Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fear about a drugs epidemic fuelled this alarm ( MacGregor , 1989 ) . |
| 2 | In this project we shall examine what preconceptions teenagers have about driving and how these preconceptions change as a functions of age and first-hand experience of driving . |
| 3 | The soldiers race into a wasps ' nest , driving the occupants out . |
| 4 | Later on I worked on the twilight shift in a components factory and as our kids grew up people moved out and others moved in . |
| 5 | Clients also receive a regular newsletter and benefit from a securities management service . |
| 6 | I raise the fry in a 24″ tank . |
| 7 | The two central characters played by Hopper and Fonda are Wyatt , nicknamed Captain America , and Billy — Billy the Kid — who embark on a drugs deal , selling cocaine in California , to provide the finance to purchase a pair of magnificent Harley Davidsons for a journey across America and to the Mardi Gras at New Orleans . |
| 8 | Counting on us all , either to celebrate or drown our sorrows , are the big brewers as they embark on a results reporting season . |
| 9 | So oft we went , leaving Pop at ‘ Prospect Lodge ’ in Simla ( a holiday home for missionaries ) until he was asked to go down to Poona and look after a soldiers ' club . |
| 10 | A lot of people like it because basically th er when you look after a police dog it becomes your pet as well , you take it home with you and you take it to work with you , and the u you 'll have a police dog for sort of like its working life of seven to eight years , so basically you 're gon na have him for seven to eight years and he becomes a fa like a family pet . |
| 11 | ‘ THE next person who says I look like a Blues Brother , gets it , ’ says Suggs while brandishing a brolly at the Madness reunion gig on Saturday . |
| 12 | Ditherers and mums-the-worders who 'd make even the fossilised Football Association Council look like a Brains Trust . |
| 13 | If you look carefully , you may see some ridge and furrow which lie in a reverse-S pattern , a result of the logistics facing the medieval ploughman , who had to manoeuvre eight oxen up and down a field . |
| 14 | ‘ I want to make it absolutely clear , ’ said Angalo slowly , as a great feathery head nabbled in the water a few inches away , ‘ that if you 're suggesting that we ride on a geese — ‘ |
| 15 | When you look at an artists work are you aware of what will sell ? |
| 16 | We have worked out how badly smokers lose out by not diverting their cigs cash into a savings plan . |
| 17 | ‘ We also know of a supporters coach and a couple of min-buses going . |
| 18 | Erm as far as teaching employment goes , full or part time teaching , supply teaching in erm a local authority school , or in independent schools which participate in a teachers superannuation scheme , will actually have an effect on your pension . |
| 19 | Here we would just like to mention briefly some of the studies that came out between 1980 and 1986 , which attempt to develop accounts that would be either specifically feminist or draw upon a women 's point of view . |
| 20 | THE smallest crowd of the season at McDiarmid Park last night saw St Johnstone recover from a backs-to-the-wall first half to take two vital points from Falkirk . |
| 21 | ‘ Black and minority ethnic communities suffer from a services and resources deficit which urgently needs to be addressed ’ . |
| 22 | ‘ There may be high unemployment in this area , but we still suffer from a skills shortage , ’ says John Coltman , personnel director of Royal Mail Letters , a leading sponsor of the Newcastle compact . |
| 23 | It was Brainsby 's idea for Richard Branson to arrive at the inaugural press conference wearing a brown leather aviator 's helmet , à la Biggles , in an attempt to lend the launching of an international airline something of the savour of a Boys Own adventure . |
| 24 | Yeah , and if they do n't get it , they convert into a repayments , so nothings lost , really . |
| 25 | Intending applicants ( or their parents ) are always welcome to visit the Medical School or talk to an Admissions Officer to resolve any questions or difficulties . |
| 26 | Go for a walkies ! |
| 27 | And the conclusion of that is we go for a criteria based approach for the time being , see see what the response was to that er and nothing was said about identifying the site as such . |
| 28 | and then go for a paratroopers ' |
| 29 | You always ask for a pils . |
| 30 | Now you go into a seniors citizens ' club , you enter your name and you get registered in the register , you get your cup of tea and then you get social activity . |