Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although his wife 's chintz chaircovers bring on a certain nausea whenever I am obliged to call . " |
| 2 | Friday nights are hot at Apples and Snakes — every week they bring on a new lineup of outstanding poets and performers . |
| 3 | I cite only a few . |
| 4 | Frequently , the analytical courses are cut out in joint schemes , and the students gain only a superficial introduction to both subjects . |
| 5 | Sam Baker QC ( almost ) from number 113a had suggested that he ‘ bring along a few bottles of my Australian Chardonnay ’ but no one could face the prospect of being talked through another glass of uniquely flinty , resonantly expressive Murray River Chardonnay by Sam Baker QC ( almost ) . |
| 6 | If you know certain children are going to have difficulty in separating from parents , then it helps if they bring along a favourite toy . |
| 7 | He seemed unconcerned at letting me loose on his half-share investment and I tried telling myself that ahead lay merely a quick pop over three undemanding obstacles , not the first searching test of my chances of racing . |
| 8 | A recent article in the Lancet states that a Dundee Medical School team headed by Prof. Peter Howie ( Obstetrics ) have found that babies who are breastfed for 13 weeks or longer suffer only a third of the stomach infections experienced by bottlefed babies , and have fewer respiratory infections . |
| 9 | They remain merely an intriguing possibility , showing more about the human addiction to order than allowing the Earth to show her own organic nature . |
| 10 | It is our reasons for asserting a dependent conditional which bring in a good deal more than what is brought in by the conditional itself . |
| 11 | Shots of unadulterated paradise — images of soft sand , azure skies and palm-fringed beaches can , when they are well done , bring in a great deal of money , yet , all too often , there is something empty about such shots . |
| 12 | They bring in a similar amount of cash as small , or public , lotteries . |
| 13 | Next year I hope they bring in a seeding system as many of the top winning dogs clashed very early on . |
| 14 | He did say that by concentrating on types of labourers , and learning from the studies of life he admired so much in work by Gavarni , Daumier , Dore , De Groux , and Rops , he hoped one day to produce acceptable illustrations for the magazines and newspapers , and bring in a small income . |
| 15 | from tarts , striptease , bring in a brimming pot , sexually |
| 16 | when you get tho when you get the half the er when you get sort of well like the scooterist dos and th the DJs bring it up , I mean they bring in a hard core |
| 17 | Bring in a few television lamps though and watch your amps . |
| 18 | Venison sales bring in a further £1.3–3 million , depending on prevailing prices . |
| 19 | The private sector service industries make only a small contribution while the public services make none . |
| 20 | The insect may be 50 yards away , and so make only a tiny image on my retina . |
| 21 | This would not be too great a bother if morels could be collected in the wild for a reasonable length of time each year , but the fruiting bodies of the morel make only a brief appearance , sometime between March and May . |
| 22 | But opera , whether their texts are well-written in the conventional literary sense or not , have almost no value as plays , and their librettos make only a shadowy sense away from their music . |
| 23 | City analysts expect it to pass its final dividend , or make only a token pay-out . |
| 24 | From her sample she recorded 1,964 separate job descriptions in the 1770s and 1780s , yet lists from the late seventeenth century designate only a few hundred . |
| 25 | It is clear why ministers , who lose only a little and gain a great deal from the doctrine , should want to keep it going . |
| 26 | The detailed changes to the boundary layer structure during this development are complicated , although they occupy only a small fraction of the total distance over which transition occurs . |
| 27 | A longer reading list is available from Age Concern England 's Information and Policy Department if you send in a stamped addressed envelope . |
| 28 | Send in a good quality tape with no more than four songs . |
| 29 | Either send in a large team , which would eventually draw attention to itself ; use a sleeper , which would only cause its own problems ; or call in a loner . |
| 30 | Individual photocopies A4 handouts/posters can be run off for you on coloured paper at the office if you send in a clear original ( photographs/cut outs can be gummed on to the page and words either cut out , written , stencilled or typed ) . |