Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Take out one item and scrub or agitate with a brush or cloth . |
| 2 | The teacher will ask you to lie on a table or to sit on a chair while he gently moves your head and limbs around . |
| 3 | It has a curved hemline and can be worn outside or tucked into a skirt or trousers . |
| 4 | The baby would be handed into the care of one of her " other family " , or placed in a basket or drawer to sleep . |
| 5 | There was also " … a considerable quantity of small ore which was got at the beginning of the work and can not be weighed until stamped or broken by an Engine and washed for which purpose they are going to erect one to go be water with all speed and were disstressed for some sycamore wood for the water wheel . " |
| 6 | Students may use this form to indicate whether they wish to be awarded a certificate or DipHE as a terminal or intermediate award and may even indicate the order in which their two fields are to be listed on their transcript and CNAA parchment . |
| 7 | A high pitched shriek or cry in a tossing or stuporose child . |
| 8 | Have you ever been walking or driving towards a destination and completely missed your turning because your mind was somewhere else ? |
| 9 | That way , we can call the police if there 's any trouble , or send for an ambulance if we 've a need to , which God forbid . ’ |
| 10 | For example , regular work has to be postponed or cancelled as a result and , because of the knock-on effects , there is never space for team members to take time off in lieu , in order to recuperate from overtime working dealing with highly stressful situations . |
| 11 | If this is the case we may be standing , sitting or walking in a way that is putting enormous stresses on our structure without us even being aware of it at all . |
| 12 | For example , ‘ Bramley ’ is very difficult to keep small or grow as a cordon as it needs quite different pruning . |
| 13 | It can be full-length too , or shortened to a jacket and there 's a beautifully shaped polo-neck sweater to wear underneath ( Pattern 2 ) . |
| 14 | This can include a reluctance to ask them to visit , or to come for a meal and even the fear , felt by some women , that a grieving woman may attract their own husbands . |
| 15 | Despite the fact that trespass is actionable per se , there is some authority to the effect that trespass to goods requires proof of some damage or asportation but the general view of textbook writers is to the contrary and there must be many instances where , if mere touching of objects like waxworks or exhibits in a gallery or museum be not trespass , their possessor would be without remedy . |
| 16 | So , even if bitten or scratched by a cat that had somehow smeared its teeth or claws with infected blood from its sores , the human victim would still not be able to pick up the disease . |
| 17 | No person shall be appointed or re-appointed or act as a Director unless he is a solicitor or a registered foreign lawyer . |
| 18 | No person shall be appointed or re-appointed or act as a Director unless he is a solicitor or a registered foreign lawyer . |
| 19 | Much conscious fantasy is different ; we may ‘ tell a story ’ to ourselves ( or listen to a story and fantasise it as about ourselves ) ; and sometimes we may attempt an imagined resolution , through fantasy , of some aspect of our social situation . |
| 20 | A calorimeter is an insulated vessel used for measuring the quantity of energy released or absorbed during a chemical or physical change . |
| 21 | The description ‘ first edition in book form ’ normally means that the work was first published in parts or serialised in a magazine or newspaper . |
| 22 | ( Also , magic mushrooms , which can be eaten or made into an infusion and drunk . ) |
| 23 | Exceptionally , however , a peerage could be conferred or devolve upon a daughter or other heir . |
| 24 | The villagers were suspicious at first , waiting for the demand of a bribe or request for a chicken or a village girl , but in the end they decided to believe him . |
| 25 | Now only a single motif could be seen , worn openly on chest or collar , on hems or in the form of jewellery , on pendants about the neck or emblazoned on a ring or brooch : the double-helix of heredity . |
| 26 | People see advertisements out of the corner of their eye as they drive along a road or look through a newspaper or magazine ; they catch a glimpse of half a TV commercial round their wives ' or husbands ' broad backsides as the biscuits are brought in during a commercial break . |
| 27 | It can either be marked on each item or shown on a ticket or notice referring to the item and in close proximity to it . |
| 28 | ‘ I never force myself , or run for a record and if you are not running under pressure you can achieve more . |
| 29 | Method 1 : Sit in a comfortable chair or lie on a bed or the floor — whichever you prefer . |
| 30 | On an application for judicial review , the High Court may decide that the Secretary of State has exceeded the powers conferred on him by Parliament , or acted in a way that was irrational or procedurally unfair . |