Example sentences of "[verb] a [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What we can do is think about the meaning of play and fantasy , and the repercussions of denying a child the sort of toys and television-watching that is allowed to almost every other child . |
| 2 | At the turn of the twentieth century , this ‘ majority rule ’ , as it was known , held sway in the US ; thus denying a shareholder the right to sue a director who used inside information in face to face transactions . |
| 3 | The departure of the former Cabinet Minister , who has won a seat every year since 1959 , would be welcomed by leader John Smith . |
| 4 | My father was also one of those er people that contributed a penny a week along with about thirty five thousand miners in this area , to pay for . |
| 5 | Lyell instead wanted an empirical theory founded on observation and practical experience that did not depend on any preconceived ideas from the Bible or elsewhere and which provided a methodology a means of explaining geological phenomena . |
| 6 | Even if he had committed a murder the previous week , he would not betray that fact under hypnosis if he did not wish to ! |
| 7 | ‘ When the Institution was founded in 1824 it cost a guinea a year to be a Governor . |
| 8 | Your dog will need a check-up every six months but once EPI has been confirmed , he should n't need any more tests . |
| 9 | Marthus did n't actually foresee this erm , this leap in from technology and as a result he was basing his predictions on past trends so if past trends had continued would have been , he w , he would been correct but because erm , agriculturalists started to erm , use technology and at that time it was a very sort of low technology , but nevertheless it would , would 've production dramatically you know , you do n't think of drainage as being particularly high tech but it can increase the , the yield on a crop sort of four or five times and so si simple drainage systems would be introduced erm ro rotations were being introduced , again rotations you think of being fairly straightforward but erm prior to the agricultural revolution rotations were n't used rotations can improve the fertility of the soil and er yields as well right okay , so agriculture produces a homogenous product , by and large and er as there is n't the scope , the product differentiation , and there is n't the scope for specialisation because we 'd need a farm the size of Europe to feed the world with , w with wheat . |
| 10 | If property is given away and the taxpayer reserves a benefit the 100 per cent relief should still be available provided certain conditions are satisfied . |
| 11 | Mrs Frizzell found it impossible to forgive Mrs Dawson 's becoming a widow the same week as her party ; a history of Mrs Dawson one night , and the remarks the following night of the lady secretary of the United Nations ' Society on the role of the Canadian peacekeeping force in Cyprus , had meant that for the first time in years no report of Mrs Frizzell 's party appeared , though room had been found for a report on one of Mrs Murphy 's receptions . |
| 12 | He covers a Department the equivalent of which in England and Wales is served by eight or nine Ministries . |
| 13 | Ali sees in this attempt by Hacihasanzade to induce Kemalpasazade to accept a kadilik an example of a means whereby he was able to maintain himself in the office of kazasker ( first in that of Anadolu and then in that of Rumeli ) for twenty-five years . |
| 14 | He visits a university a month , talking to academics , and is impressed by the ‘ tremendous potential of the work . |
| 15 | Mozart wrote music so he could buy himself velvet trousers and Shakespeare got up to write a play every day because he needed to live like the rest of us , ’ he added with the disarming arrogance that had established him as one-third of pop 's most hated team . |
| 16 | that 's from T so I dr drew a line a cir a circumference . |
| 17 | If a bird is defending a territory in order to exploit as efficiently as possible the food resources on it , the bird should ensure that it defends a territory no larger than necessary . |
| 18 | But with a bit of luck , Sean is a rider who could win a stage the best way — with a long solo break . |
| 19 | Instantly out of the front door charged a man a foot smaller than Luke , but with a barrel-chest as big . |
| 20 | Some other students — but he knew from experience that his mother would want all the details , and he clearly remembered the time he had slipped out for an evening to meet a girl the only girl he had ever really liked . |
| 21 | say I want a pound an hour |
| 22 | They brought me down that day from Edinburgh , bundled me into a transit van with seats but no windows , handcuffed to a big quiet London lad who would n't talk to me at all and did n't even say much to the other two cops in the back of the transit just sat staring ahead and we seemed to drive all night just stopping once at some service station on the Ml , took a while to arrange everything , then they came in with a selection of cans of soft drinks and sandwiches and pasties and pork pies and chocolate and we all sat there munching then they asked me did I need the toilet and I said yes and they opened the door and it was straight over the grass into the gents ' toilets , two cops guarding the door and some men , looked like truckers , standing watching me , waiting for their turn after I 'd had my private visit ; only wanted a pee but I could n't do it even though the big lad was n't actually watching just having him standing there handcuffed to me was enough so they checked the stalls and then took the cuffs off me and I had to leave the door open a crack while I went , then back out and I see the other cop cars Christ a Range Rover and a Senator too I 'm a fucking VIP , then it 's into the van and on with the journey to London where the questioning starts ; they 're concentrating on Sir Rufus 's murder , for now , because they found a card a fucking business card in the woods near the burned cottage ; not mine that would have been too obvious but a card from a guy I know on Jane 's Defence Weekly with some scribbled notes on the back : |
| 23 | Having discovered that , I was then , in April of last year , in France , in Strasbourg , Strasbourg is Leicester 's twin city in France , and as I was wondering through near to the cathedral in Strasbourg , I found a book a book-shop , a second- hand book shop . |
| 24 | They found a cafe a short distance from the car park . |
| 25 | ‘ She caught a pigeon the other day , ’ said Mick , as they passed a pile of feathers . |
| 26 | When a beginner joins a club the first thing he will become aware of is that great emphasis is placed upon training exercises and stretching , more so in taekwondo than in most other martial arts . |
| 27 | Say a prayer every time they searched the Infantry chapel ? |
| 28 | Sports council guidelines say a population the size of Richmondshire should have two sports halls , ten squash courts and one swimming pool . |
| 29 | Well say a pound a pound . |
| 30 | It was one of the most important of Roman buildings and wherever the Romans built a city the basilica would occupy a central position in or near the forum . |