Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We get scabies , and we have internal worms , and for those of us whose interests bring them close to mammals or birds , parasites can be just a part of the job . |
| 2 | Realising that before another couple of days had passed , she and Sarah would be able to make the journey Kirkbymoorside and book them two inside seats on the Leeds coach . |
| 3 | I remember when I was working on the building sites in Manchester , the Irish lads called onions " navvies ' apples " and some of them would peel them and eat them whole like fruit . |
| 4 | If the whites can only hold their form , this may allow us to sneak up on the blind side and pip them both at the death . |
| 5 | So that idea of yours change them all into twelfths it 's a brilliant one . |
| 6 | So if we change them all into quarters how many quarters would there be in a half ? |
| 7 | What I 've been doing is changing the bottom three one day and then the high ones the next ; I never change them all at once because , even though you stretch them in , it still seems the bridge gets unstable . ’ |
| 8 | If the olives have been stored in brine , rinse them well in running water , then pat them dry on kitchen paper . |
| 9 | Drain the prawns thoroughly and pat them dry on kitchen paper . |
| 10 | Disgruntled young people who currently gain nothing positive from their last years at school should be allowed to opt for part-time work at the age of fourteen if they so wish . |
| 11 | The Spear & Jackson Neverbend range has an excellent hand trowel and fork ( about £5 ) , the 12in wooden handles of which make them suitable for many jobs . |
| 12 | They have harmonic and melodic qualities which make them complete in themselves , yet they work together as a separate layer , in a kind of dialogue with the soprano melody . |
| 13 | If a school can tailor its in-house courses and make them relevant to the needs of the whole school staff , then the dynamics of that collective and shared experience may provide greater rewards . |
| 14 | This is the idea that crime and deviance have positive qualities and consequences that make them necessary for the healthy functioning of society . |
| 15 | Do n't write out cheques to your adviser — always make them payable to the company you 're investing in . |
| 16 | As far as the debtor 's obligations are concerned , he must retain possession of the goods and make them available for the creditor to collect , taking reasonable care of them in the meantime ( s72(4) ) . |
| 17 | ‘ I would envisage a process of discovery , so each party would list documents in their possession and make them available to the other parties . ’ |
| 18 | Unfortunately the major forage grass species have complex life-cycles which make them unsuitable for some experiments . |
| 19 | Their diet of fruit , insects and small mammals make them unsuitable for release elsewhere , says a spokesman for the Rio primate centre : " You could save one species but wipe out 40 others . " |
| 20 | Nonetheless the suggestions outlined in this paper would put new teachers in a strong position to teach language awareness , and make them familiar with important issues in the social dimensions of language in Britain today , both with respect to minority languages and with regard to the linguistic needs of society as a whole . |
| 21 | Lévi-Strauss accepted the traditional role of anthropology to ‘ explain' the differences of alien cultures in ways that make them recognisable as the same ‘ underneath ’ . |
| 22 | Both the above-mentioned works show that ballets based on the life of real people require that choreographers closely observe the characteristics and idiosyncrasies of all types of person and that they make them recognisable in order that they convey meaning . |
| 23 | The announcement of the proposed merger ( unless shut-outs can be achieved — see para 8.2 below ) will bring both companies " into play " and make them vulnerable to a hostile bid . |
| 24 | Certainly , their scraping teen reveries and gleefully shambolic trashings of the likes of ‘ Fight For Your Right ’ and Barry Manilow 's ‘ Mandy ’ make them one of the most entertaining and , occasionally , promising prospects around , regardless of insularity . |
| 25 | Indeed , Ernest Bevin , speaking at a union dinner , maintained that , if there is a new conception of the objects of industry , then there can be created in this country … conditions which will minimize strikes and probably make them non-existent for 25 years . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Maybe I 'll make things worthwhile for you — if you make them worthwhile for me . ’ |
| 27 | Make them firm in their place , and water them unless the soil is really wet , or heavy rain is imminent . |
| 28 | I have already drawn attention to the power there is in weakness and it is often the case that God is able to take ordinary weak things of this world and make them powerful for him . |
| 29 | Time and space " in nature " are continuous ; we make them discontinuous for our human social purposes , and we do so in a great variety of different ways . |
| 30 | Night Goblin and Forest Goblin shamans have special rules which make them different from other Goblin shamans . |