Example sentences of "[pers pn] build a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The property has been stolen from Gloucestershire , Herefordshire , Worcestershire , perhaps Oxfordshire and the police want to trace the owners to help them build a pattern linking the burglaries . |
| 2 | Do you build a picture in your head before you play anything or do you just jam around over the backing track and wait for something good to happen ? |
| 3 | Just at this time ( 1956 ) David Marsh came to work with me and one of the first things he said was ‘ Why do n't you build a proper tensile testing machine ? ’ |
| 4 | Could n't you build a fireplace ? |
| 5 | Do we build a house to stand for ever , do we seal a contract to hold for all time ? |
| 6 | In 1974 , visiting the northern region of the Maramureş , one of the districts richest in the everyday survival of peasant customs and dress , Ceauşescu told a group of folk-artists that adhering to traditions was one way of developing a communist country : ‘ I appreciate … these true works of popular art as an expression of your commitment to maintain the dress and customs of [ your ] ancestors , as well as to weave them tightly with that which is new , … because only in this way will we build a strong socialist society . ’ |
| 7 | If Richard Branson wants to run trains , let him build a network and , and compete against a properly funded British Rail . |
| 8 | Indeed , SunSoft Inc is said to have taken VUE 's virtual workspace — though not the icons and bars themselves — and is thought to have hired Motif experts from the Open Software Foundation and elsewhere to help it build a COSE desktop toolkit . |
| 9 | Indeed , SunSoft Inc is said to have taken VUE 's virtual workspace — though not the icons and bars themselves — and is thought to have hired Motif experts from the Open Software Foundation and elsewhere to help it build a Common Open Software Environment desktop toolkit . |
| 10 | Set up in 1985 mainly to service the supermarket sector , Elm 's emphasis on technical innovation , product quality and customer service helped it build a strong customer base and penetrate international markets . |
| 11 | As the lesson continued ( ’ And they said : ‘ Go to , let us build a city and a tower whose top may reach unto heaven ’ ’ ) , the results of our expulsion from that linguistic Eden were wittily demonstrated . |
| 12 | Let us build a better planet for children . |