Example sentences of "[verb] [vb base] [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 They have , so far as is possible , wished to interpret the texts within a context of earlier teaching and pre-conciliar practice , against which the Council was , to a considerable extent , deliberately reacting ; yet , as the texts even as finally formulated remain to a considerable extent a jumble deriving from different hands and including material composed substantially before the Council began , there is much in them to countenance such a viewpoint .
2 BP and Shell account for a large slice of petroleum tax payments because they operate mature fields that have lost their tax shelter .
3 ( c ) On what chart does the rhumb line appear as a straight line ?
4 No , I never pick up the phone , they do that , pick up one phone and speak for a minute , while that ones ringing they say hold on a minute , and pick up the other one .
5 Business starts continue at a high rate , with more than 1,000 per week throughout the spring and summer under enterprise allowance alone .
6 And obviously you want go in a little bit before that just in case somebody comes .
7 You 've turned doggy-do into a song ?
8 In fact it seems to this reviewer that Quinton 's framework offers essential support for Eccleshall 's vision of Conservatism , in that the axioms Quinton describes provide for a specifically Conservative conception of political authority and social discipline .
9 Life makes the worst video you 've ever seen look like a masterpiece , and the episode I 'm about to relate was well down to par in this respect .
10 Investigations of the way in which drugs act draw on a knowledge of physiological and biochemical processes .
11 After that , they played fetch with a stick Master found .
12 The continued marketing of products of dubious provenance , dubious efficacy , and dubious quality could bring discredit to a new approach to stopping smoking that seems to be of great potential benefit .
13 And when serving sprinkle with a little Parmesan cheese .
14 1 ) Why do the different string manufacturers make slightly different gauges within gauged sets and what effect will changing to a brand which is differently matched have on a properly set up neck : eg. changing from 010 014 020 028 040 050 to 010 013 017 030 042 052 ?
15 Other techniques have been developed to enhance bile duct clearance including mechanical lithotripsy , electrohydraulic lithotripsy , chemical dissolution using methylterbutylether through a biliary catheter , extracorporeal shockwave lithotripsy and laser fragmentation .
16 While it is true that cause could be inserted in ( 134 ) , it is significant that the writer has used make with a subject ( " enzymes " ) which actively produces chemical reactions and is even described in the same sentence as an agent that speeds them up .
17 In an important sense , Hugh may almost be looked on as the instigator of the Investiture decree of 1078 , for he had gone to Rome for his episcopal consecration four years earlier in order to avoid contact with a secular ruler , who claimed the right both to nominate and to invest his nominee in his episcopal office .
18 ACE is releasing Compare as a compiler toolkit next quarter — a commercial version of Prepare will be released the third quarter 1993 .
19 At least back when I lived in a hole I knew everything there was to know about living in a hole , and now it 's a year later and I 'm at a place so far away I do n't even know how far away it is , watching something I do n't understand go to a place so far up there is no down .
20 However , Jeff , who has taken charge of over 1100 games in his career , had to go off injured at half time with a calf injury , the first time ever he has had retire during a game .
21 One of the top skills a driver 's got have on a road if he 's gon na maintain safety .
22 We 've heard tell of a $200 upgrade fee from Windows ; apparently upgrading from Windows for Workgroups will be even cheaper .
23 erm and then you can , I mean , well it gives you the opportunity to , you know bang in a bloody jazz band or whatever you wan na do in there somewhere
24 Hughes cites Speak as a model for those yet to get their chance in the game , insisting : ‘ The rewards he is getting now are richly deserved .
25 You have now set sail for a new destination and it 's too late to turn back .
26 On 5 July they set sail with a fair wind , but the adventure ended almost before it had begun for , 120 miles [ 192 km ] off the coast of Brittany , the little taskforce was challenged by the 60-gun Lion .
27 I do n't know why , if he gets put on a murder case he 's there for three weeks in a hotel , it 's easy he said well I , you 'll be able to come over if you want to it 'll be like sitting at work , no one will know
28 So sweet , so tight — her slim , supple body writhed beneath him and he felt his control shatter into a million pieces .
29 However , all readers are entitled to assume that the conclusions they draw lie within a range shared by the narrator 's thoughts .
30 There is therefore plenty of breathing space for the teacher who wishes to use Streamline for a more personal approach .
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