Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] an [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And throughout it all the music , first heard as an eerie sketch inside the hero 's head , skeletally indistinct and bone china fragile . |
| 2 | Perceptions may change — her body can feel as vast as a mountain , and her own breathing be heard as an urgent sound coming from a different person . |
| 3 | Thus illegitimacy is no longer taken into consideration in determining the rights of succession of an illegitimate person , or the rights of succession to his estate , or the rights of succession traced through an illegitimate relationship . |
| 4 | But British and French workers did not have to wait for an economic upturn . |
| 5 | The corollary is that if they eventually return to the UK , their foreign domicile will be retained until it can be ascertained that they intend to remain for an indefinite period . |
| 6 | Police violence against members of racial minorities became a national issue following the widespread broadcast on television of an amateur video showing white Los Angeles policemen brutally beating a black man who had been stopped for an alleged driving offence on March 3 . |
| 7 | With planning consent now received for an improved access for the physically handicapped and an extension to provide a parish office and toilet for the disabled , tenders will shortly be invited for the building works . |
| 8 | Occasionally a reservation is received for an older work missed ( or turned down ) when originally published . |
| 9 | Whatever it was , Liam 's throat must have been bothering him something terrible for he got through an awful lot of the stuff that night . |
| 10 | a whole bowl of clean water over his nappy so if you wonder why I got through an extra nappy cos it was n't |
| 11 | He says : ‘ Small budgets , apologetic councils strapped for cash , and a complex social and sometimes ethnic mix of young customers and their parents do n't make for an easy life . ’ |
| 12 | But it did n't always make for an easy life . |
| 13 | Their success at the game did not make for an easy relationship , though . |
| 14 | It certainly does n't make for an ideal working relationship , does it ? ’ |
| 15 | I 'm going with a Scum season ticket holder and Newcastle Utd fan should make for an interesting evening all round . |
| 16 | They derive their strength from the realization that not to abide by them would make for an unworkable constitution . |
| 17 | It was from this base that Marian was invited in 1976 to apply to sit as an Assistant Recorder on the North-Eastern Circuit . |
| 18 | The many aspects of his life — all of them creative — will be examined during an illustrated talk by Billy Martin of Greenmount Agricultural College at Carrickfergus Library ( 8 pm ) . |
| 19 | Sadly , the forty-five-year-old 's rotund physique proved too much and he was forced to retire for an early bath . |
| 20 | The Bristol aircraft was eventually completed as an experimental airplane under the name Bristol Brabazon . |
| 21 | The decision has caused considerable controversy and been criticized as an excessive response to the problem , but Mayor Jean Baylaucq justified it on the grounds that the bears constituted a threat to animals and humans . |
| 22 | His car was crushed between an electrical equipment control box and a fence by the four-carriage diesel train on the Esk Valley line from Middlesbrough to Whitby . |
| 23 | Léonie only half-belonged in it , growing up in England with a dead English hero for a father and a mother disguised as an English missis with English ways . |
| 24 | The angel , disguised as an old man , went from door to door begging for food and drink . |
| 25 | Cunningly disguised as an electronic novelty record , ‘ Autobahn ’ is in reality a tribute to the German motorway system and the ordered freedom it brings . |
| 26 | For a bigger event , it is always better to go for an empty room that allows you scope to do your own thing rather than a place which has limiting fixed features . |
| 27 | Poland restored relations on Feb. 27 , calling the rift a mistake , apologising for an anti-Semitic purge in March 1968 and offering to restore citizenship to about 30,000 Jews forced to emigrate at that time . |
| 28 | Secondly , anything suggested by the Progressive Democrats has to be automatically suspect , on the grounds that the Pee Dees are a miserable bunch of motherfuckers who , when Sam Snort grasps the reins of power , will all be rounded up and interned for an indefinite period . |
| 29 | Total revenue would increase by S$1,900 million , to S$17,200 million , allowing for an overall surplus ( that is , surplus minus net lending and plus net capital receipts ) of S$3,500 million , or 5.3 per cent of gross domestic product ( GDP ) . |
| 30 | Some of his actions , in particular the unexpected introduction of a constitutional amendment allowing for an elected Vice-President and the subsequent appointment of Moudud Ahmed to that post , caused some disquiet among party members . |