Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [prep] an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conversation , not only on that day , got on to An Adventure and would not easily get off it , though we wished to be speaking of other things . |
| 2 | Ferguson marked his return by latching on to an Alan Main clearance to beat Murdoch to the jump on the edge of the box , and head in the fourth . |
| 3 | I believe it to have been factually true that Crossman 's ambition to gain and retain Cabinet office was the aspiration to be in a position to observe what goes on as an academic or a philosopher observes . |
| 4 | Some people argue that the INFORMAL ORGANISATION describes what really goes on in an organisation whereas the FORMAL ORGANISATION describes what ought to happen . |
| 5 | ‘ Hopefully I 'll be able to carry on as an amateur and help mum in the shop . ’ |
| 6 | Yeah it wo n't I mean , that wo n't stay on for an hour I mean I 've literally had a hot bath put the water on , you know , af it goes off at nine o'clock in the morning put that radiator , put that button on to reset the hot water for five minutes it 's bo boilers lit up ten minutes and then it 's gone off |
| 7 | It then accepted a new structure in which a minimum standard of English and arithmetic qualified a child to go on to an intelligence test to measure its ‘ capacity ’ . |
| 8 | It would be a waste of time for both of you to go on to an interview . |
| 9 | Yes if she 's coming out you mean you do n't , you do n't have to do it all tonight she wan might want to be talking about erm her grading a lot so you ca n't expect her to do any work until she 's got that out of her system she might want to go on for an hour or so . |
| 10 | At first it was like leaning into a thick , inert sponge , and that seemed to go on for an age . |
| 11 | Writer Brad Darrach , who had flown down for an interview with Hopper , described the scene that developed : ‘ By mid-afternoon , the games became serious . |
| 12 | I suppose the reason I got down to an effort to be objective is that I did n't like the interpretations of my other things — so here I am with an array of alligator pears — about ten of them — calla lilies — four or six — leaves — summer green ones — ranging through yellow to the dark sombre blackish purplish red — eight or ten — horrid yellow sunflowers — two new red cannas — some white birches with yellow leaves — only two that I have no name for and I do n't know where they come from . |
| 13 | I gesture ( I imagine ) towards a chair on the other side of my desk and he sits down in an attitude which suggests that he intends to stay for rather more than a minute , and rather less than half an hour . |
| 14 | The archaism of the settings , in short , goes along with an escapism of intention , a deliberate turning away from real life and from present-day experience . |
| 15 | Crucially , the psychoanalytic rationalization of sexual difference as a tragic split which in turn effects the failure of identity often goes along with an account of the alleged narcissistic limitations and failures of homosexuality . |
| 16 | Kevin Harland , the Post Office 's acting processing manager , said national guidelines laid down before an election decreed no leaflets would be delivered folded together . |
| 17 | In fact , as we shall see , employers in the USA — particularly in the manufacturing sector where enterprise-level bargaining and large corporations predominate — have felt less need for association with other employers for negotiating purposes , while in Britain over the past two decades there has been a trend towards the adoption of company-centred industrial relations policies rather than continued adherence to the norms laid down by an association . |
| 18 | The Association would regard the professional responsibilities of the librarian to include full discretion over the acquisitions made by the library service within the terms of the general guidelines laid down by an employer : in the case of public libraries these guidelines should not be expected to allow local censorship . |
| 19 | Today 's motorists like the idea of being able to drive in without an appointment , see menu pricing and have the job done quickly in the evening or the weekend . |
| 20 | He is also in the chair for the second single , due in May , and the debut album which is pencilled in for an August release . |
| 21 | Labour demanded his resignation after the LAS Board chairman , Jim Harris , announced he was stepping down as an inquiry blamed management failures over the £1.5 million computer-aided despatch system ( CAD ) . |
| 22 | Paul Ashmead was sent off while number eight Bobby Fowke limped along with an injury … |
| 23 | Undoubtedly ‘ John David ’ succeeded where ‘ Walter ’ failed in considering an aspect of mental handicap in a balanced fashion . |
| 24 | Goes in about an inch . |
| 25 | These she later filled in on an assessment form , She also contacted and talked to the client 's nearest relatives or other informal carers . |
| 26 | But while the Europeans were prepared to go along with an ultimatum to the Serbs that threatened bombing if there were more belligerency , they would not countenance lifting the arms embargo , which they believe would do more harm than good . |
| 27 | He concluded that the approach was ‘ too heavily fictionalized ’ to go down with an audience that was having to deal with the everyday realities of war . |
| 28 | It is just as well that the tax price index , introduced by Nigel Lawson in an attempt to distract attention away from the inflationary impact of switching taxation from direct to indirect taxes , has never caught on as an indicator . |
| 29 | Then I moved on to an Australian made Maton which was really playable . |
| 30 | Before signing on with an agency : |