Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] [prep] a [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If you have a modem you can log on to a bulletin board and download it .
2 He will stay on in a consultancy role for a few months until his successor settles into the job .
3 Let us think rather of a twin track approach , in which custody is reserved for those who commit serious offences .
4 I should n't think so for a minute darling .
5 I chose to visit London over other European cities , in part because I thought collectors back home would relate better to a city scene in which all the signs were in English , billboards , signs and marquees are often important elements in a city scene .
6 I chose to visit London over other European cities , in part because I thought collectors back home would relate better to a city scene in which all the signs were in English , billboards , signs and marquees are often important elements in a city scene .
7 This way it will act rather like an appetite suppressant pill — or , rather , in the way pills should act if they contained sufficient cellulose .
8 Teddy can also line up with a party balloon and there 's a heart motif to complete a picture to knit and give with love .
9 Why should she hang around on a window seat in the middle of the night ?
10 ‘ There ai n't no trains out , around that time ; and a gent like him would hardly hang about in a station buffet !
11 The main reason for this was pointed out in Chapter I ( : the beneficiary of a trust had a relationship with the property under trust , but it was one which did not fall neatly into a civil-law category .
12 ‘ I just think there is an enormous number of people out there who would benefit most from a fitness centre who through either shyness or disability wo n't go near them . ’
13 But , if I were to identify a trend , I would do so on a retailing analogy .
14 As an alternative to placing your account with a bank , you may do so at a building society , many of which offer similar services .
15 Though the group believes Britain should join , it warns that it should only do so at an exchange rate of around DM2.40 to the pound — involving a 15 per cent devaluation from the current DM2.79 .
16 Though the group believes Britain should join , it warns that it should only do so at an exchange rate of around DM2.40 to the pound — involving a 15 per cent devaluation from the current DM2.79 .
17 What else did you do just as a cabin boy ?
18 The arts are especially important and effective in arousing spiritual awareness because they can speak directly at a feeling level , as well as being free from any slavish dependence on religious ideas which are often rejected out of hand by secularists .
19 Flynn and his pals clean up Dodge only to feel suffocated by a town so decent it ai n't fit for a man to live in and head off in a joke finish for the still-wild Virginia City , which Flynn cleaned up in an unconnected follow-up .
20 ‘ And to keep that feeling together I will try and make arrangements that we can all team up for a leisure day . ’
21 does somebody dress up as an Easter bunny ?
22 Would she grow up into a street urchin , plimsolls , no socks , grimy tee shirt , with a London accent grating on a nicely-brought-up ear ?
23 His gouverneur or chief guardian was General Frossard , but it was the wish of the Emperor and Empress that apart from obligatory public appearances , which were confined to a minimum , the child should grow up in a family atmosphere .
24 Er you 'll find that we do have actually have a calculator which we can send out with a retirement pack and that actually gives you an aide-memoire to actually remind you about the things that you might forget erm with regard to erm things like er holidays er erm say , medical expenses , er fuel expenses , erm club fees , T V licence , all those things .
25 I do n't actually believe that that depression is normal , I believe that we can overcome depression , and I think there is some creative things that we can do out of a depression people can become stronger , they can tap into their resources inside with support and help , so I can believe it 's a positive experience .
26 It will do well in a gravel medium with plenty of detritus .
27 get it and er they 've brought the full and then they say if you must smoke , smoke then with a filter tip one and that
28 We know nothing of his campaign , except that it was limited to a single season and that the Silures did not appear again as a fighting force .
29 The sides must battle again for a quarter-final place on December 16 , but the odds are now stacked against Howard Kendall 's men after the way they lost their grip on this fiercely-contested fourth-round tie .
30 It consists of a clay pipe to a brick inner sanctum which its hoped will become home to a breeding pair of otters .
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