Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] a [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When people employ a builder to repair their house , they will probably want to agree a price beforehand . |
| 2 | Sure you do n't want to see a dentist just to make sure it 's all right ? |
| 3 | Or if someone says What are you doing ? we can just answer Eating a mango instead of I am eating a mango because we know that I am is understood and does not have to be said . |
| 4 | ‘ I fully expected to see a hangar out there and there was n't one ’ , lamented Kermit as we looked through the many pictures he had brought with him to the Reno Air Races . |
| 5 | Would she want to wear a sweater as wide as it 's long ? |
| 6 | In The Ladybird New Testament the story is similarly altered to include a dream rather than a vision : One day Peter went up on the roof of the house where he was staying in Joppa to pray . |
| 7 | He was conscious on admission , explained he had felt unwell for the last few days and had intended seeing a doctor today . |
| 8 | cos if you concentrate on the kerb you tend to drive a bit too close to it |
| 9 | With some innovative thinking on the way new energy taxes are applied , Mr Lamont might even give a helping hand to Michael Heseltine , the President of the Board of Trade , who is struggling to find a way out of the controversy over plans for pit closures . |
| 10 | He did have the ambition to do more serious work , as he had in Saint Joan and he had done in those early days in rep , but suddenly , he had got sucked into a formula that became a very comfortable rut indeed and , surprisingly for those who thought they knew him well , he did n't want to find a way out . |
| 11 | No one will want to know a Glory again . |
| 12 | Despite talks with party leaders yesterday , Mr Sartzetakis failed to find a way out of the impasse created by the resignation on Saturday of a conservative-communist coalition government which was formed in July . |
| 13 | It failed to find a publisher either in Macmillan or elsewhere , but Hardy was given a great deal of largely conflicting and unsettling advice at a time when he was ‘ feeling his way to a method ’ . |
| 14 | I never want to see a bicycle again , even in a picture . ’ |
| 15 | In partnership with Michael Duveen , Dirk has developed a system whereby four organic herds ( two friesian and two jersey ) supply the milk for the yoghurt manufacturing process on the farm . |
| 16 | These generally refer to finding a self-indexing function for tables in main storage ; Jaeschke has developed a method originally proposed by Cichell , and he has shown that , however complicated the key sequence is , a self-indexing function can be found for up to 40 keys so that they fit exactly into a table with the same number of storage positions . |
| 17 | This is great as far as it goes , but it needs to go a lot farther ! |
| 18 | Monika said yesterday : ‘ He needs to go a lot further for me to be happy — but these letters are certainly a start . ’ |
| 19 | My hands are of your colour , but I shame To wear a heart so white . |
| 20 | People have said , I 'm taking driving lessons , but I never ever want to drive a car again in my life , afterwards . |
| 21 | Now I 'm not saying that we stand here and all we do is that because when you want to emphasise a point then sometimes a a single non-symmetrical a single hand gesture is more appropriate . |
| 22 | Accordingly , the investor may seek to include a provision whereby if the investor wishes to sell a specified percentage of the equity , then the other shareholders must follow suit and sell at the same price per share . |
| 23 | Indeed Wigner has formulated a proposal along exactly these lines . |
| 24 | We do not guarantee to resell a ticket so deposited . |
| 25 | The FASB issued an exposure draft on the subject in September 1991 , and was expected to issue a statement later this year . |
| 26 | Over at The Wine Cellar , Keith Meerza , the joint owner , has sat a customer down in the corner and is trying to persuade him to go to the police . |
| 27 | Many people say that the solution is to take the young person who has committed a crime out of their community and lock them away , that will achieve a solution . |
| 28 | What this means is she has to find a job fast . |
| 29 | I want to know a lot more about him . ’ |
| 30 | Partners are now expected to know a lot more about the broader picture of how businesses operate , not simply those areas relating to accountancy . |