Example sentences of "[verb] a [noun pl] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's all right they told her , everyone loves a sports car . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Won a sports trophy . |
| 4 | In Ica ( the venue for the Group of Eight presidential summit which took place on Oct. 11-12 — see p. 36973 ) Sendero Luminoso carried out several bomb attacks and killed the wife of a university rector on Oct. 1-2 , and also attacked a police post in the neighbouring town of Palpa , killing eight and wounding 13 . |
| 5 | Raymond , her husband , Bernard 's father , would need a days notice of her absence . |
| 6 | ‘ Fife is fast becoming a jobs disaster area , ’ he warned . |
| 7 | He re-sat the ‘ O ’ levels at the next available opportunity ( November 1979 ) and crashed once more , thus having to abandon his initial ambition of becoming a police officer . |
| 8 | I drew a rolls royce and not a plane . |
| 9 | In their latest applications alliance , Oracle Corp will team with Sun Microsystems Computer Corp to develop and sell products and services for the pharmaceutical industry : the partners look for about $200m in hardware , software and services from the venture by 1997 ; it will include a systems integration effort for complicated tasks such as document tracking and joint development of software to expedite computer-assisted new drug design . |
| 10 | It will include a systems integration effort for complicated tasks such as document tracking , and joint development of software to expedite computer-assisted new drug design . |
| 11 | We recommend that a small group , which would include a Friends representative , be formed to consider this and make recommendations to Management . |
| 12 | Simpler storage items could include a drinks trolley by the side of a sofa to hold glasses , trays , ice buckets and so on . |
| 13 | Over the weekend she helped a police artist draw an impression of her attacker . |
| 14 | In earlier incidents , OMON units on Jan. 14 had briefly occupied a police station in Riga , and had tried to remove two of the barricades which had been put up by Latvians on main roads , bridges and around public buildings in response to events in Vilnius . |
| 15 | A MAN who successfully traced a forces pal through the columns of The Northern Echo said yesterday it had brought bad news . |
| 16 | Directors may , and frequently do , however , insure against negligence liability and this is likely , at least in part , to off-set any reluctance to take office through the fear of having to meet a damages award . |
| 17 | There may be some , but I would expect that this time sum , er or close to it , will be the final balance , and that , of course , will flow into the general balances of the County Council , and er , a one million pounds was allocated from the contingency , that finance sub-committee in October , to meet the price , er , to meet a prices inflation . |
| 18 | Sewell tried in 1841 to establish a cattle infirmary at Thomas Flight 's famous dairy ( formerly Laycock 's ) in Islington , housing some 600 or 700 cows ( there were thousands of cows in London until the railways facilitated milk supplies from the country ) . |
| 19 | By a government licence under the Act , Mercury Communications , a private company , was authorized to establish a communications system . |
| 20 | Now shipwreck looters brave a police helicopter circling overhead as they carry their spoils away by bicycle . |
| 21 | LABOUR ‘ deadbeats ’ must carry the can for failing to secure a jobs bonanza in Darlington , it was claimed last night . |
| 22 | Labour 's objectives in education and training are ambitious : we want a skills revolution in Britain . |
| 23 | I bet he wants a bollocks P C. |
| 24 | Miss Menzies suddenly stood up , looked him straight in the eyes and said , ‘ Do you know it 's a very serious offence to impersonate a police officer ? ’ |
| 25 | We are continuing tests on the undergravel plates which we thought may be slightly brittle , utilising a 30″ plate in one of our office tanks . |
| 26 | Older systems may require you to hunt around for a disk that contains a BIOS setup program . |
| 27 | Among dozens of companies reporting yesterday was speciality chemicals group Laporte which reported a profits slide of ten per cent and saw its shares slip . |
| 28 | An important effect of adopting a Loans Fund ( or any other ‘ loans pool ’ ) is that a distinction has to be made between loan repayment and loan redemption : |
| 29 | If you recall , we said that the desired level of output S R T simply function of last year 's prices alright or more im , or alternatively right , you make erm the planting decisions on the basis right of current prices right , so when that supply comes onto the market in say a years time it 's now a crop right . |
| 30 | Sheene , who now lives in Australia , was opening a watersports resort in the Cotswolds . |