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Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [conj] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1	It has successfully developed and operated a port at Sheerness in Kent and drew on this experience in deciding to develop a commercial port in the easternmost portion of the old dockyard .
2	After May 1940 each evacuee child was medically examined and assigned a record card , on which were entered ( in coded form ) details of any ailments .
3	The whole festival is heavily dependent on sponsorship and for the last five years it has successfully attracted and maintained a number of business sponsors both locally and nationally .
4	Why did he say he would rather resign than do a deal over PR , unless he knew he would n't have to ?
5	‘ If Americans — and particularly the Brits — have a horse or a dog that behaves badly — they admit the fact , and rather celebrate and make a joke of it , right ?
6	Matthew was wrongly diagnosed as having a bone tumour .
7	Expectations that holiday makers will now feel secure enough to go and book a week in the sun put a shine on Airtours , up 33 at 274p .
8	Differences on European defence policy [ see pp. 37931 ; 38022 ; 38155 ; 38216 ; 38295 ; 38313 ] emerged over Franco-German plans for a European force based in Strasbourg [ see p. 38554 ] , although responses were sufficiently guarded as to suggest a reluctance to revive transatlantic splits in NATO .
9	Well your wife said there w Oh well you 'd better come and have a look , you see .
10	After all , she was grown-up enough to know that to please a man you needed to listen to him , and in fact it was no hardship at all to listen to Karl ( unlike Georg , who spoke only of the farm ) .
11	And who but two women like that would be pigheaded enough to try and run a restaurant there ? ’
12	Anyone who is stupid enough to try and derail a train should be locked away for a long time .
13	Well you do n't want to go out in the car so stop and do a bit of painting .
14	Club-armed Goblins receive a +1 strength bonus and so count as having a strength of 4 .
15	Mada Joyce suddenly nodded and gave a smile of understanding .
16	As a result , powerful database software packages have emerged that can make these small single user machines act like large filing cabinets which can instantaneously search or reorganise a file with literally the touch of a button .
17	So how do you try a new song because you said that you wo n't necessarily try and do a song out on stage .
18	A user can only enter or retrieve a module , or collection of modules , by reference to a LIFESPAN package which contains them and to which the user has appropriate access privileges .
19	A user can only enter or retrieve a module , or collection of modules , by reference to a package to which the user has appropriate access rights .
20	A user can only enter or retrieve a module by reference to a LIFESPAN package which contains it and to which the user has appropriate access privileges .
21	But , still the same , Fabia felt hot by the time she 'd made it to her room , so went and took a shower and changed her clothes and supposed , since it had to be lunchtime , that she should set about getting a snack of some sort .
22	Mr. Scrivener points out that , in the days of capital punishment , it was the practice for the Home Secretary personally to decide whether to recommend a reprieve ; and political memoirs record how seriously that responsibility was regarded .
23	Well I 'll perhaps go and have a bath then .
24	Well I 'd better go and make a note of it .
25	I 'd better go and have a word with her . ’
26	‘ I 'd better go and have a word , ’ Matthew said .
27	‘ We 'd better go and have a word with Mum and Dad . ’
28	‘ Perhaps you 'd better go and have a look at them .
29	I 'd better go and have a look .
30	have opportunities to participate in all activities related to reading , eg preparing and reading a selection of poems , or reciting some from memory , or taking part in storytelling sessions or dramatic activities ;