Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked to see a breakdown of the price quoted to me and found that I was being charged four times more than the normal retail price for curtain tape and hooks and was quoted for more material than I needed . |
| 2 | From the waist-down I intend to wear a pair of blue jeans with the possible added attraction of whatever I manage to spill down them tonight in the pub . |
| 3 | I do n't want to miss a second of it . |
| 4 | Cooke said : ‘ You hate to lose a game like that , especially when it is so tight and when two decisions go against you in that manner . ’ |
| 5 | The Preamble and Article 1 of Regulation 2052/88 should be amended to include a reference to Article 130 R of the Treaty . |
| 6 | The conference also suggested that the standard requisitions on title be amended to include a reference to whether a seller 's solicitor was also acting for the lender in the redemption of the mortgage . |
| 7 | It is all very well for the Government to pretend to mount a campaign against drugs and drug imports , but at the same time they have allowed another Department , the Treasury — Conservative Members do not want to hear — to cut 400 customs officer jobs . |
| 8 | There are cases like ( 141 ) , where make evokes a form of coercion : ( 147 ) — " Big Hans made me come . |
| 9 | According to Willie van Peer 's introductory statement , the book is intended to promote a reconciliation between literary and linguistic approaches to the study of literature , and , more specifically , to provide a much-needed contribution in three fundamental directions : first , the development of a theory of textuality which accounts both for the way in which all texts function in society and for the differences between literary and non-literary texts ; secondly , the construction of a model of literary communication that gives an adequate account of the complexities involved in the production and reception of literary texts ; and thirdly , the development of more explicit and comprehensive accounts of the ways in which formal and contextual factors interact in the process of deriving interpretations from texts . |
| 10 | But why anyone would want to carry a bike up a mountain on their shoulder for the pleasure of being able to bump about on it for tiny , short stretches of flat ridge was completely beyond me . |
| 11 | She had saved up for such a long time and did n't want to carry a load of coins around . |
| 12 | When you think how CCW and the WTB have collaborated to agree a set of Principles for Tourism in National Parks , we should try to remain hopeful that a similar joint approach can eventually be agreed for golf courses . |
| 13 | In this way information is gradually built up , helping to paint a picture of the lives and lifestyles of the birds which appear so dramatically in the islands . |
| 14 | The extension of the project could not but mean bringing a mixture of the sexes to regular printing offices . |
| 15 | Robbins insisted that the Committee had not intended to erect a barrier of that kind , and deplored Crosland 's establishment of ‘ a rigid line between them never again to be crossed ’ . |
| 16 | Also higher property transfer taxes and commision rates make selling a house a much less attractive option in Europe so people tend to treat a house as a long term home rather than as an investment . |
| 17 | For similar reasons it will be difficult to argue that action taken by the exchange in good faith in the interests of the exchange as a whole is intended to induce a breach of contract , merely because this is an incidental side-effect . |
| 18 | Intended to induce a feeling of nostalgia in the shopper ( and a subsequent loosening of their purse ) it only induces in me a feeling of nausea . |
| 19 | Daniel Carey returned to Frizingley as its Chartist Candidate entirely by chance , the gentleman who had originally been selected to fight the by-election having taken up a longish residence in jail on charges of plug-drawing and helping to demolish a workhouse near Rochdale . |
| 20 | It consists of a massive foundation , 1.8 m ( 6 ft ) deep and 9.7 by 10.3 m ( 32 by 34 ft ) , enclosing an irregular space about 4.3 by 4.9 m ( 14 by 16 ft ) , and clearly intended to support a superstructure of some weight . |
| 21 | The $5.5 billion project involves building a cascade of dams on the Narmada River with the aim of providing drinking water , irrigation and hydro-electric power . |
| 22 | If it is intended to issue a photograph with the press release , e.g. of an exhibition , or the Chairman opening/previewing the exhibition ; this should be arranged through the Regional Information Office . |
| 23 | Roger Manvell 's The Film and the Public , published in 1955 , still held Brief Encounter in very high esteem , placing it in a chapter rather disingenuously called ‘ A miscellany of films ’ but which is clearly intended to signify a pantheon of cinematic greats . |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't want to lose a moment of the time I 'm allowed to visit you , ’ I said . |
| 25 | Even then the director had to make changes as the backers insisted that the story of an impoverished farmer galvanizing a group of the unemployed into helping make a success of things was combined with a more conventional sex angle . |
| 26 | ‘ And we did n't want to see a team of scriptwriters messing around with our characters . |
| 27 | So , for example , in ex parte Johnson one analysis of the speech of Lord Roskill would suggest that material was examined to confirm a construction of a statutory provision which had already been firmly reached . |
| 28 | Rather , I would like to see developed a Code of Practice binding on doctors which would grow out of the views of all interested parties : doctors , patients , and the public . |
| 29 | When the haoles took everything , surfing became a gesture of revolt , a symbolic reassertion of power over superior forces . |
| 30 | They are strongly placed to agree a Code of Practice to protect those with HIV infection . |