Example sentences of "a [noun] [adj] [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This took the form of a recommendation to a university willing to take on an inspector , who often had none of the usual qualifications . |
| 2 | Have a spade ready to dig up the soil with the worm in it . |
| 3 | One must say that it does so by providing a price sufficient to pay off a debt of sin before God . |
| 4 | Alice had picked up a spoon ready to ladle out the stew on to a plate , but she paused and looked at her daughter hard as she said , ‘ You do n't know what it 's all about , do you ? |
| 5 | The manager may be the only member of the team who is present in the office full time to fill these gaps and the responsibility of ensuring continuity for clients may make a manager reluctant to take on a large team of very part-time volunteers . |
| 6 | ‘ To have the pleasure of a lady 's company , ’ he nodded , giving the impression of a man glad to pass on a message correctly . |
| 7 | For example , the managing director of an engineering company in Sheffield offered an aircraft kit to a school willing to take on the construction task . |
| 8 | Even so , with at least two American tournaments lacking name sponsors at the time of writing and the LTA 's anxious search for a company willing to take over the men 's autumn indoor event in Birmingham , are we , I wonder , starting to see the icy blow of reality infiltrating a sport which , for so long , has seemed immune from the impact of any recession ? |