Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] [prep] a [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sheep wisely leave it alone and most bugs do , too , for it contains two chemicals which , when mixed together in a creature 's stomach , make cyanide . |
| 2 | The problem may be solved just by a solicitor 's letter , though in many cases court action is needed . |
| 3 | The third point which has come out in a number erm of comments , certainly from the C P R E is the issue of overshoots in the approved structure plan in respect to Greater York , and as we made clear in paragraph eight of our er erm position statement , we accept that there has been in numeric terms in the period eighty one to ninety two something like fifteen percent overshoot in terms of completions er in that period . |
| 4 | Built around the turn of the century , it had been designed originally as a soldiers ' barracks . |
| 5 | Two UN doctors who got into the area recently reported that amputations were being carried out with a carpenter 's saw and no anaesthetic or antibiotics . |
| 6 | Across the stretch of water are the three other islands , the Střelecký , where archers trained in their craft ; the Dětský or Jews ' Island , now given over to a children 's playground ; and the Slovanský which used to have a fine dance hall . |
| 7 | Nor are they as turned on by a woman 's dress sense . |
| 8 | Yes , that was how he would draw them : soldered together by a mother 's love . |
| 9 | However , in December the government achieved a breakthrough in its protracted campaign to trace and retrieve the huge sums believed to have been looted from the country by the Marcos family , when the Swiss Supreme Court ruled that funds held by the family in Swiss bank accounts should be returned to the government of the Philippines , but stipulated that this could be done only after a Philippines ' court had ruled against Marcos [ see p. 37961 ] . |
| 10 | FITNESS enthusiast Angelina Arnott was turned away from a women 's health club because she used to be a man . |
| 11 | You will be whisked off to a photographer 's studio for a photo session where a top hairdresser , make-up artist and fashion stylist will be waiting to give you a fabulous makeover . |
| 12 | Permanent arrears were normally written off at a bishop 's death , so the figures give some indication of the rate at which they accumulated . |
| 13 | Although found in the buying section of this Practice Guide these listings have not been prepared solely from a buyer 's perspective . |
| 14 | Subsection ( 7 ) deals with cases where a deposit has been made out of a clients ' account or the like . |
| 15 | Reducing the emphasis on ‘ selling him up ’ and making it more possible for creditors ' claims to be met out of a debtor 's future income was one of the main objectives of the Insolvency Law Review Committee chaired by Sir Kenneth Cork which was appointed by the Government in 1977 and reported in 1982 . |
| 16 | was built afterwards as a servant 's house . |
| 17 | A tampon should not be used again without a doctor 's consent . |
| 18 | Appendages — being hauled round like a penitent 's placard . ’ |
| 19 | Grant having been offered specifically towards a year 's programme within the plan for development , clearly it is necessary that a reasonably full report should be provided to explain progress , or the lack of it , and to illustrate particular successes or problems . |
| 20 | The activists had given up on a people 's peace — and they were not yet ready to explore the possibilities of a people 's war . |
| 21 | In the searing Saudi heat the steel plates in the boots , designed to protect soldiers from stakes in the jungle , heated up like a blacksmith 's anvil . |
| 22 | It appears that the promises of God , his plans for a new beginning for his world , are locked up in a Pharaoh 's palace . |
| 23 | ‘ In this game you need people like Simon who can be called up at a moment 's notice . ’ |
| 24 | He had finally petered out after a lifetime 's toil at the loom . |
| 25 | Tim Roberts , defending , said both men bitterly regretted their actions ‘ which were born out of a moment 's folly ’ . |
| 26 | Anderston was a warren of narrow gas-lit streets , of tenements linked together by a spider 's web of overhead tram wires , swaying in the wind above the cobbles . |
| 27 | A much easier alternative is to come here on a summer bank holiday weekend , join the queue and be winched down in a bosun 's chair courtesy of various caving clubs . |
| 28 | Often a priority given to some activity in this police hierarchy of meaning has been laid down from a constable 's first days as a probationer and now lies beneath the immediate consciousness , so that any calls for a change in direction of police response may well be defeated by an unspoken semantic value which the institution gives to that activity . |
| 29 | It 's also a good idea to have a spare machine readily to hand and regularly checked so that it can be wheeled in at a moment 's notice . |
| 30 | If someone gets stung close to a bee 's nest , they are likely to find themselves quickly surrounded . |