Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People just did n't want to see a sports film . ’ |
| 2 | The driver of the same express was killed a year earlier when his locomotive careered into the rear of a stationary train from Basingstoke which had stopped to report a signals fault . |
| 3 | In the eastern Ukraine , many rejected the pretensions of the Rada to speak for the province and sought to promote a workers ’ revolutionary movement as an alternative focus . |
| 4 | There 's no decent men in it and there 's no nudity of men it , even when he 's in it all you got to see of him was waist-high , you got to see a clips of his bum . |
| 5 | Attempts by police to prevent protesters from other parts of the country from reaching the city lead to the death of a student on May 20 as he sought to evade a police cordon . |
| 6 | I CAN sympathise with the businessman who stands to lose a Pounds 30 million contract because BR delays repeatedly made him late for meetings . |
| 7 | All these effects on money supply can be summarized using a flow-of-funds equation . |
| 8 | It is expected to report a profits slump on April 14 . |
| 9 | A court 's heard how a gang of armed robbers tried to kill a police inspector by opening fire with shotguns during a high-speed chase . |
| 10 | Harris Corp , Melbourne , Florida has formed a telecommunications joint venture with Shenzhen Telecom Equipment Co : Shenzhen Harris Telecom Co Ltd to manufacture and sell Harris 's low- and medium-capacity digital microwave radios and will integrate them with other systems . |
| 11 | He once tried to found a citizens ' police under the ‘ Fifth Estate ’ to monitor the doings of the FBI and the Central Intelligence Agency . |
| 12 | On our way home we tried to find a Mothers Day card for Mark to send to his Mum , but I think all the Dalseattie shops must have the same supplier and sell those ghastly pink-ish cards with really crass ditties inside ugh . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It was learnt yesterday county councillors have already considered ending a schools cleaning contract awarded to a private firm hired to look after Middlesbrough schools after the it notched up 22 default notices between last August and May 1 . |
| 15 | Only Anne Gibson has won a singles medal for Scotland in the championships — a bronze in 1987 — and McEwan , just 17 , has an outside chance of repeating that . |
| 16 | Very often a simple committee decision resolving to serve a Repairs Notice , or even resolving to consider serving a Repairs Notice , is enough to prompt the owner to sell . |
| 17 | When you initially approach an Alexander teacher , make sure that he or she has undergone a teachers ' training course that is recommended by The Society of Alexander Teachers ( STAT ) . |
| 18 | At nearby Newgate Bank we disembarked to inspect a gallows ' stone . |
| 19 | Insignia declines to comment on whether it has licensed Windows source code , though one Insignia insider said the company has had a Windows license for two years . |
| 20 | Her success both nationally and internationally , has reflected a what's-in-it-for-me ? attitude . |
| 21 | The great community spirit has enabled a children 's play park to be established close by the village hall , and more recently a sports field which has a beautiful pavilion and caters for football , cricket , tennis , bowls , and a floodlit area for football training and five-a-side tournaments throughout the winter . |
| 22 | THE Official Receiver of UK Land 's £60 million Northampton Business Park has called a creditors ' meeting . |
| 23 | Insignia now needs to do a Windows package and 386 emulation to accommodate OS/2 . |
| 24 | More recently Sugden ( 1982 ) has utilized a systems framework for his synthesis of the character of the Arctic and Antarctic . |
| 25 | TELEVISION presenter Jayne Irving tells me she has become a forces ' pin-up in Bosnia . |
| 26 | I tried to start a blues band , but it just did not work . |
| 27 | Later she helped to run a girls ' club in Whitechapel . |
| 28 | Kleinwort Benson has introduced a savings scheme for its investment trust , Kleinwort Endowment Policy Trust , which invests in second-hand with-profit endowment policies . |
| 29 | Finally , Mabogunje ( 1970,16 ) has proposed a systems approach which rejects the push-pull approach of Table 5.1 and sees rural-urban migration no longer |
| 30 | LASMO , as operator , in equal partnership with the C.Itoh Exploration Company of Japan , has executed a Heads of Agreement with PetroVietnam over Block 04–2 , a 2,540 sq km area offshore Southern Vietnam . |