Example sentences of "[coord] [vb base] [verb] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Or try working in a standing position . |
| 4 | 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 |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It 's significant that when I get home at night and want to listen to a record for pleasure I usually choose a disc made over 30 years ago — the message survives the medium to an astonishing extent in the best old records . |
| 7 | If you are using a lot of roses in your pressed flower pictures , you may find it worthwhile making up a small stock of finished roses in different colours to save time when you are in an inspired mood and want to concentrate on a design rather than the various techniques involved . |
| 8 | Some people take furniture to her that they do n't like or are tired of and want transformed into a work of art ; she optimistically feels that no piece of furniture is totally without hope . |
| 9 | These can be drafted by outlining the area with tape or transfer lines , and then painting in the central area with matt black enamel paint ; or , fill in the middle by laying down wide transfer lines , slightly overlapping each other and cut to shape with a scalpel . |
| 10 | Although there are special fittings to allow washing machine waste pipes to be connected to the sink waste , the best way of plumbing in a washing machine is to make a permanent connection to the pipes in the kitchen for the water supply and to fit a stand pipe and trap leading through a hole in the outside wall for the waste pipe . |
| 11 | They saw him leave the room where they were sitting and begin to walk across a bar which lay between it and the entrance to the building . |
| 12 | We 're gon na make it safe cos when you 're the door you can actually walk in the door and and get clobbered with a lot of bales I feel so we 're gon na make that safe . |
| 13 | So everything 's there , printing presses repro separation houses , sheet film , computer set up and Apple Macs and everything is there , it 's actually a very impressive set up erm , the Queen Margaret 's course , I 'm slightly dubious about I once had a colleague I 'm going back a decade who had been employed on the basis of doing the communications course at Queen Margaret I think , and it turned out that it was n't communications as we understood it , it was n't our sort of communications P R newspapers and things like that , it was communications on a much broader , broader front so it did n't actually fit in to the world of P R and what happened was I then had to sit down and train this woman from scratch and get rid of a lot of the preconceived notions that she had come in with she had brought from Queen Margaret 's College . |
| 14 | We went to the races and watched Nolan ride Fiona 's horse Groundsel and get beaten by a length into second place , and we watched Sam ride two of Tremayne 's runners unprofitably and then win for another trainer . |
| 15 | Place in the cooled liquid and allow to stand in a refrigerator for at least 12 hours . |
| 16 | Like other ‘ Third World ’ nations , the Arab people had suffered and continue to suffer as a result of colonialism and imperialism . |
| 17 | Space , however , was limited and Malc and I and the kids had to share one bedroom and keep praying for a council house of our own . |
| 18 | Cup a bag or corn into the tub a big wooden tub and get a sharp spade and keep chobbing with a spade in the tub . |
| 19 | It 's not unusual for blood pressure to go up as a result of stress , so if you have a high reading at some point , your doctor or midwife might suggest you rest and try to relax for a while before they check it again . |
| 20 | ‘ Sit down and try to relax for a minute . ’ |
| 21 | This requires a re-examination of such chairs as please my eye and try to come with a starting point . |
| 22 | It 's time to wrap up against the cold and go hunting for a convertible . |
| 23 | The movement to re-examine curriculum and methodology , which has been shown to be characteristic of teachers and educationists since the end of the Second World War , may take a variety of different forms , and become associated with a number of different fashions and bandwagons , but it is unlikely to come to a halt . |
| 24 | This raises very complicated questions , as yet not fully resolved by the courts , as to the extent to which a director who holds shares may take off his director 's hat and attempt to ratify as a shareholder his own alleged misconduct . |
| 25 | The Regional Council has not attempted to argue that increased levels of infill can and do compensate for a shortage in the HP4 supply . |
| 26 | The dog may well overcome its initial fear , and start to feed after a time on its own . |
| 27 | This was partly due to loss of employment or employment prospects but , as indicated above , they may begin to accept ‘ being a nobody and start acting in a way that confirms the label … |
| 28 | ‘ So does this mean you 're going to keep a hold of that temper , ’ he enquired infuriatingly , giving her an arrogant stare , ‘ and start acting like a professional ? |
| 29 | Perhaps she might stay in Southwark and agree to go for a walk , or at least sit and share a goblet of wine with him and gossip about the past . |
| 30 | Make a slit in the side of each éclair and leave to cool on a wire rack . |