Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | name name dropping the supporters I mean for to those Tories telling them that the that the association for county councils for example is a backer probably counts more than telling them that that is a backer . |
| 2 | The improvement in trading which I reported a year ago rapidly evaporated as recession regained its grip in the United Kingdom and gained momentum in the important Continental Europe and Japanese markets which themselves account for about one half of the sales of our United Kingdom businesses . |
| 3 | Canada and Australia account for about another 10 per cent , producing cobalt as a by-product of nickel . |
| 4 | It has won an important contract with Eurodisney and has substantially increased its exports which now account for over three-quarters of its sales . |
| 5 | Place the beans in a casserole with water to cover , bring to the boil and then simmer for about 1 hour . |
| 6 | Pour in the stock , bring to the boil , then cover and turn down to a gentle simmer for about 1 hour and cook until tender , stirring occasionally . |
| 7 | The witnesses should be examined on oath or if that is not possible within your laws or is impossible of performance by reason of the internal practice and procedure of your court or by reason of practical difficulties , they should be examined in accordance with whatever procedure your laws provide for in these matters . |
| 8 | Add the chopped , skinned peppers and peeled prawns to the onion mixture , and cook for about 1 minute to soften the peppers . |
| 9 | It may have a dysfunctional effect on staff motivation if figures for capitation ‘ appear from on high ’ rather than from a more open assessment of needs and available resources . |
| 10 | Er that was taken out I say in in due course , |
| 11 | With the detector in omnidirectional mode it bleeps when it receives any radar swap from within 5 miles ( 8 km ) . |
| 12 | Since statistics rarely mean what they appear to at first glance , we should , however , look at these figures with caution . |
| 13 | Thank you right now a really clever thing then that you should know about is if I want to times that number by ten right . |
| 14 | so a child could work for an and do any work they want to in that hour so we 're doing a dual role , we 're holding a detention there |
| 15 | Are they , are they have they , are they stupid , have they gone totally mad and they 're obstructing this thing for ever and ever and ever just for the sake of obstructing and you have t to listen to what they say on on this , the argument that we 're having here and have had here and the argument that we 've had about old people 's homes , they 've been two running sores in this authority and hopefully today in both of them we 'll be making progress and I think I 'd like to . |
| 16 | Roast for about 1 hour until the meat is pinkish . |
| 17 | ‘ Your mother — that precious Maman you speak about with such reverence — was nothing but a common slut . |
| 18 | Miller finds that patterns are almost always well defined at an early age , consist of between 20 and 25 distinct preferred activities , and are thereafter extremely difficult to change . |
| 19 | ‘ However , his most remarkable acquirement — I speak of before 1914 — was the then almost unknown one of being as good a harpsichordist as a pianist . |
| 20 | He saw Sir John set his mouth and glare from beneath bushy grey eyebrows . |
| 21 | speak to about this . |
| 22 | Human rights church groups and surviving inmates accused police of carrying out deliberate and systematic executions , blaming them for most of the deaths ( which they put at between 200 and 400 , as against an official toll of 111 inmates killed and 35 inmates and 22 police officers wounded ) . |
| 23 | Thus what the power , wealth , cunning and conspiratorial danger of the Jews really stand for in National Socialism , or what the capitalists represent in International Socialism , is the annihilating phantasy-phallus of the omnipotent father of the earliest and most primitive superego . |
| 24 | What does this journey seem like to those who are n't British — as they head towards the land of embarrassment and breakfast ? |
| 25 | More usually the allocation emerges from a pattern of related decisions including what can be reliably and economically achieved by hardware and software , what the allocated tasks look like as integrated jobs for the human operators , the skills and traditions of the available work-force , the importance of safety and reliability and so on ( Table 1.7 ) . |
| 26 | See what they look like on this one . |
| 27 | Well I do n't give a damn what I look like in bloody glasses . |
| 28 | ‘ I was just wondering how , when a few women of my acquaintance would shrink in horror from such a confection , you manage to down such delights , while at the same time maintain such a slender and perfect shape . ’ |
| 29 | Wow , look at that man , look at at that , look at that . |
| 30 | Look at at one time the and you had er well you 've got Johnnie Walkers but there are not as many works in that either . |