Example sentences of "[prep] a [noun] [noun] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | On the other hand if someone dies of a heart attack it is just accepted that the cause is hereditary , ‘ He over-exerted himself once too often , ’ or most commonly , it was ‘ Just bad luck ’ . |
| 3 | Into the less cerebral atmosphere of a detective novel it is likely , too , that you will find opportunities for scenes of action , and that they will seem less like seized-on injections of pep-up dope than they would amid the logical probings of the puzzle story . |
| 4 | In the absence of a university college it was the nearest the Gold Coast had to an institution of higher education . |
| 5 | By considering the equilibrium of a unit cube it can be seen that the moments of the stresses must sum to zero and this implies the symmetry of the stress tensor . |
| 6 | On the other hand , without the use of a simulation model it is difficult to visualize the effect that changes in fertility or in mortality are likely to have on trends over the next few decades . |
| 7 | It may be months or years before his work today makes an impact : in the case of a project failure it may never do so . |
| 8 | Estate agency fees are based on the value of the property , eg 1 per cent of a £30,000 flat would be £300 , plus VAT , whereas on the sale of a £90,000 house it would be £900 plus VAT . |
| 9 | When there is this kind of historical development of a signal system it is important that it should not be read back in the exclusive terms of later signals . |
| 10 | However , Captain John Hughes Hallet of the Planning Staff turned these shallows to the raiders ' advantage , because on the extra-high water of a spring tide it was possible that lightly laden ships and boats might scrape over these flats . |
| 11 | It is prudent , however , to set it on a level plinth , and in the case of a fountain assembly it is vital that the jet unit be just above the maximum water level . |
| 12 | Even as I put my talons down I pulled them away , for I sensed something was wrong , but it was quicker than I and with a loud metal sound like the closing of a cage gate it sprang shut . |
| 13 | Then , while the right hand wrote on , it conjured up the pack of cigarettes once again , conjured one out , and conjured a flame out of a butane lighter it suddenly turned out to be holding . |
| 14 | Thus , despite the movement towards a welfare state it is obvious that in the details of people 's lives , in the new housing estates and tower blocks , people have been relieved of the worst of their miseries , encouraged to think rich and live poor , to become in effect the permanent prisoners of someone else 's conception of their happiness . |
| 15 | In the meantime , IBM will have come out with its OS/2 2.0 , the second version of an operating system it launched in 1987 after jointly developing it with Microsoft . |
| 16 | It proved immensely effective at communicating party campaign themes to the electorate , but in the short span of an election campaign it had only a small influence on the public 's issue-agenda . |
| 17 | Like a holiday camp it was , endless teas and lectures and displays of magic all afternoon . |
| 18 | big like gun in like a staple thing it was , but it was a la , it was an extended one , fitted inside this rubber hose and then , clamp it and they only have a little bit of stomach left so they ca n't eat proper meals |
| 19 | There were houses of turf and stone close by the river , and sometimes they passed rowboats , but the flatboat was sailing up against a rock wall it could not scale . |
| 20 | In a complicated matter like an aircraft accident it can be very difficult indeed for a lawyer , let alone a layman , to identify the party against whom a claim should be registered in the absence of a full accident report from a competent and disinterested organisation such as AIB or the NTSB . |
| 21 | It looked like an eye Jo it really did . |
| 22 | While we had n't asked for a film sample it 's worth knowing that all bureau should be able to offer this service — it can save time and money at the printing end . |
| 23 | The agency wants to keep them as collateral for a securitisation package it plans to sell later this year . |
| 24 | For a £50,000 house it will be about £100 inclusive . |
| 25 | Visix is currently recruiting for a UK subsidiary it plans to open in the next two months . |
| 26 | When an offeror successfully completes a takeover bid for a target company it acquires control of the target with all its assets and liabilities , whether disclosed or undisclosed . |
| 27 | If there is to be a full hearing of her application for a residence order it seems improbable that it could now be heard before the end of July at the earliest . |
| 28 | It struck me as odd at the time , and when Harry Collins told me that he had asked for a morning appointment it seemed even odder . ’ |
| 29 | Where the landlord is able to choose how to divide ownership and responsibility for a party structure it is suggested that the structure be divided between adjoining owners and that each owner have an easement of support over the other 's half . |
| 30 | Do n't you think for a rock'n'roll band it is somewhat stupid to promote this government idea , especially here in Belgium ? ’ |