Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [adv prt] a [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | T. D. You might be glad to lock up a drunk to get out of the rain for a while . |
| 2 | ‘ All three put up a struggle to fight off the attacker . |
| 3 | On the proposal in Recommendation 18 to set up a committee to advise on priorities for grant-aid , he argued that this would help to keep the WEA on its toes , true to its traditional concerns for rigorous study of subjects appropriate to understanding contemporary society . |
| 4 | The latter pulls down a menu giving you the option to ‘ maximise ’ the window . |
| 5 | Most funding agencies are , understandably , unwilling to take on a commitment to pay for research over a period of perhaps twenty years or more . |
| 6 | In cases like the French verb system it is possible to build up a drill containing all the tenses of the verb and all the pronouns within the framework of one drill . |
| 7 | Mike Wood normally flies Hawk jets but he 's happy to go down a step to share the piloting with Squadron Leader , Tim Farmer who 's happy to step up from his normal ground based job as a health and environment officer . |
| 8 | If the documents in question are not sent out with a letter , but are signed at the conveyancer 's office , then it is important to set out a memorandum recording the date and time at which the document was signed and also how the document was explained to the client . |
| 9 | I do not intend to list all the normal things Excel can do — just take it for granted that you will be able to set up a spreadsheet to calculate whatever you want to — but I want to concentrate on some of the features that will certainly save time , effort , and head scratching . |
| 10 | John Dykstra , with Richard Edlund and others , was able to set up a camera rig that moved very precisely in metal tracks , with the camera on an arm that could move up and down , while the camera itself could pan from side to side or tilt up and down or any combination or roll over to the side and also change focus as needed . |
| 11 | She stole into the kitchen to find Sabina and beg some hot water in secret , before the others found her out ; Sabina giggled and her eyes flicked from side to side as Rosa described how she must have sleep-walked , how dangerous it was , how someone could have accidentally woken her and she might have fallen down , without being able to put out a hand to stop her fall , and died . |
| 12 | Members are able to fill in a form to notify the Club that a litter is due to be whelped . |
| 13 | In The Unbearable Lightness of Being , the Czech exile Sabina disturbs her French friends by being unable to last out a parade held to protest against the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 : ‘ She would have liked to tell them that behind Communism , Fascism , behind all occupations and invasions lurks a more basic , pervasive evil and that the image of that evil was a parade of people marching by with raised fists and shouting identical syllables in unison . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ You ca n't bake a potato in twenty minutes , let alone cook up a masterplan to defeat an invincible alien force . ’ |
| 15 | They asked the Secretary General to set up a group to monitor compliance with Central American commitments to halt aid to rebel movements and to prevent the use of one state 's territory for attacks on other states . |
| 16 | First draw up a table comparing x and y . |
| 17 | Note , if you attempt to use option 1.3.1 to read out a package containing a module which is HARDCPY ( hard copy only available ) , or NOISSUE ( no issue ) or to which you have no access , an error message will be displayed and option 1.3.2 , 1.3.3 , 1.3.4 or 1.3.5 must be used to selectively read out the modules in the package which are available . |
| 18 | We first carried out a dose ranging study of rt-PA among 50 patients with myocardial infarction seen 4 hours after the onset of symptoms . |
| 19 | The government on Feb. 16 set up a commission to establish the full truth of the invasion by Warsaw Pact troops in 1968 which brought the Dubcek reformist regime to an end [ see p. 22909 ] . |
| 20 | One resembles a small trowel with a knurled wheel , that sets up a vibration to help the seeds drop off the end in a controlled way — a useful aid for sowing in straight lines . |
| 21 | I beg to move that lead beginning did beg given to bring in a bill to extend and improve methods of electoral registration and to allow disabled people to gain access to polling stations . |
| 22 | This meant that it was possible to make up a test focused at the middle of the target attainment range with a minimum of trialling . |
| 23 | These it uses to stun its prey and the discharge is so powerful that it is quite sufficient to knock over a horse standing in the shallows . |