Example sentences of "[noun sg] i [vb base] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And your setting will be even more integrated into your book than was the setting in the sort of story I have called a backgrounder . |
| 2 | If there 's erm For instance I 've had a situation where on a medical practice booklet because we er hand back a hundred pound for every full page that we we gain in the medical practice booklet , er it 's an encouragement for if we 're just a quarter of a half page short , er for the practice to say you know we 'll get for another hundred quid we 'd all we need to do is make a couple of phone calls and threaten erm one or two of our patients . |
| 3 | Chairman I do have a couple of questions , I do have a couple of questions if I may . |
| 4 | Er Chairman I want to make a point relative , very quick point relative to the northern bypass so Mr said that officers are proceeding with the preparation of possible routes , will you undertake that er members be er , er advised of er these discussions before it reaches committee stage ? |
| 5 | ‘ Of course I 've got a plan , and you 'll see what it is in a few moments , if you 're too stupid to guess before that — ’ They swung round a bend and he swore suddenly and loudly . |
| 6 | ‘ Of course I 've got a minute — what the bloody hell d' you think I 'm doing here at this time of night ? ’ |
| 7 | Of course I 've got a family ! |
| 8 | By means of the Alexander Technique I have acquired an awareness of where my body is in space which means I am now able to control my muscle tension by means of my brain ; this is essential if I was ever to maintain a posture without straining my body unconsciously . |
| 9 | In that cell I 've got a formula , just multiply the number above by the number of the left . |
| 10 | It 's at this point nearing the end of my open study I 've realised a connection between the four characters I have just compared . |
| 11 | For short-line fishing I like to have a line with some stretch ; it complements the shock-absorber effect of the rod . |
| 12 | Mummy I 've got a police one |
| 13 | Jane Hall had booked into the Riverside Hotel , she walked over to the reception desk and rang the bell , hello I 'm Jane Hall I 've booked a weekend stay here , ah yes Miss Hall if you would just like to sign here , here 's your key , your room is six floors up , third on the right , have a nice stay . |
| 14 | On behalf of Nether Wyresdale Parish Council I wish to register an objection to the application for an entertainment licence for music , dancing and singing at the Priory Restaurant , Scorton . |
| 15 | Ted , 51 — now trained in law and first aid — said : ‘ As a cleaner I 've had an insight into what goes on in the cells . ’ |
| 16 | If you do your environmental recycling I 've got a thing that I took out of a magazine that 's got all the addresses of erm of of the various thing for recycling paper |
| 17 | The Escort has been one of Britain 's top-sellers for many years and having tested various examples of the latest in the range I have to give a curate 's egg verdict . |
| 18 | Formulated in words suggested by this quotation , the question I want to find an answer to is : are there logical conditions of someone 's having the experience of seeing something as , say , blue ? |
| 19 | Now erm at the moment I 've got a lot to fit in |
| 20 | Oh well we 've been walking when we 've gone into town but I mean just between you and me but when I got home Bev said pop into town I 've got a parcel to post and I said well I ca n't I said because according to Des well nothing happened |
| 21 | This evening I have attempted a contribution to the work by taking the Plowden propositions and suggesting that if they are true in theory they demand recognition in practice . |
| 22 | I have n't used the word poverty I 've used a phrase about lack of financial resources because it relates more obviously and directly to many of the concerns of the Board for example almost certainly the real reason why there was no room in the inn at Bethlehem is that the income of a village carpenter did n't go near the exorbitant prices being charged by mine host when , to use the good Scots phrase , the cow calved and there was this boom over the crows for the census . |
| 23 | In light rain I have measured an increase of about 8 knots in the speed for the pre-stall buffet and stall of a K13 , although the stall itself did not seem to have changed in character . |
| 24 | Er being an agriculturalist rather than a planner I tend to get a bit confused by higher planning semantics of the difference between strict control and presumption against not normally . |
| 25 | Each night I try to memorize a spot of Dante . |
| 26 | On one occasion I recall having a rabbit sealed in a single hole . |
| 27 | The Sea Rover episode was the only occasion I have known a smuggling vessel to be fired upon directly during my time with the customs , as a result of failing to heave-to for customs examination . |
| 28 | She snatched her coat off the kitchen table and stormed out of the kitchen , shouting , ‘ And if by any chance I do need an escort , it wo n't be my bloody brother . |
| 29 | Every time I go through a lean spell I 've lost a yard ; every time I score a goal it means I 'm over the hepatitis . |
| 30 | This month I 've chosen a variety of recipes — like cherry gâteau , banana and chocolate soufflé , and ginger truffles — to show just some of the ways chocolate can be used to add that special mouthwatering touch to your cooking . |