Example sentences of "[verb] a [noun sg] car " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We will need a Company car to meet them on arrival and get them to Quinn at the apartment , ’ said Odell . |
| 2 | Other examples might include a routine car journey , when you have a feeling that you should fill up with petrol before the tank is empty . |
| 3 | ( ’ Canny ’ is echoed in the findings of a Gallup poll carried out for Shell last autumn which revealed that 60 per cent of Scottish motorists said they would buy a diesel car , compared to the national average of 49 per cent ) . |
| 4 | I made a guesswork assessment that it would be able to provide a motor car that would cost the disabled person at least 25 per cent less than if he made his own arrangements . |
| 5 | The new entrepreneur in Russia wants to be seen driving a performance car , but one which is tough enough for the conditions there . |
| 6 | I NEVER really believed it could be a pleasurable experience driving a diesel car . |
| 7 | Mr those three charges driving a motor car without insurance and a test certificate , those two charges are dismissed . |
| 8 | yes , erm my wife came from the Midlands , from Coventry and her family roots were in Coventry at the Midlands , in fact there she still has numerous nieces and nephews and great nephews and great nieces there to this day , my with the exception of a sister who moved , who , to Basildon , erm I have two brothers and er they still live in London , still live in East Ham , er the distance is not too great erm and , but obviously as we get older the amount of visiting we do will be constricted by the difficulties of getting from Harlow to East Ham especially when one is compelled to stop driving a motor car |
| 9 | ‘ In the present case the act or omission of the defendant occurred while he was driving a motor car upon a public highway , and it was , we think , then reasonably foreseeable that such act or omission might cause injury to a pregnant woman in the car with which his car collided and might cause the child she was carrying to be born in an injured condition . |
| 10 | David Howes , 18 , of Whingrove , Thornaby , was convicted of driving a motor car without due care and attention , fined £100 plus £20 costs , licence endorsed , six points . |
| 11 | The typical executive has a company car , private medical insurance and a company pension scheme . |
| 12 | When one person has a company car , every one will want a company car . |
| 13 | Kath now has a company car in recognition of her achievement . |
| 14 | Although 70% of the 135 individuals questioned said they would prefer an equivalent salary increase to most benefits , given a choice of perks , the non-contributory pension narrowly defeated a company car as favourite . |
| 15 | normal commercial practice is for a company secretary to receive a company car . |
| 16 | The Dutchman Jos Lansink , the only rider left with a chance of meeting the conditions for the first Everest Challenge ( which had required him to jump double clear rounds in four specified contests ) , would have collected a Jaguar car if he had won the Grand Prix . |
| 17 | Jeff , who drove a lead car , explained : ‘ We knew there was a building site there and after a few dollars had changed hands the construction workers used one of their cranes to transfer the three-and-a-halfton generator . ’ |
| 18 | The company warns that it can cost up to £75 a day to hire a replacement car and if your own vehicle has to be transported home the bill is likely to be about £400 . |
| 19 | But they were the first people to sell a motor car in Galashiels . |
| 20 | Inside the city limits a prowl car was parked . |
| 21 | John Milburn Leacock , the first resident of Madeira to own a motor car and son of Thomas Slapp Leacock , continued to export fine madeiras and win gold medals . |
| 22 | The mechanicals were taken from a race car , the Dino 206P , which competed in the European hillclimb championship ( a prestigious series in the 60s ) but the bodywork , despite its motor show boldness , previewed a road car application . |
| 23 | A policeman was injured last night when burglars rammed a panda car . |
| 24 | He must seek the advice of the wisest money-brokers and buy a pension scheme if he be self-employed ; he must see to it that he does not over-extend himself on the mortgage front ; he must run a motor car that does n't drink petrol like tapwater and wo n't break him every time it needs a service from a franchised dealer ; above all , he must abstain from vicious pleasures — or if he needs must indulge , then he must do so only in moderation . |
| 25 | The Secretary of State asked whether , after the introduction of a mobility allowance , I would undertake the chairmanship of a private trust to raise money to supplement the allowance for those disabled unable to afford to purchase or run a motor car . |
| 26 | And for those who prefer more leisurely pursuits you can picnic , sunbathe , ride a cable car into the surrounding peaks or take a ride on one of the oldest cog railways in the world . |
| 27 | Teach him to buy a Jap car . |
| 28 | In 1991 Darren started a job that involved covering a huge business mileage but did n't provide a company car . |
| 29 | I do n't know anyone who 's got a Yugo car do you ? |
| 30 | Erm at present you are employed by and you you 've got own you 've got a company car . |