Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [prep] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , Gumperz identifies the following functions ( 1982 : 75 – 84 ) : quotations ( using a different code to mark a stretch of quoted speech ) , addressee specification ( choosing a code to pick out one 's intended addressee ) , interjections ( " sentence fillers " offset from the the main content of the sentence by a code switch ) , reiteration ( the message content is emphasised by repeating it in the other code ) , message qualification ( the main content of the message is " qualified " or adjusted by a clause in the other code ) , personalisation versus objectivisation . |
| 2 | In later years a boy may continue to look unconsciously for a mother with whom to relate , or a girl for a father to take the place of a loved parent or compensate for a lack of satisfaction in that direction . |
| 3 | Although I recognise that for obvious reasons the Secretary of State will not want to be locked or painted into a figure of 512 as the maximum , which is what it would be , will he tell the House whether , in the light of last week 's discussions with President Yeltsin and the changes that have taken place since Christmas , the Government are now considering the minimum deterrent to be somewhat lower than they had previously considered it necessary to be ? |
| 4 | What " the " does is to tell the reader that what the noun phrase names is something ( or belongs to a group of things ) which is already familiar to the reader . |
| 5 | Or sit for a while with your back against the trunk of a mature tree ( preferably an oak ) ; breathe deeply and allow yourself to merge , as it were , with the energies of the tree . |
| 6 | There are several methods you can use and of course you must find the one which suits you best but , as a starting-point , here is a simple and effective one : Lie on your bed or sit in a chair with a back which is high enough to support your neck and head . |
| 7 | Today by some bonus of chance they were being left there to enjoy it and had not been interrupted with a call for tea or to go for a swim with Dad who had just come home . |
| 8 | He was not misled or lulled into a sense of false security or anything of that kind . |
| 9 | When she 's not having a drink or tucking into a bag of crisps , the five month old badger cub can usually be found on the snooker table . |
| 10 | As a matter of good practice copies of the documents should either be attached to the disclosure letter or placed in a file of documents delivered with the letter . |
| 11 | Equally , with the use of appropriate figures , it would show that CDs become more liquid , the nearer they get to maturity , i.e. the nearer to maturity they get , the smaller is the loss or gain as a result of changes in prevailing yields . |
| 12 | The bottom and topsides were payed or stopped with a putty like composition . |
| 13 | Vinyl is practical , so is vinyl-coated cork , and linoleum , which now comes in all colours and can be inlaid or arranged in a pattern in various shades with quite spectacular results . |
| 14 | Text could be created on the Macintosh or passed as a file from any other computer , graphics were catered for by MacPaint , Draw or business graphics programs like Microsoft Chart . |
| 15 | If the child has become lost or frightened as a result of parental neglect , then the adult in question may expect to be admonished by the fairy , who dislikes irresponsibility and carelessness . |
| 16 | 9.17 Frustration of reinstatement Landlords sometimes include a proviso that the landlord should have the right to terminate the lease in the event of reinstatement being frustrated or delayed as a result of circumstances beyond the landlord 's control . |
| 17 | Order 15 , r 1 provides that the court may at any time allow or direct any person to be added , struck out or substituted as a party to proceedings in accordance with the High Court practice ( see RSC , Ord 15 , r 6 ; Ord 20 , rr 5 , 8 ) . |
| 18 | Apparently they neither walk nor swim , but spend their time either in the air or perched on a branch of a tree to roost . |
| 19 | Full compliance with environmental legislation remains a key , yet elusive , target and I regret that in 1992 ICI was prosecuted or fined on a number of occasions for accidental environmental infringements . |
| 20 | Strain the custard to remove lumps or whiz in a blender for 60 seconds . |
| 21 | For others it is sufficient to look or act like a gouger by being rough-looking and dirty or disrespectful to and disliking the police , ‘ giving lip ’ and swearing , coming from ‘ a problem family ’ and being of low intelligence ( ‘ not all there ’ , ‘ air getting in ’ , ‘ not right ’ , ‘ a few bricks short of a full load ’ ) . |
| 22 | ‘ Or attacked by a plague of locusts ? ’ |
| 23 | If you are unsure of which style of lettering to choose for an initial design , look through some magazines or books for inspiration , or browse through a catalogue of dry transfer lettering until you had a typeface you like . |
| 24 | This is a very informative leaflet produced by Dover Harbour Board , with details on which dock your ferry or hovercraft departs from , travelling to your resort by car , rail or coach plus a list of essentials to take . |
| 25 | The way we speak about Wimpey and the impression we give may influence someone who is thinking of buying a Wimpey home , negotiating with Wimpey Construction , buying materials from Wimpey Minerals or applying for a course in one of our craft training centres . |
| 26 | A smaller building company may be asked to provide more detailed financial information than is contained in the modified company accounts when applying to join a list of approved contractors or applying for a tenancy of , say , a builder 's yard or offices . |
| 27 | For ‘ Paris ’ add Prague , London , Venice , anywhere beautiful and foreign and not of the everyday , and for ‘ young man ’ insert ‘ or middle aged woman ’ and for ‘ lived ’ and ‘ or visited at a time in your life when you most needed it . ’ |
| 28 | for proceeding to or returning from a workshop in which a body or a special type of equipment or accessory is to be or has been fitted to it or in which it is to be or has been painted , valeted or repaired ; |
| 29 | Thompson stressed that the sine qua non of future co-operation was that ‘ no man 's or woman 's cooperation is to be accepted or rejected by a reference to his or her peculiar religious or non-religious , political or non-political views ’ . |
| 30 | This involved a Parent Chat Sheet , part of which was filled in by the parent or written by a member of staff for the parent during the chat . |