Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [vb base] [adv prt] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Secondly , the exporter could insist on payment or make out a bill of exchange in DMs and thus transfer the foreign exchange risk to the importer . |
| 2 | His programme — a heady mix of big spending and big cutting — may not cure Brazil 's inflation-fevered economy , slay the recession or win back the faith of foreign creditors . |
| 3 | Research has shown — as might be expected — that ‘ natural breaks ’ in programmes allow people to go to the lavatory or brew up a cup of tea rather than watch the commercials . |
| 4 | Blessed with a good audience there 's always a danger of the comics running overtime , and it 's up to me to stretch or speed up the show should the need arise . |
| 5 | Thus there is no net loss or gain over the period of time . |
| 6 | Warner v. Browne ( 1807 ) 8 East 165 there was an agreement to lease at a rent of £40 per annum and it was agreed that the landlord , W. Warner , should not raise the rent nor turn out the tenant ‘ so long as the rent is duly paid quarterly , and he does not expose to sale or sell any article that may be injurious to W. Warner in his business . ’ |
| 7 | Old Charlie must have had a bit of a penchant for potholing judging by the amount of time he spent in every rock crevice north of Carlisle , but I prefer to suspend my scepticism and believe that the great man did indeed peel off his powdered wig and roll out a sleeping-bag in all the places that maps and local handouts would have us believe . |
| 8 | Fine to medium paintbrushes are useful for moving flowers and leaves around , and for brushing hairs and fluff off the design once you have finished it . |
| 9 | Instead of pulling over onto the hard shoulder , opening the car bonnet and putting more oil in the engine , you take a hammer and bash out the oil warning light . |
| 10 | I stagger to the bedroom and pull out the cover from beneath him . |
| 11 | ‘ Now I want you to call a courier and sort out a couple of juicy documents to somebody not too far away , but it does n't matter who . |
| 12 | If possible , turn off the power at the switch and pull out the plug . |
| 13 | Still , it is an election year and the nominally apolitical Fed is expected to rally round the incumbent president and dole out the credit with a liberal hand . |
| 14 | Use of PLATO has the disadvantage that special PLATO terminals have to be used for the instruction ; this means that users can not be taught in their own congressional offices and carry out the training as and when required . |
| 15 | Robyn closed her eyes and let out a groan . |
| 16 | He 'd been shaken , certainly , when Cedric Downes had invited him to go along to the North Oxford Golf Club and knock up the caretaker if necessary . |
| 17 | Then you go over the seat and hang off the inside , but you still keep a lot of weight on that outside peg and you put on some more if the tyre starts really sliding . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ You feel , perhaps , that it would be a marvellous thing to go to the Counterweight Continent and bring back a shipload of gold ? ’ |
| 19 | While the do-goody liberals and the big stick brigade waste their time accusing one another of misunderstanding the criminal mind and argue over the chicken and egg issue of crime and social conditions , the prisons are packed with people who are certainly being punished , but nothing much beyond that . |
| 20 | You read the reviews , make up your mind and stump up the cash . |
| 21 | Apart from deep psychiatry and hypnosis which can sometimes disclose these events and thus heal them , the only way to overcome these fears is to expand the adult part of our mind and tune out the child and the parent as much as we can . |
| 22 | On hearing the Cherokee 's electric fuel pump still operating the instructor asked the Cherokee pilot to return to his aircraft and turn off the fuel cock and battery master switch . |
| 23 | Meanwhile , I had to go up into the roof and push down the ballcock when things went wrong . |
| 24 | At half time you can change your tactics and bring on a substitute . |
| 25 | Make the vanilla sauce : place the vanilla pod in a saucepan and pour over the milk . |
| 26 | So look to the future and suss out the science of beauty . |
| 27 | Finally , decide which learning points you want to implement in the future and work out an action plan which covers : |
| 28 | To match the pattern , turn in the side of one width of fabric and line up the pattern with the width to which it will be joined . |
| 29 | ‘ Now work out the profit I made on each of the five cars and add up the total . |
| 30 | Head down to the local travel agent and check out the availability of sun-drenched spring breaks at resorts catering to families with small children ; |