Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [adv] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 As traditional Italian dances are often sung , the performers pose solemnly fur a second or two at the end of each phrase .
2 Note in Barclays ' books Shell still has a $10m euro deposit , only the asset composition has changed from a balance at Bank Y to an interbank loan given to Lloyds Bank , London .
3 The fateful words do not establish a trust in favour of him , but instead a trust at his expense in favour of another person .
4 If drama schools do not incorporate a stage management course , basic lectures and some participation in production work may take place in the senior terms .
5 Serious Faults Straw-coloured , excessive , insufficient or sooty markings ; rust marking other than described above ; white marking any place on dog ( a few rust or white hairs do not constitute a marking ) .
6 We are well aware , however , that the results of this study do not form a basis for firm conclusions about the pathophysiology of specific clinical disorders .
7 FACT The department of health says these concentrations do not pose a health risk .
8 The porters do not have a key to the cupboard .
9 But a spokesman for P and O accused Sealink of being selective in their choice of dates , saying : ‘ Two months do n't make a year .
10 The parties do not share a conception of the good by reference to which the fruition of their powers or even the satisfaction of their desires can be evaluated .
11 The 1989 Kiwis do not look a patch on their predecessors .
12 The bedrooms do not have a safety deposit box .
13 Older teenagers do not want a mother to be yearning over them day and night , even when several hundred miles lie between them .
14 He addresses Dame Sirith imperiously , and with a French expression : But Dame Sirith 's final words remind us that this courtliness of expression is located in a fabliau in which the actions and attitudes are as commercial ( pris , mede ) and as crude , sexually , as in any French counterpart : These lines do not quite move into the register of marked language that we have seen in the French fabliaux and shall see in Chaucer 's English fabliaux except in so far as references to women 's thighs do not find a place in the conventional rhetorical portrayal of a courtly lady .
15 A baby carriage Do n't mean a marriage
16 Some homes do not have a table ; food may be provided while the child is playing or walking around .
17 In conclusion , it could be that the problems have been exaggerated , and indeed one study of second homes in the southwest of England , the second most important area after Wales , concluded ( South West Economic Planning Council , 1975 , vii ) that : ‘ second homes do not pose a problem that is widespread in the region nor are they likely to do so ’ .
18 THE Hampshire Playing Fields Association have just launched a £250,000 public appeal to enable them to respond to the ever-increasing demands for support of sport and recreational projects throughout the county .
19 IPSWICH and their fans have not enjoyed an FA Premier League victory since beating Manchester United in January .
20 But Thistle fans have n't seen a Saturday goal this year , though there was little complaint at the weekend .
21 So far any opposing and neutral fans have n't caused a rumpus or complained .
22 I imagine all these Madness fans have never felt an emotion in their life .
23 Many parts of the continent have also got a drought ; in France , in southern Italy and Greece in particular but Spain , they 're not too bad actually they 've had quite a lot of thundery showers this summer .
24 I mean , my legs have rarely seen a Bic razor you know , I 'm gon na wear a pair of shorts in the summer , I might shave 'em , but I
25 The increasing irrelevance of legislative norms , the disappearance of the inner club and the triumph of individualism in the Senate are partly accounted for by the decline of the influence of the South in the chamber , although changing leadership styles have also had an effect .
26 But She readers have already bought a product : the editorial content of their magazine .
27 offices as well , but erm , and I know she 's half time and some offices have only got a quarter , but as I say , she 's the busiest person I know and , and she 's
28 Unaccountably , the Opposition have not requested a statement on one of the great scandals involving Robert Maxwell .
29 The Opposition have not found a way round that problem .
30 The four nations have also announced a ban on herring-fishing , claiming that the species is dangerously over-harvested , and are pressing for it to be registered under Appendix I of CITES ( which bans all exploitation ) .
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