Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The spiritual resources of patients can do a great deal to help in their recovery or bring about a peaceful death . |
| 2 | From Iago , too , Othello has caught the habit of repeating a word , dwelling on it to debase it or bring out a sinister double meaning ( compare Iago on ‘ virtue ’ and ‘ blest ’ : I.iii.318ff. ; II.i.245ff . ) . |
| 3 | Whether or not you will be asked to pay for your course remains at the discretion of course organisers and managers , therefore , and I am unable to give any hard and fast guidance here , other than to say that they will have to be kept at a reasonable level to be affordable , particularly by those who have been unemployed or bringing up a family . |
| 4 | No one 's going to make me buy a postcard with a baby otter on it , or pick up a leaflet on alpine lichens . |
| 5 | Many of the difficulties children get into as they begin to explore the immediate environment of their home happen because they do not know enough to realize what will occur if they , for example , put their hands in a rose bush or pick up a shining splinter of glass . |
| 6 | To help , just contact Sight Savers at 21 The Strand , Bromsgrove , Worcestershire B61 8AB ( tel : 0527 579226 ) or pick up a leaflet from Sound Control at 61 Jamaica Street , Glasgow G1 4NN for a sponsorship form , and then go along to either the Birmingham Town Hall on Sunday September the 20th between 2.00pm and 4.00pm , or our Scottish Music Show at the SECC in Glasgow at the same time . |
| 7 | For competition leaflets please contact ‘ Streetwise ’ , or pick up a leaflet from your local Woolwich branch . |
| 8 | To find out more about how Regional Railways have changed their ways , telephone Darlington ( 0325 ) 355111 or York ( 0904 ) 642155 or pick up a folder and timetable from your nearest staffed station . |
| 9 | Or pick up a cheap one . |
| 10 | However , the use of pig fat in the enfleurage process will be off-putting to the vegetarian who may have to forgo the pleasures of jasmine and tuberose or track down a supplier of the even more elusive vegetable oil absolutes . |
| 11 | You might want to add to a set of chairs that you already possess , or make up a matching chair to one at home . |
| 12 | Or Make up a story about meeting a sea monster . |
| 13 | Erm there is a further implication in this conception , and again I quote whosoever therefore out of a state of nature unite into a community must be understood to give up all the power necessary to the ends for which they unite into a society to the majority of the community unless they expressly agreed in any number greater than the majority and this is done where are we by barely agreeing to unite into one political society which is all the compact that is or needs to be between the individuals that enter into or make up a commonwealth . |
| 14 | Secondly , the exporter could insist on payment or make out a bill of exchange in DMs and thus transfer the foreign exchange risk to the importer . |
| 15 | An advertising campaign may create or build up a shop 's reputation by using a particular approach or ‘ angle ’ . |
| 16 | Today Oxford magistrates were told he had not told the authorities who was driving , or filled in a means test form . |
| 17 | He had never been in a wood in his life ; but he was sharp enough to know that he might hide in a bush , or swarm up a tree … ‘ . ) |
| 18 | The council does , however , bring a disciplinary case against a doctor who , having decided to practice a particular form of medicine or to carry out a particular procedure , does so in a way that can be shown to have been irresponsible , or unnecessarily hazardous to one or more patients , because the doctor has failed to exercise a proper standard of professional care ; the council also brings a disciplinary case when a doctor makes outrageous and false claims regarding the efficacy of a particular form of treatment . |
| 19 | Various factors could prevent the tenant from commencing to trade within a specified period and where a tenant has fitted out the premises and is paying a full rent ( or using up a rent free period ) the tenant would hopefully only delay opening for trade for a good reason . |
| 20 | ‘ He could have been eaten or run over or trodden on or blown away or fallen down a hole or trapped , ’ said Grimma . |
| 21 | His strength is not matched by his intelligence , however , and humans wishing to avenge their broken or bruised fingers will instruct the fenoderee to fetch water with a sieve , or to round up a hare , using a flock of sheep . |
| 22 | Whether you 're eating out or buying a take-away , heating frozen meals from the supermarket or knocking up a fresh pasta and salad in the apartment , quality and variety are excellent . |
| 23 | ‘ Try , Constance ! ’ he would exhort , when she faltered before jumping a stream or climbing over a hedge . |
| 24 | The Association will provide past students with a chance to renew old friendships , make new contacts or build up a strong , useful network within the catering industry . |
| 25 | People who do n't know anything about it might assume that it simply involves standing in front of a camera or walking down a catwalk . |
| 26 | We do n't say we writhe the Munros because we do n't slither up them on our bellies , nor would we invite friends to hop , swim , float or jitterbug up a Munro on a Saturday . |
| 27 | Establishing , operating or winding up a collective investment scheme , including acting as trustee of an authorised unit trust scheme . |
| 28 | ‘ It has proved reliable , and the fact that it is four-wheel drive is very handy if you 're coping with a greasy slipway or launching off a beach , ’ says Peaks . |
| 29 | This kind of sexism can be ( and has been ) noted , but it is hard to get rid of because it occurs in ‘ unregulated ’ contexts : nobody has made or written down a rule saying that women can be addressed as ‘ dearie ’ or referred to as ‘ bitches ’ . |
| 30 | One after another they stepped up and gripped the stump of chalk which snapped in their fingers as soon as it was pressed to the board , sputtered and crumbled when they tried to move it , or let out a squeak to turn the teeth round in your gums . |