Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [verb] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean what , what psychological characteristics would make one person more groupie than another or more needing or wanting or enjoying belonging to a group than another ? |
| 2 | There is not point arranging to play squash if you dislike the game , or vowing to go for a jog each day , if you hate running . |
| 3 | I do n't know about you , but that comment , which was surely not a carefully considered one , rings truer than any homily on the state of matrimony I 've heard on Oprah or seen embroidered on a sampler . |
| 4 | Weapon is given a wide definition under section 2 of the Canadian Criminal Code and includes ‘ anything that is designed to be used as a weapon or anything that a person uses or intends to use as a weapon , whether or not it is designed to be used as a weapon . ’ |
| 5 | This was a major objective of burial societies and other forms of insurance ; irreplaceable possessions were often pawned or sold to pay for a funeral . |
| 6 | Schoolteachers , power workers , post office engineers , staff at the Royal Mint and sections of the newspaper industry were among those who either struck or worked to rule in a bid to break the pay policy . |
| 7 | There must have been dozens of dead animals lying around , most of them killed by shrapnel or having wandered into a minefield . |
| 8 | ‘ I did n't want to become a prisoner of my own fame or become pushed into a corner by success and just sit at home . ’ |
| 9 | Children often notice differences in size when they play , when , for instance , they fit themselves under a table or try to crawl through a hoop . |
| 10 | Or try working in a standing position . |
| 11 | It would have made no difference if the ironmonger 's door had been shut instead of open , and the ox had pushed its way through , or had gone through a plateglass window . |
| 12 | The working-class wives of early eighteenth-century London earned from charring , laundry , nursing , making and mending clothes , hawking , silk-winding and in the catering and victualling services : The great majority of women were unable to work in male trades and , since nearly three quarters of women wanted to or had to work for a living , they necessarily competed intensely for the work which was left , much of it of a casual nature and none of it organised by gilds and livery companies . |
| 13 | Perhaps he had been knocked down , or had died of a heart attack . |
| 14 | Personal protective equipment is defined as all equipment designed to be worn or held to protect against a hazard . |
| 15 | This is it you see , I mean a , a company like or have gone to a lot of trouble to get that length right , er and to tune the box and all this that and the other and get the right , I do n't know maybe er just think oh you know you just build this , put this massive speaker in and call it a sub based woofer |
| 16 | There are frequent occasions in a drama session when children are divided into groups and asked to work on a task . |
| 17 | In 1891 came the publication of African Aphorisms , or Saws from Swahililand , an annotated collection of some 600 proverbs ; the work ( reissued in 1924 ) provided an outlet for his immense erudition , and became recognized as a classic in the domain of Swahili studies . |
| 18 | Thomas of Sandwich subsequently became mayor of Bordeaux in 1289 , and became embroiled in a dispute with the burgesses which led to an appeal to the Parlement of Paris ; his place as seneschal of Ponthieu was taken by Richard de Pevensey . |
| 19 | During the afternoon of 10th. a number of Bf109s from 7/JG 26 appeared and became engaged in a dogfight with intercepting Hurricanes . |
| 20 | He began at left-back , but it was on the right that he really excelled and became recognised as a quality player by friend and foe alike . |
| 21 | It was eventually terraced and became known as a sort of Methodist ‘ cathedral ’ . |
| 22 | This idea developed in the Church and became linked with a theology which is known as ‘ penal substitution ’ , the idea that Christ paid the penalty for you and me . |
| 23 | She would not come to the phone and failed to respond to a message . |
| 24 | She would not come to the phone and failed to respond to a message . |
| 25 | Their Majesties mount the platform and remain standing under a canopy , having on their right the ministers , marshals , admirals and the Court officers ; on their left are the Empress 's ladies and facing them , the diplomatic body . |
| 26 | The Company 's hint was taken , and on 6th July the Charity Commissioners approved the new Board , which met for the first time twelve days later and agreed to advertise for a Headmaster who — after all the fuss and contrary to what may have been expected — was required to be an Anglican clergyman ! |
| 27 | When they got out they were taken inside a building and made to sit on a stone floor that was gritty and unswept . |
| 28 | ‘ He was working one day , painting from nature , and got caught in a rainstorm . |
| 29 | Whistling to himself , Henry laid the table , while , in the corner of the kitchen , Maisie finished her last chocolate bar and got to work on a packet of crisps , a tube of Rollos , half a pound of jellybabies and a jumbo bar of Turkish delight . |
| 30 | The method was ethnographic and participatory and involved working with a software development team , and research programmers . |