Example sentences of "[verb] something [adv] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Impact printers are the largest group and consist of three main sub categories ; dot matrix , daisy wheel and ink jet and , apart from the latter which actually fires its ink these operate by pressing something hard through a ribbon in order to leave an impression on the sheet of paper . |
| 2 | Then he 'd have to go off and do something else for a while before he could stomach being with him again . |
| 3 | If one of the big parties wins something close to a majority of seats , it may have two ways of avoiding dependence on either Catalans or Basques . |
| 4 | This year represents something close to a dismantling of the American presidential campaign . |
| 5 | ‘ It 's a name I seem to be stuck with , but it really would be nice to be called something else for a change , says actor Nigel Havers , best known for his role in the ITV series of the same name . |
| 6 | His European diplomacy had been a triumph ; he had sealed something very like a partnership with Mikhail Gorbachev ; he had reason to think that a deal on the Uruguay round of the GATT would be completed by Christmas . |
| 7 | Durance himself may manage something once in a while , but there is no one who can help him achieve those masterpieces in the way that Jourdain did . |
| 8 | You know we we 've heard a lot about this leaf bud structure and what to replace it with but since this is Nottingham and this centre of lace why could n't they put something there like a loom or something sculptured to look like a loom ? |
| 9 | erm because that 's like a continuous thing erm with with some other stuff , if it 's just like essays or projects due in at the end of this term or beginning of next , you know get , get the light stuff out of the way first erm and try you may find it easier if you , if you , what I used to do was sort of try and , you know , pace it out a little bit and not try and write an essay all at once because I found that very difficult to do but if you just sort of write a paragraph and do , do something else for a bit and you know kind of write another paragraph a bit later on in the day and , and , you know , kind of erm you know work , you know do n't , do n't try and write an essay all in one evening but try and sort of , you know , if you 've managed to spread it out over the course of a few days so that you do n't have to do too much at once I mean it 's difficult to concentrate on one thing |