Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Growth is a desperate necessity for China and India , which between them account for a third of the global population , and other developing nations . |
| 2 | Although the tyranny of ‘ promotion examinations ’ has mercifully decreased in the past decade , in many countries yearly and termly examinations and preparation for them account for a quite disproportionate amount of school time and teachers are virtually ignorant of how and why and when to test . |
| 3 | on an underground train which could n't decide if it 's going to move or not , it did eventually move I got a taxi at one point and I was so sick and tired and they put me outside Liberties , I gave the man a twenty pound note and he gave me change for a ten yes , coming back from Oxford Circus from Liberty 's , I thought I 'd better economise , I 've been done out of ten pounds , I do n't think it was dishonesty I think it was just sheer muddle , I , I 'm ten pounds down , I 'm must cut down a bit , so I will come back underground from Oxford Circus to Waterloo to get down to and you 've guessed it , I got into an , an underground train which would not move , it simply stuck , and it would go chugga , chugga , chugga , chugga , chugga , then it would stop in the tunnel for a while , while its . |
| 4 | To his list we could add attorneys and even local receivers of taxes , six of whom appear in a list of country bankers drawn up in 1784 . |
| 5 | I cite as an example the urban areas of the city which I partially represent — I speak for all of Birmingham when I speak on this issue , and I am trying to raise an important matter in which there may be some common cause . |
| 6 | But as a general principle the right of animals to be animals , to live in their space on God 's good earth , is a moral principle I commend as a rule of thumb . |
| 7 | The theory which I commend as a guide to the fruitful development of international law in the control of force may be called ‘ ethical ’ or perhaps ‘ functional positivism ’ . |
| 8 | Yeah , if I sell at a time when there 's still a recession on and you see somebody has to get my they had a visit perhaps that was somebody that actually bought a house , not she not |
| 9 | Excellent voice I mean worth an A Bill , brilliant if you do that , but I mean I 'm not , I know speaking to sort of Charles and Tom and Alan , they say that sort of recommendation referrals in Norwich are very difficult but I think if you do it the right way |
| 10 | Early in February 1726 Montrose instructed his commissioner in Scotland to organise his friends to support the plan of a reduction in emoluments for the collector , believing that this would discourage the new candidates and ensure Kirkton 's re-election , for the duke was determined ‘ to stand by him upon the above terms , I mean of a smaller sellary for the future ’ . |
| 11 | I mean to a certain extent I have just said them . |
| 12 | Erm in terms of taking up their ideas , guiding them , encouraging them etcetera an and saying look , you know , this is okay er er er I mean to an extent that would depend on how much military security there was in the area . |
| 13 | I mean for a while I think it was maybe my glasses , but these are just new |
| 14 | I mean for a it 's a habit , why he walks like that because he 's come home from the Duke so many times pissed in n it ? |
| 15 | Yeah but you 're not used to him being home all the time are you Lyn , I mean for a long period of time like . |
| 16 | But I mean for a |
| 17 | ‘ I mean with a high bird , ’ he amended . |
| 18 | I mean with a medical certificate . ’ |
| 19 | But I mean with a blade it 's only one |
| 20 | But I mean on a sort of wider thing erm |
| 21 | I mean this is something that we could maybe be of help to in fact maybe something that I could be of help to them on because I actually do lectures on public relations how to assess what I mean at a very basic level you want to communicate with press how do you do it but before you do it why do you want to do it . |
| 22 | Well that 's my idea and I mean as a , then we got the other War . |
| 23 | Now having said that I mean the late long established er unit trust group , I mean as a , as a company we 've got to be very careful who we use , we 've got an approved list erm in London and in Bournemouth we have erm a , a department which analyzes products , and those products come onto our approved list when they 've , when they 've fulfilled a number of criteria . |
| 24 | What are the other techniques you do , if you 've do a bit of I mean as a sales trainer , I tend to walk around quite a lot and talks about what ? |
| 25 | Is it , what is it definite , I mean as a regular or just the one off or what ? |
| 26 | Well the girl yeah that girl that came with us , she had , I mean as a rule I , I do n't have |
| 27 | Yeah , course I mean as a bat er pitched a bat on this is a beau a beauty but are there are rough spots which you 've helping the slow left arm , or help any spinner . |
| 28 | Erm I mean as an ol as the Old Floral Hall they must have had |
| 29 | I mean as an acquaintance I could tolerate her but I . |
| 30 | Is the autopsy going to give us much idea when Angela Morgan died — I mean within a day or so ? ’ |