Example sentences of "[noun] [subord] [vb base] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the archipelago as a whole 11 of the 1394 endemics have these nectaries as do a number of indigenous non-endemics . |
| 2 | They worked hard for any money they got er but basically this was the idea that they could earn more money than say a joiner or a plumber or whatever , and therefore they had a wee bit of pride in themselves . |
| 3 | In fact women are clearly already making this kind of calculation for themselves and many do decide they would rather run the gauntlet of contraceptive side effects than risk a pregnancy and cope with the consequences . |
| 4 | In contrast , allelic losses on chromosomes 17 and 18 confer a poor prognosis independent of conventional staging as do a combination of c-ki-ras gene mutations and p53 overexpression , as measured immunohistochemically . |
| 5 | I am not writing to discuss the subject of inflation although give a soap-box to stand on I could go on for ever . |
| 6 | No , no , it , it got oh er erm for other some local teams if have a final it 's sometimes played down there . |
| 7 | ‘ But I 'll tell you this , I 'd rather go 12 rounds with Lennox Lewis than face a 25-yarder from our full-back Clive Freeman ! |
| 8 | And a Manchester mother vowed she would rather go to prison for life than pay a £4,000 bill run up by her son . |
| 9 | I would rather do a cross-word puzzle than try a revenue appeal . ’ |
| 10 | Nagged to fix a shelf , the male Procrastinator is more likely to go and polish his prize onions than fetch a hammer . |
| 11 | The results show that , generally it is easier for most pupils to draw a named shape than provide a name for a shape . |
| 12 | I 'm sure you 've heard or have you heard about priests when say a priest has a vocation , a call from God ? |
| 13 | Now it 's a long time since I went by tube , and there 's not much you can do in the carriages except keep a handkerchief over your nose , but a useful tip is never to put your hand on the rail beside the moving staircase . |
| 14 | Rob teases her by saying that she 'd rather go round a supermarket than climb a mountain , but there 's ‘ many a true word … ’ and all that . |
| 15 | If the minor parties hold the balance of power , somewhat more Liberal Democrat supporters would like to see them keep the Tories under Mr Major in power than want a minority government led by Mr Kinnock . |
| 16 | If we set out to design something ( a business , a project , a product , a campaign , a job ) we need to keep our priorities clearly in mind at each step because alter a while the momentum of the design will take over and dictate what comes next . |