Example sentences of "[vb -s] and [verb] an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On page 16 ANDY PARKES accommodates and buys an extraordinary number of Oddball fish for just over £250 . |
| 2 | Damien Robb was in superb form from placed balls , converting five frees and making an immense contribution to his side 's victory . |
| 3 | the prison system has a tendency to create more problems than it receives and has an equal tendency to fail inmates because , out of its survival fear , it tends to respond to corporate threats , real or imaginary , rather than the real problems of inmates . |
| 4 | The two programs tested were a basic frequent-update program ( EV1 ) , which takes and displays an unending sequence of images , and a rudimentary grey-scaling program ( GREY ) . |
| 5 | The second point is on correspondence , I 'm absolutely certain that when a member of public writes in to any department , not necessarily highway , he expects and needs an immediate response , now I know you have , you have started the acknowledgement of our system , but I think it 's , it does n't go far enough , an acknowledgement card that simply says the thing is received and is receiving attention , needs to then indicate the individual to whom that matter has been passed for attention and that leads me to the third point and I think the general complaint on the public is that local government is seen as faceless people and I think we have to get in our mind to name people within our department , there 's not one mention about it in our promise , I think we need , unless I 've not read it , but I think , I think we , yes , but I think we need to mention people by name , senior people within the department who will respond to particular things and certainly where public comes into contact within the offices we must get around to wearing a name badge who says who that person is , people want to relate to a person and I think we can do that if we try . |
| 6 | The temporary buildings , having outlived their normal life expectancy are damp , lack toilet facilities , have broken windows , broken window catches and provide an unsafe environment for the pupils . |
| 7 | By a long process the child gradually learns and uses an increasing vocabulary . |
| 8 | It 's a Cotswold marriage between sport and money where the organist flips and plays an Irish jig . |