Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] [adv] [noun pl] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Four pollsters pitched to carry out polls for a BBC current affairs television programme , of which one soon dropped out , two bid between £70,000 and £80,000 and the fourth only £45,000 . |
| 2 | In a open letter to de Klerk and his Cabinet , the ANC deputy president Nelson Mandela threatened to break off talks on a post-apartheid constitution unless the government agreed to ( i ) legislation during the current parliamentary session to ban the carrying of weapons in public ; ( ii ) the dismissal of Adriaan Vlok , the Law and Order Minister , and of Gen. Magnus Malan , the Defence Minister ; ( iii ) the removal of military and police officers responsible for covert operations ; ( iv ) the public dismantling of all special counterinsurgency units ; ( v ) the suspension of police officers implicated in the killing of black demonstrators ; ( vi ) the closure of single-sex migrant workers ' hostels ; and ( vii ) an independent commission of inquiry to examine all allegations of misconduct by the security forces . |
| 3 | The ship 's engines ceased and the crew began throwing down ropes to a white man in a pith helmet who had emerged from one of the quayside offices . |
| 4 | The men were shot as they waited to pick up fares at a Castle Street taxi rank . |
| 5 | If the market-maker of one dealer wanted to take back shares in a specific USM stock in order to balance his books , he would scribble " bid only " over any quote slip the runner would present him on behalf of a dealer . |