted their customary high level of professional commitment to preparations for privatisation ’ . |
| 11 | For any Whites who harbour a sentiment for the famed Seadogs of Scarborough , chairman Geoffrey Richmond has resigned after a boardroom row over admission prices . |
| 12 | The hon. Gentleman is so distinguished that it may be some time since he has sat on a Standing Committee . |
| 13 | Quigley leaped into the air like a monkey that has sat on a bunsen burner and gave a sort of primal grunt . |
| 14 | He would not say what companies were being considered as potential partners , but National Semiconductor Corp has hankered after a hit microprocessor for years , and the Japanese , led by existing Advanced Micro partner Fujitsu Ltd , would no doubt be interested . |
| 15 | The Imperial Household Agency , a secretive ministry that minds the royal family , has objected to a telephone card showing a picture of the couple . |
| 16 | With increased availability , pricing has dropped to a street price of $999 apiece for the 36MHz and $1,399 apiece for the 40MHz in quantities of 1,000 — quite different from the $1,900 price it gave The Microprocessor Report for the 40MHz back in December ( UX No 419 ) . |
| 17 | Nicky Summerbee has come through a fitness test on a leg strain . |
| 18 | Defender Adrian Whitbread has come through a fitness test , Micky Hazard could get a recall . |
| 19 | It 's the least I can do for one who has come for a bush walk and then finds the project nipped in the bud by her own willingness to help . ’ |
| 20 | A CALL for a big shake-up in the structure of the Scottish leagues has come from a shock source . |
| 21 | Aid agencies all over the world have tried to ease their situation , but more immediate help has come from a Hereford farmer . |
| 22 | The only squeak of protest so far has come from a Law Society spokesman , Mr Jeremy Allen , who is also a Nottingham solicitor : ’ An enormous number of people had had their journeys interrupted and it has caused them concern . |
| 23 | The MRC 's Protection Against Ionising Radiation Committee has reported to a Home Office working party its assessment that the LD 50 for humans is a surface exposure to the body of 600 rads . |
| 24 | The reason our house has looked like a junk yard since 1985 is because a three-seater the colour and shape of junk has been there . |
| 25 | Using the EA to live , Smith has freelanced as a sports reporter , a music critic , and a fanzine publisher . |
| 26 | The first term on the right-hand side is the sum of the dividend income for n periods which has grown at a compound rate of ( ) , the ‘ super-normal ’ growth rate . |
| 27 | But it also has built in a Help facility , teaching aids , so that if at some point in the middle of developing your program you forget something , you can ask the system erm to tell you for instance how to use one of its facilities , and you can get onto the screen some information about that , and then carry on where you were , and you can switch easily between different modes . |
| 28 | At 2000 watts , this is a very powerful tool , and Bosch has built in a temperature control as well as a blower control ( rather like the ‘ speed ’ switch on a hair dryer ) . |
| 29 | DSC Communications Corp , Dallas has seen off a shareholder suit brought against the company and some of its officers in 1991 over the problems some of the Baby Bells had with the software for the MegaHub Signal Transfer Point : the suit has been dismissed without prejudice and the motion to certify class action status for it has been declared moot . |
| 30 | Her interest has been aroused by some new paintings which she has seen in a SoHo gallery , which a friend has compared unfavourably with the work of Lee Krasner . |