Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [verb] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nurses working for agencies may often be telephoned and asked to undertake an assignment that they do not feel very confident about . |
| 2 | In 186 B.C. there were Galatian mercenaries in Egypt who were able to announce to the world in perfect Greek from the little temple of Horus in Abydos " We of the corps of the Galatians have come and have captured a fox " ( Bitten berger , OGIS 757 ) . |
| 3 | In February 1989 , the Lord Chancellor was reported as having sought an explanation of remarks made at a dinner by Sir James Miskin , Recorder of London . |
| 4 | On Sept. 23 , the State Council was reported as having passed a draft agreement on inter-republican economic relations , covering the powers of the new union bodies , setting up the union market and the introduction of national currencies . |
| 5 | During the rebellion of 1715 she was reported as having hired a chaise to take her to Scotland to see her half-brother , ‘ James III ’ . |
| 6 | To hold the lid when closed there are three brass ‘ S ’ hooks of early , zoomorphic style in which the tip is shaped and incised to resemble a heron 's beak . |
| 7 | Ansaf Banat was also reportedly threatened and made to sign a confession to the effect that her mother knew Ahmed al-Zahrani . |
| 8 | I was strip searched and told to have a bath . |
| 9 | In the days before the oil men invaded the skin of their earth , the ‘ box ’ was truly an Arab 's treasure box studded with nail-heads , bolted and locked to secure a man 's wealth . |
| 10 | at the time of entering into the Contract with the Carrier the Trader declares to the Carrier a special interest in delivery in the case of loss or damage or of an agreed time limit being exceeded and agrees to pay a surcharge calculated on the amount of that interest , and |
| 11 | More importantly , what might have initially looked like a lightweight novelty campaign group has grown and developed to become a full-time pressure group recognised as a leading authority on UK water pollution . |
| 12 | She thought about what the astrologer had said and decided to take a gamble . |
| 13 | During filming in Spain , there had already been a hint of what was to come when a journalist heard about this ‘ controversial ’ picture being made and managed to steal a script from the set , escaping by throwing beer glasses at cast and crew . |
| 14 | Mr Armstrong said there had been a similar incident last year when Mr Bowler had been stabbed but refused to make a statement to the police . |
| 15 | This chapter outlines the procedures and recommended practice to be adopted when engaged to sell a company or business . |
| 16 | In the statement Edwards , who has already attracted criticism for placing bolts on Cornish granite , appears to set out his own manifest , which runs entirely counter to the BMC 's adopted policy on bolts and access and forecasts that Land 's End will eventually be seen as having set an example to the nation . |
| 17 | He claims that the last shelf time period recorded on a book is highly predictive of future use , and gives a description of a simple method by which such information is examined and analysed to provide a basis for the weeding of stock . |
| 18 | Of the four transplant candidates who were alive at the end of the study period , one with primary biliary cirrhosis had been referred and had received a liver transplant . |
| 19 | It means the introduction of a new style or quality that has been well researched and developed to fill a gap in the market place . |
| 20 | All of these problems could be overcome if the Archives were to be microfilmed and indexed using a Computer Aided Retrieval ( CAR ) system . |
| 21 | The second Activity is concerned with tailoring the method to suit the particular circumstances , and the FAOR package introduces the concept of instruments , each representing a pre-packaged set of tools , techniques and application principles which can be used as required to address a situation from a desired viewpoint . |
| 22 | Approved changes will be scheduled and controlled using a Change Control Form . |
| 23 | If a body approved by the Secretary of State have provided or propose to provide a seamen 's canteen the need for which has been certified by him after consultation with the Merchant Navy Welfare Board , the licensing board within whose jurisdiction the said canteen is or will be situated may grant a licence under this Part of this Act authorising the person who is the manager of the canteen to sell alcoholic liquor in the canteen . |
| 24 | ( c ) where the Panel has refused or ceased to recognise a person as an exempt market-maker or exempt fund manager ; and |
| 25 | Problems will be dealt with either individually or as part of an overall package with wording which can be adapted or expanded to suit a policyholder 's special needs . |
| 26 | The appellants , in seeking to further the aims of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament , entered and sought to immobilise an airfield . |
| 27 | Seven years ago Norman decided their exploits needed to be remembered and started compiling a record of all former cadets who took part in the Anglo-American training operation . |
| 28 | Different formulae for this assimilation were proposed and compared using a computer model of the old and new regulations . |
| 29 | These fail to cover animals imported from other countries , and stipulate that a trader can only be arrested if caught completing a deal . |
| 30 | Richard Ifill and Francisco Marulanda were arrested while waiting to meet a shipment at Heathrow Airport . |