Example sentences of "[det] [vb base] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | We each attach a bracelet to our wrist then press the palm of our other hand on to the metal pad . |
2 | With this make a difference to modern man 's divorce ? |
3 | So they 'll move from one window to another make a decision on that information in the other window and come back to what they were doing before . |
4 | Some provide a freezer for people at home , and then deliver frozen meals so that people can heat their own , when they wish . |
5 | ‘ Some say a commander needs no brains at all . |
6 | Some want a revolution as thorough as the one that has changed the exams taken by British 16-year-olds . |
7 | Some researchers focus on a logic-based approach to hypertext , some build a hypertext model on top of Petri net formalisms , but the basic structure remains that of nodes and links with attributes . |
8 | An Oxford painter 's wife paid her mother a half crown a week for coming to help on washday : ‘ a little bit of pin money … |
9 | Some welcome a chance to see more work by lesser known European artists . |
10 | So if a beetle carries both types of gene , about half of its offspring receive a wild-type gene and half receive a pearl eye gene . |
11 | Some hold a number of discrete transforms in order that a limited number Of views can be automatically described and displayed . |
12 | For this give a prize for the best creation . |
13 | NORTHERN workers are the country 's top performers on Government training schemes but half face a return to the dole queue . |
14 | Make a half we 'd make a half out of the six twelfths and then we 'd have three left over make a quarter so it 'd be a half add a quarter that 's what nine twelfths would come to . |
15 | There 's the half it 'd be the same as a half add a quarter . |
16 | Some tak a leap o faith |
17 | Some people get back pain , some get irritable , some withdraw , some become frantic and panicky , some assume a calm , out-of-touch-with-reality veneer , some spend all their time moaning about what 's wrong … |
18 | Some exchange a symbol or name card for a bottle at milk time . |
19 | Some find a playback session even more of an ordeal . |
20 | So in the case of all who die intestate , and for most of the rather small number who make a will , the outcome of inheritance will be that relatives are beneficiaries , and the legal procedures which ensure this codify a set of obligations to give support which discriminates between close and more distant kin . |
21 | Mind you , some do a double-take when they see me in the flesh . |
22 | Some offer a chance to meet other people and share activities and a meal ; others offer specialist care , for instance to people with dementia . |
23 | Some agencies offer a comprehensive marketing research service , some offer a range of specialised services and others offer what is basically an information-selling service . |
24 | Some offer a gift wrapping service for a small fee paid by the donor . |
25 | ‘ Some take a month to complete and some only take about a week , but it 's very difficult to put a time on paintings . ’ |
26 | Stunts like this require a lot of skill . |
27 | in fact that M , it mi it might be cos the L's completely different looking at this have a look |
28 | Evenings like this have a way of going on ! |
29 | Just under a third are relatively small groupings of staff ; about one half have a membership within the 5–10 range ; a fifth have more than 10 members . |
30 | Some need a flue to carry away exhaust gases , but balanced-flue appliances can be easily installed on or close to any exterior wall . |