Example sentences of "[verb] [indef pn] [conj] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Accessed from the body end , the truss rod is the old ‘ slotted head ’ type , which needs nought but a humble screwdriver to adjust : good news for those of us who find the successful storage of appropriate Allen keys in accessible places an impossible task . |
| 2 | It was a different story after the break with the Witham defence under pressure throughout with Banks saving a penalty , but he could do nothing when a free kick by McCarthy took a deflection on its way into the net . |
| 3 | Torn between a huge urge to do everything and a huge ignorance about how to go about it . |
| 4 | But if you quite like sleeping with the offending partner for other reasons , you 'll need earplugs , a light where it disturbs nobody and a good book till the warm drink you 've made for consolation lulls you back to the Land of Nod — pending the next onslaught . |
| 5 | ‘ The Communist Party still controls everything and a quick election will not be truly free . ’ |