Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [verb] [adv prt] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Regularly , at least one day a week , he goes to one of a few chosen locations to shoot a roll of film and has been doing this now for several years and so has built up a record of places such as Trafalgar Square , Westminster Bridge and the South Bank in London . |
| 2 | Regularly , a least one day a week , he goes to one of a few chosen locations to shoot a roll of film and has been doing this now for several years and so has built up a record of places such as Trafalgar Square , Westminster Bridge and the South Bank in London . |
| 3 | And at times of new issues , they will often be committed to purchasing very large amounts of stock which they can only expect to sell over a period of weeks ; during which period they are exposed to the risk of capital loss if prices fall . |
| 4 | The veteran Eire international is careful not to be drawn into a new slanging match with Ferguson — but one of those reasons must be to show the United manager that he is not a crippled has-been , better equipped propping up a bar than shoring up a defence at football 's highest level . |
| 5 | In fact , the CEGB only began to build up a fund for decommissioning in 1976 . |
| 6 | It 's bad enough having to take out a loan to get married , I sometimes wonder if I need to do the same as a bridesmaid ! |
| 7 | This does not necessarily mean paying out a lot of money for several totally new changes of clothes . |
| 8 | And five minutes later he stooped low to head his third after overworked keeper Mikalis Christophi had only managed to push out a curling effort by Walters . |
| 9 | For many people there is an aura of mystery about dealing on the money markets but it just involves picking up a telephone , ringing two or three numbers , asking the price of something ( the interest or discount rate ) , and buying from the cheapest source . |
| 10 | She crept stealthily along the gallery , not daring to put on a light in case she should wake Luke , past his room , feeling carefully in the half-darkness . |
| 11 | Because there is so little drag on crossing two stitches every four rows this is one time when you will not need to take down a stitch to either side of the cable . |
| 12 | The course has helped Pauline with such issues as marketing and cash flow and she already has drawn up a business plan for the next five years — confirming that she too has no plans to return to full-time employment . |
| 13 | Why do n't we take out from access , so takes out a job number , sorry from accounts and just say take out a job number . |
| 14 | ‘ With everything that has happened over the last couple of years , I just want to stand back a bit and have a couple of weeks to think about it ’ , he said , before later confirming his desire to lead a new-look Scotland in 1992 . |
| 15 | I would be very pleased to chat to anyone who 's interested , even if you just want to find out a bit about making banners . |
| 16 | It was a mark of her artistic intelligence and independence that she did not choose to dish up a pot-pourri of well tried favourites for the occasion , drawing attention to herself rather than the music . |
| 17 | ‘ If you 're not seen to go out a lot , you 're a failure , ’ he said . |
| 18 | His best friend did not go to the funeral because he had already decided to go on a day trip to France ! |
| 19 | Every time we ventured outdoors , we had to brave the ranks of these dozens of seemingly unoccupied Americans who would sit in lines on the low walls surrounding the house , wolf whistling and just waiting to pick up a girl . |
| 20 | Here , I can only think that he was saying , ‘ well , we do n't know that there 's the full authority of the city council in this view ’ , but erm I 'm not going to put up a defence , I just think that what we do is basically stress from yourself and from the chief officer that we do want this file known . |
| 21 | I 'd just like to put in a word for Salman Rushdie . |
| 22 | Yeah , but if you would just like to fill in a form , we will be with you as soon as possible |
| 23 | ONE advantage for small countries in large empires is that they do not have to think up a defence policy : their armies do what they are told . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'll just have to get up a bit earlier , that 's all . ’ |
| 25 | Other regions , which did not happen to pick up a rotation , would become oval-shaped objects called elliptical galaxies . |
| 26 | Windsor has already tried to set up a team of his own in F1 and knows the problems involved , not least of which is the mega money needed to gain a foothold , never mind putting together the technical talent needed to build his own car . |
| 27 | Sometimes , when we got back rather later than usual , my father was already preparing to send out a search party in — as I thought then , not knowing about Grandma 's lapses — his usual agitated way . |
| 28 | A property that is not specified takes on a default value . |
| 29 | " The venerable Stalinist institution rejects and pushes aside authentic and ambitious Leninists who are not allowed to carve out a career in the PCF because of their bourgeois origins . |
| 30 | Rovers winger Pat Nevin said : ‘ As someone who likes to make goals , I definitely came off on Friday feeling disappointed not to have set up a goal . |