Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Equally , there 's no need to go for a savings scheme which gives you a cheque book if you 'll never use it . |
| 2 | You 'd have thought modems would be quicker on the parallel port , but no ; the serial port was originally developed as a telecommunications device . |
| 3 | Fear about a drugs epidemic fuelled this alarm ( MacGregor , 1989 ) . |
| 4 | In most cases a date will be given for a directions appointment and this will be endorsed on the copy applications for service on the respondents . |
| 5 | In this project we shall examine what preconceptions teenagers have about driving and how these preconceptions change as a functions of age and first-hand experience of driving . |
| 6 | The Rottweiler was recognized as a police dog , and though it came fourth behind three other breeds , it was a start , a start to a new career and one the breed took to with relish . |
| 7 | It is sufficient here to treat as a futures or option contract any contract whose terms contemplate future performance and which is made on or under the rules of a market cleared by a clearing house . |
| 8 | Oh you have n't gone up to a bar and asked for a pils have you ? |
| 9 | Doug Lawson , principal officer for children 's services at Cheshire County Council says Appleton House is considered too large and too institutional to continue as a children 's home . |
| 10 | Do you ever think about a disasters as erm an individual level or do you just deal with them at a large-scale , national group level ? |
| 11 | It is also regarded as a men 's club and its members all possess comfortable rooms . |
| 12 | Obviously , the case was stronger than the one actually provided for , so it could be regarded as a fortiori . |
| 13 | New recruits to Medau came forward after visiting the stand at the Royal Norfolk Show , and more joined after a Promotions Week in the Lowestoft area organised by Marlene McGee and Jane Fisk , with Come-and-Try sessions and demonstrations by Oulton Broad class members . |
| 14 | On Sept. 14 , 1989 , an agreement was eventually initialled which provided for a customs union with the EC whereby industrial goods would flow freely between Andorra and the EC but the EC 's external tariffs would be applied by Andorra to third countries . |
| 15 | Where do we need for a Kids ' County where are we after ? |
| 16 | A TOP Tory MP failed a breath test after driving through a police speed trap . |
| 17 | Sally Ann Cattell died in a stolen car which crashed during a police chase last March , but the SSD denied reports that she had absconded from the children 's home , St John 's in Erdington , to which she had moved three days before the incident . |
| 18 | Sally Ann Cattell , 14 , of Birmingham , was killed after the stolen car she was driving crashed during a police chase . |
| 19 | The interest which the RUC has as a police force derives entirely from the social context in which it operates , but this context is both a spur and a hindrance to research on the RUC . |
| 20 | Using the EA to live , Smith has freelanced as a sports reporter , a music critic , and a fanzine publisher . |
| 21 | Then I found a place that was clearly headlined as a singles " bar , and no one tried to keep me out Now I 'd read about these VD workshops in Scum and Miasma , both of which adopted a markedly high-handed line . |
| 22 | If owners are unhappy they can appeal through a lands tribunal . |
| 23 | Well let's just consider for a moments then this morning , in in some of the ways in which we can be like Pilate the first thing I see here is that Pilate rejected the Lord Jesus Christ although he had tremendous opportunities of doing otherwise . |
| 24 | The City Chambers have been booked for a cyclists ’ breakfast and we hope to encourage as many people as possible to bike to work that day . |
| 25 | Opportunities and Limitations in Religious Broadcasting , a collection of articles by 25 communicators from 14 different countries , is ‘ designed as a Speakers ’ Corner with room enough for representatives from almost every point on the Christian compass ' , according to the publishers . |
| 26 | Shooter , described in court as a salesman , was caught after a plain-clothes police officer posed as a courier taking the first of the blackmail money to a pick-up point at Edinburgh Airport . |
| 27 | It 's been revealed that a prostitute who was found murdered was responsible for an eight year old boy dying of a drugs overdose . |
| 28 | Within minutes of being trapped behind a 20-feet thick wall of coal , steel and rubble completely filling the 12-feet high and 16-feet wide tunnel , they were in contact with colleagues on the opposite side using the undamaged Tannoy system which runs along the wall of the roadway . |
| 29 | The man stands like a kouros , left foot forward , but differs from one not only in the calf and the arms raised to hold it , but in having a beard and a cloak . |
| 30 | Item No. 6 : looks like a jewellers ' blow torch , having a fine patination . |