Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [verb] [pron] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The county council had wanted to demolish the towering and elegant stone-built landmark and replace it with a more functional concrete and steel structure . |
| 2 | Each book should have a card within it , and when you take the book you sign and date the card and put it in a box at the location of the books . |
| 3 | This is merely the reaction time required in picking up the card and placing it on a pile without making any choice based on the value of the card . |
| 4 | Make this Thinking Day card and send it to a Rainbow or Brownie friend . |
| 5 | And presumably the advantage of using a computer for that is much greater than the mere saving of time in a library and taking out a card and putting it in a wallet or erm a card folder or something like that , because you can retain in your computer a lot of information about what books are in the library and what books are out with lenders and so on . |
| 6 | And presumably the advantage of using a computer for that is much greater than the mere erm saving of time in a librarian taking out a card and putting it in a wallet or a card folder or something like that , because you can retain in your computer a lot of information about what books are in the library and what books are out with lenders and so on . |
| 7 | I contrived to get Martinho beside Goreng 's jeep and laid him against a wheel . |
| 8 | Her eyes had opened wide in wonder , and the light entered their long-lashed blackness and turned it to a dusky , flecked gold . |
| 9 | Beggars ca n't be choosers though , he thought philosophically as he got up , removed the boiling kettle from the gas ring and emptied it into a small china teapot . |
| 10 | Originally it was thought to give better protection to the crew ejecting at high speed and provide them with a ‘ shirt-sleeve ’ environment . |
| 11 | The Chinese believe that to stand on one leg while kicking with the other unbalances the practitioner and places him at a disadvantage . |
| 12 | Alternatively , enclose in clean , clear polythene bags or cover with cling film to prevent moisture loss and stand them in a warm place . |
| 13 | The company had to bid for its new broadcasting licence at auction and won it with a bid of £2,000 . |
| 14 | ‘ Pièce Touchée ’ by Martin Arnold , a winner of prizes from a number of festivals including Cannes — it takes a short scene from an American B movie and manipulates it into an erotic dance to hilarious effect . |
| 15 | As casualties occur you can remove any of the models fighting and replace them with any models from a rearward rank — so you can change the ratio of nets to clubs by , say removing a club and replacing it with a net . |
| 16 | Stanley sees through her facade and sees her as a threat to his marriage , and his affection for Stella . |
| 17 | The statistical error on N is , so that the achievable precision in measuring can be estimated by replacing dN by in this equation and rewriting it as an expression for : . |
| 18 | It formed the Bund and committed itself to a critical modus vivendi with the state by declaring itself to be a ‘ church within socialism ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ The federalists want to neuter the entire continent and turn it into a giant blancmange , ’ says Robertson . |
| 20 | In conclusion , I ask is it sensible needlessly to destroy a system which provides the best standard of living for all its citizens on the African continent and replace it with a system which will bring misery in the short-term and has little proof that it will ever attain today 's standard of living in the long term ? |
| 21 | Apparently he was involved in an accident at work a few days ago , went to his local casualty department who could n't actually detect any break and treated it as a severe sprain . ’ |
| 22 | She said : ‘ We are trying to re-establish the Lord Mayoralty as it was before the city had its pantomime period , ’ a reference to the time the Militant-dominated council abolished the position of Lord Mayor and replaced it with a Labour chairman . |
| 23 | Reatus also allegedly jabbed Mr Mounsa in the neck and hit him with a dog chain . |
| 24 | At an auspicious moment the groom threw a gold chain over the bride 's neck and presented her with a wedding dress and jewels . |
| 25 | He ran a finger around his neck and shook himself like a dog settling itself inside its collar . |
| 26 | Then it inclined its head and struggled fiercely with arms pointing earthwards , and Roland caught glints of silver and reconstituted it as a person in a wheel-chair , possibly in difficulty . |
| 27 | She put the end in her mouth and moistened it to a point . |
| 28 | In further indications of a relaxation of one-party rule , the country 's only trade union federation , the Central Council of Albanian Trade Unions ( KQBPS ) , on Dec. 23 announced its intention to act independently in future and to re-form itself as a " pluralist association " . |
| 29 | She followed the film stills with a series which took the convention of the centrefold pin-up and twisted it with a gauche naturalness — creating an awkward , sharp , counter-attack on voyeurism . |
| 30 | Finally , he put the folder down on his desk , bit a mouthful from the sandwich and followed it with a gulp of lukewarm coffee . |