Example sentences of "[verb] a [noun] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ali-Ashgar Ahani , 27 , an Iranian hunter , tried to catch a snake alive near Tehran by pressing the butt of his shotgun behind its head . |
| 2 | These cells must be replaced and involve a process similar to that of blood cells . |
| 3 | Dr Gary Coles has designed a sensor accurate enough to monitor tiny changes in exhaust gases given off while the vehicle is being driven . |
| 4 | He had won a US Open and a Masters title in great style , and their affair was a natural for the pages of the world 's newspapers . |
| 5 | Peter had won a south-east regional first novel award in 1976 for a book that had sold 2186 copies before being remaindered . |
| 6 | A STUDENT has won a £500 human resources prize from Courtaulds for his work on recruitment techniques and reviewing performance . |
| 7 | They called instead for the assumption of power by the NLD , which had won a landslide electoral victory in May 1990 but not been allowed to take office [ see pp. 37457-58 ] . |
| 8 | The working was mandatory viewing , for it often provided a Princess Royal Pacific . |
| 9 | If you want to try a pack free , DIY readers have the opportunity to do so by sending their name and address on a postcard to : , . |
| 10 | The unit , which is launching a £50,000 fund-raising campaign for a refurbishment project , holds the test on Monday , June 15 , when expert advice and information will be given for a fee of £1 . |
| 11 | Then in September it burst back into life launching a £14m hostile bid ( its first ever ) for Torday & Carlisle . |
| 12 | The first of these conditions ( which in some respects contrast sharply with the regulation in Britain before 1985 ) was that there had to be factual grounds to suspect a person of having committed a crime contrary to the security of the state . |
| 13 | Designing , implementing and understanding a brand new architecture , such as the blackboard system , is complicated enough without trying to solve the problems of speech processing at the same time . |
| 14 | No do a couple please if you do n't mind , because you might need a couple spare |
| 15 | That patient would need a remedy capable of causing just such an irritability . |
| 16 | I do need a job old boy . |
| 17 | A provision for accelerated educational learning programmes shall be implemented for the entire LAUSD to provide aggressive teaching methods and provide a curriculum similar to non-economically deprived areas . |
| 18 | Plan oblique projections provide a plan true to scale , with plan axes at 90° . |
| 19 | Narvik have introduced Young Touch a 100% mercerised cotton in eight plain shades and two complementary ‘ splash ’ colours for the summer . |
| 20 | The Independent 's founders promised a newspaper free from proprietors . |
| 21 | The affair had come to light in late January when a United Kingdom businessman , Paul Pearson , representing a South African-registered company , Dove Trading International , was stopped and searched at Moscow 's Sheremetyevo Airport on his way out of the country . |
| 22 | AN angler hooked a bag full of stolen watches and jewellery as he fished in a lock near Portsmouth . |
| 23 | ‘ I find Leonora is becoming a bit active — curious about things — as chairman . |
| 24 | Becoming a steam powered reality in June 1980 . |
| 25 | The benefits of becoming a Parcelforce Standard contract customer are considerable — both for you and your business . |
| 26 | I have to say , however , that whenever he thought I was becoming a shade morbid on visions of apocalyptic doom , my old friend Archie Dow , would admonish me : ’ Ach , Andra , I 've been waitin' fir the end i' the world all my life . |
| 27 | ‘ As a nation there are worrying signs that we are becoming a people ready to scoff , eager to knock authority whether it deserves it or not , ’ he said . |
| 28 | She was becoming a trifle uneasy at Glyn 's bossiness . |
| 29 | Margaret began working as a Beamer in the Winding Department in January 1958 , a position she held for 26 years before becoming a clerkess responsible for recording production statistics . |
| 30 | Having finally decided that it does want to get into the merchant semiconductor market , IBM Corp says it is looking to arrange a number of semiconductor industry alliances , with the aim of becoming a world top 10 company in chip sales . |