Example sentences of "[coord] [vb base] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Here Forgive 'N Forget made a mistake and handed the initiative to Wayward Lad , but he was very tired and started to wander to the left towards the rails . |
| 2 | Alarm or display call a chattering ‘ ke-ke-ke ’ or ‘ kek-kek-kek ’ . |
| 3 | Many can also be grown as tall specimens , winding stems around a stout pole or tripod to create a pillar of blossom . |
| 4 | If you are thinking of setting up a new group , or want to arrange a reunion , please contact the Alumni Office , at the address on page 3 . |
| 5 | She was not a woman who would see both sides of a question , or want to analyse a given situation . |
| 6 | If you have a culinary query or want to share a tip with other readers , Linda Fraser and Janette Marshall can help you |
| 7 | Distinction Awards are Postgraduate studentships which are open to students ordinarily resident anywhere in the UK , who hold or expect to obtain a 1st class Honours degree and who have not previously obtained a postgraduate research award . |
| 8 | If an investigation is failing to produce results , it is , of course , not in the best interests of either police or press to maintain a high profile in such cases . |
| 9 | Braid can easily be attached to a chair with upholstery pins or Copydex to give a decorative edge |
| 10 | If a body approved by the Secretary of State have provided or propose to provide a seamen 's canteen the need for which has been certified by him after consultation with the Merchant Navy Welfare Board , the licensing board within whose jurisdiction the said canteen is or will be situated may grant a licence under this Part of this Act authorising the person who is the manager of the canteen to sell alcoholic liquor in the canteen . |
| 11 | TUFTED CARPET are made by stitching the yarn through a woven polypropylene backing and either left in loops or cut to give a pile surface . |
| 12 | List MdBs must emulate them if they wish to safeguard their place on their party 's list or hope to win a constituency seat at the next election . |
| 13 | When your agent contacts us via Viewdata or telephone to make a ‘ firm ’ booking , they will be given a ‘ Booking Reference Number ’ which will be entered on the booking form . |
| 14 | Suppose , for example , that the police seek to remove a person 's clothing , or to take fingerprints when they are not authorised to do so , or persistently seek to question a person who makes it plain that he has no wish to answer , or seek to enter a house when they have no search warrant or a defective one . |
| 15 | And executives say they will decide by the end of March whether to ground up to 25 DC-10s or stop leasing a similar number of Airbus A300s . |
| 16 | If you prefer to keep your wine consumption to one or two good glasses , or like to try a different wine with each course when dining à deux , think about half bottles . |
| 17 | Or try installing a length of the famous Shaker pegged wall-rail for hanging small cupboards , shelves , mirrors and even chairs . |
| 18 | President Borja may spend the windfall , or try to stock a ‘ war chest ’ for renegotiating Ecuador 's $12 billion foreign debt . |
| 19 | They would be from Canada , from her sister Louise who would suggest that she might put up various old acquaintances passing through London , or find a suitable family for a darling Austrian boy , not so very much older than Martha , whose father was a kind of Count , but was also in the import-export business , or try to recall a splendid person , the friend of a friend of hers who had had a very , very sad story . |
| 20 | Imagine what it is like to sit through a meeting , go to the theatre or try to follow a further education class if it is essential to see the speaker 's face in order to understand what is said . |
| 21 | If you have overseas students in the room below who cook curry at all hours , you really have only two choices : learn to enjoy curry or try to get a room change . |
| 22 | Or try to get a copy of GUIDE PATROL . |
| 23 | If you burn or scald yourself , immediately immerse the affected part in cold water for as long as possible , or keep putting a cold , wet pad over it . |
| 24 | Cook separately , or use to stuff a turkey . |
| 25 | In such circumstances , some kind of compromise or attempt to reach a consensus may often be the most democratic as well as the most prudent course . |
| 26 | It is not always in the interest of farmers or agents to go directly to companies with an interest in selling equipment or attempt to design a system themselves . |
| 27 | resulting from a collision or attempt to avoid a collision ; or |
| 28 | Until special colour charts or reference sample scales become available , CL operators can do little more than ensure internal consistency , or attempt to construct a system for quantification of CL intensity and wavelength . |
| 29 | Anyone trying to escape undetected from the house , and heading for the village , would have to emerge from his cover at a point approximately half-way up the drive , or attempt to climb a very high wall . |
| 30 | Save & Prosper launched a new plan on Thursday , MIM Britannia has a new plan available from next week , and the investment trust arm of Robert Fleming has recently unveiled a plan . |