Example sentences of "[noun prp] and [vb base] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rickey Henderson 's nerveless brilliance between the bases helped the Athletics beat the Blue Jays 6-3 in Oakland and earn a 2-0 lead in the American League play-off series . |
| 2 | only other one he 's got is a silk one so er I was gon na go on Tuesday and have a look and they had them there before Christmas , seven ninety nine and , but it said one size now I do n't know whether the one size will fit Di because the last one I had for him I sent away for and I had erm so I do n't know whether them down there would fit , they were seven ninety nine , there were white and lemon and pale green that was striped I think . |
| 3 | Novelists are unlikely to imitate Thomas Hardy and dispatch a character with an adder bite . |
| 4 | Europe has figured large in the past year and I am delighted that Save The Children is among the first of United Kingdom non-governmental organisations to establish an office in Brussels and mount a pan- European operation . |
| 5 | Friday and make a decision on Friday without panicking into a decision . |
| 6 | I thought Tracey and Sharon used to get drunk at lunchtime on a Friday and have a punch up . |
| 7 | Marsha I 'm going along to the chip shop and I 'm going to McDonalds and get a drink , na , I 'm gon na have to stay , how much , how much the chips ? , sixty P and how much is milk shake ? , one pound , that 's one pound sixty and then money for sweets after school |
| 8 | ‘ We have no intention of taking a stake in another company , nor is there any other company that wants to take a stake in Siemens Nixdorf and become a dominant partner , ’ he said . |
| 9 | About once a month , with the Agent , we motor to Lisbon and pay a call on an elderly Spaniard in his office at the Hotel de Luxe . |
| 10 | Fly from London to Seattle and board a connecting flight to Anchorage . |
| 11 | In June 1982 Israel 's invasion of Lebanon provided an opportunity to destroy the PLO and mould a new Lebanese state free of Syrian , Palestinian and Soviet influence and by implication dependent on the United States . |
| 12 | Walk down Wickham Avenue and catch a bus at the end of the road |
| 13 | Then you could walk up Madison Avenue and see a fake in the window . |
| 14 | I know , but what I mean is that when they see the city centre , the people who are walking up and down the city centre , they see all the national charities , they do n't necessarily feel that they 're organised in the same way and therefore that they should be participating , and the whole palaver of getting a licence and applying is actually quite difficult , it 's not a simple , it 's not something , we get numerous telephone calls in the office saying ‘ Well can I go out next Saturday and rattle a tin for such-and-such ’ , and you say ‘ Well , you ca n't ’ , and it 's left much too late , so that people do n't know about the way you get licenses to rattle tins in city centre . |
| 15 | CURVE , super sonic pop merchants that feature Toni Halliday and have a grand ‘ Blindfold EP ’ out on Dave Stewart 's Anxious label , play their first ever gig at London 's Camden Underworld . |
| 16 | I HAVE a Bali sunlamp made by Hanovia and need a small bulb approximately two inches long . |
| 17 | The official Soviet newsagency TASS says Lithuania is ready to compromise with the Kremlin and hold a referendum on breaking away . |
| 18 | I 'm just just go in with Jane and have a nice time . |
| 19 | His mother used to visit his older brother Simon and make a bit of a fuss of him but she totally blanked Nick and he was hurt . |
| 20 | Personally , I think that in choosing to wed a nice girl like Eunice Gray and have a son he made a very sensible move . |
| 21 | Why not let Hollywood make its Rambos and leave a love of the craft to the rest ? |
| 22 | ‘ It pains me to say it , Mr Carlton , but I think Mr Stein is going to have to return to England and make a long-stay application through the ‘ propriate channels . ’ |
| 23 | It also sought to initiate a debate on how we can start regenerating the north of England and develop a more balanced nation . |
| 24 | After decades of civil strife , Henry II was able to strengthen England and leave a vast domain to his sons — as previously described . |
| 25 | Two other men will be able to advise him on how to deal with being captain of England AND handle a difficult personal relationship . |
| 26 | The absence of Digital Equipment Corp , with IBM and Hewlett a founder-sponsor of the Open Software Foundation , is assumed to be because DEC is putting most of its eggs in-to the Microsoft NT basket these days . |
| 27 | After dinner , take a stroll around Hilversum and visit a bar to sample the famous Dutch Genever . |
| 28 | Why do not the Government abolish local rates in Scotland and pay a 100 per cent . |
| 29 | Alistair Darling , Labour MP for Edinburgh Central , said : ‘ I think Scotland 's future should be decided by people who live in Scotland , pay taxes in Scotland and have a personal stake in the nation 's future . ’ |
| 30 | Already a qualified pilot , he may follow in the flightpath of former West Indies fast bowler Colin Croft and pursue a flying career in America in conjunction with a two-year degree course . |