Example sentences of "[vb infin] the [noun sg] [adv] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taking out a patent can bring the inventor quite a fortune . |
| 2 | Within hours of this US response , which Iraq 's ruling Revolution Command Council denounced as " disgraceful " , the Soviet Union tried to rescue its peace initiative by announcing that Aziz ( who was still in Moscow ) had agreed to a revised six-point peace plan whereby ( i ) Iraq would agree to comply with Resolution 660 ; ( ii ) withdrawal from Kuwait would begin the day after a ceasefire ; ( iii ) the withdrawal would be completed within 21 days , including withdrawal from Kuwait City within four days ; ( iv ) once the withdrawal had been completed all relevant UN Security Council resolutions would lapse ; ( v ) all prisoners of war would be released three days after a ceasefire ; and ( vi ) monitoring of the ceasefire would be carried out by observers or peacekeeping forces as determined by the UN Security Council . |
| 3 | It meant that locals could take out an annual seven-day family membership for just £480 — a mere snip , and that the town school could use the pool once a week , free . |
| 4 | The former timetable will resume the day after a decision on whether to refer the offer is announced . |
| 5 | That brings us to quarter past ten , I suspect that there 's , tea and coffee 's out there then , and if it is , I think we 'll have the break just a bit earlier , and then we can get into it when . |
| 6 | If you should find the cottage more a liability than you had envisaged then we can perhaps talk business in the future . |