Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can get onto the market by cheque , or do a telegraphic transfer from your bank to ours , or I can send round a bike … |
| 2 | The bar at your local Beefeater has a friendly atmosphere , where you can relax over a drink or enjoy a delicious bar meal . |
| 3 | Use the map to locate an Information Booth where you can pick up a leaflet and get some extra clues . |
| 4 | . Or you can build up a tree . |
| 5 | Here even window shopping is a pleasure if you ca n't afford to treat yourself , or you can hunt out a less extravagant purchase amongst the cities ' colourful markets and larger department stores . |
| 6 | Or you can cut out a large square or arched opening instead of a conventional door , and if the wall is big enough , a couple of openings or ‘ windows ’ either side — again to give different perspectives to the room ahead . |
| 7 | ‘ It was like a collective , you could either buy the porn through the mail , or you could send in a tape of yourself and get plugged into the apparatus that way , ’ explains David James , a film professor at the University of Southern California , who has researched the phenomenon . |
| 8 | The Doctor followed the narrow road down through a small valley , before climbing back up towards a bare hilltop where he could make out a number of tiny wooden crosses , like a forest of lifeless bonsai trees . |
| 9 | I never , on the other hand , determined that I would separate out a whole slot for a women 's magazine . |
| 10 | You have to say you ca n't do that I 'll make up a new game to play . |
| 11 | Who did I think I was imagining glibly that I could bring up a child all by myself ? |
| 12 | When I regained consciousness it was to find that I 'd injured my spine and the doctor had ordered that I was to stay put , otherwise there was the possibility that I 'd end up a cripple . |
| 13 | But what ever happens at the end of the day , neither is going on the scrap heap because they are a diamond , so someone will snap up a diamond and it will retain it 's value and they will do very well . |
| 14 | The assumption was that she would bring in a number of new people whose loyalty she could count on . |
| 15 | What was certain was that she would put in an appearance that evening at Jeffrey Archer 's great party ; the one social event in the Brighton calendar which was quite definitely not to be missed . |
| 16 | She set the candelabrum and the tray down on one of the tables , removing his greatcoat and placing it carefully over the back of a chair so that she might lay out a cloth and utensils . |
| 17 | The idea that she 'd give up a precious Friday evening for the pleasure of obliging Canon Wheeler for his beaux yeux was a myth she was happy to dispel . |
| 18 | Celia Hooper-seated opposite him in just such a chair and situation , so that they resembled two bookends without intervening books — was suggesting that she should draw up a basic plan for the annual deanery party , which happened at Loxford Rectory after Easter , a get-together for all the priests of the deanery , eight of them , and their wives . |
| 19 | Her ears are so finely tuned to this that she can pick out a prospective mate 's voice from a cacophony of croaks . |
| 20 | Franca even wished that she could set up a relation of some kind with him . |
| 21 | Marjorie , however , feels that she must put in an appearance downstairs , however token , before he leaves for work , and there is a sense in which Vic understands and approves of this gesture . |
| 22 | Right One of the things that er we try to pass on is that you 'll pick up a lot of information which may not be relevant to you but may be relevant to members of your family or friends . |
| 23 | We suggest that you might work out a daily rate for lighting , repairs , telephone and sundries ( on the basis of a 36 week year ) and then charge that . |
| 24 | O may the memory of Charlie 's love and his earnest desire that you shall grow up an earnest Christian lead you to … throw your whole soul into the service of Christ … ‘ |
| 25 | To think that you could bring about a utopia , and perfect human nature in one way or another , is really a wildly er , optimistic and er , is in itself , er , some kind of illusion . |
| 26 | But when you begin fishing , if it is a swim you have never fished before with a swimfeeder , it is essential that you find out how long it takes to empty so that you can set up a rhythm of casting and feeding . |
| 27 | This means that you can pick up a file from File Manager ( or another compatible file handling shell ) and drop it onto the minimised WSWIN icon , at which point the application opens with your file ready for editing . |
| 28 | The shares are now just 2.5p , so you could pick up a massive 4,000 shares for £100 before brokers fees . |
| 29 | Once you can sail round a triangle ( level 2 ) you learn best with lots of practice on the water in winds of the right strength . |
| 30 | As soon as I can I will tell you when this might be so that we can fix up a time . |