Example sentences of "[verb] a [adj] [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Small drummer boys , their lips caked with the road 's dust , beat a ragged advance as they ran . |
| 2 | He beat a hasty retreat when he spotted me approaching , but it was not hasty enough . |
| 3 | This makes it difficult to reach a decision , and causes a nagging worry as to whether the right system has been selected . |
| 4 | In 1807 the British again returned to Madeira under the command of General Sir William Carr Beresford , who had already won a great reputation whilst still under forty years of age . |
| 5 | The keen youngsters had not won a single game since the season started in September . |
| 6 | He told me this week : ‘ It 's the first time City of Derry have won a green pennant since the club was founded in 1912 . ’ |
| 7 | He worked undercover in Germany and Northern Ireland , but a lieutenant provided a devastating insight when he filed a final report on Carlton , 37 . |
| 8 | For these the primary schools provided a gentle haven before they transferred to the local secondary modern school . |
| 9 | However , the National Development Group for the Mentally Handicapped ( 1977 ) provided a major lead when they recommended the creation of Community Mental Handicap Teams ( CMHTs ) . |
| 10 | NORTH WALES owned Caerberllan Gold Gift provided a fitting climax when it was judged the top animal at the Show . |
| 11 | The obvious stupidities and brutalities of some East European regimes provided a soft target as well as a social role for dissident poets . |
| 12 | Most recent trends suggest a large demand so the Welsh Office is offering a large supply . |
| 13 | Retentionists could not accept that a rapist who breaks into a house , violates his victim , and then kills in order to prevent her giving evidence against him , should be treated as having committed a lesser offence than a burglar who kills in the course of theft . |
| 14 | ‘ Lady , most of the females I pump liquor into would n't know a nefarious purpose if they saw one . ’ |
| 15 | to look across at a group wh who would know a cynical opportunity if it hit them in the face . |
| 16 | But this only raises another question : how do we know a specific presence when we see one ? |
| 17 | DO N'T say we in Northern Ireland do n't know a future winner when we see one in the motor cycling game . |
| 18 | But they do know a good ad when they see one . |
| 19 | Well then , you will know a good cigar when you taste one . ’ |
| 20 | He said to me on the phone he did n't know a great deal cos he was just getting it all together . |
| 21 | Later she would know a heady excitement when she thought of his words . |
| 22 | I do n't think the Labour 'd know a free vote if it bit him on the leg . |
| 23 | ‘ You 'd think he 'd come for the Christmas or even write but never a word , no thought for anybody except himself , ’ and it cast a deep shadow when they tried to imagine what kind of space enclosed Luke in England during the same hour , but they were n't able to imagine it . |
| 24 | The LA keeps a watching brief on a haulier 's operations under his O licence ; the LA must revoke a standard licence if its holder is no longer of good repute , of satisfactory financial standing or professionally competent . |
| 25 | If you suffer from back problems you almost certainly do n't need a rock-hard bed as it wo n't support your spine . |
| 26 | Cos you 'll need a good breakfast if you 're going away wo n't you . |
| 27 | ‘ You 'll need a good wig if you 're to be Hedda 's long-haired poet . ’ |
| 28 | But if England lose the second Test , they will need a new captain as well as a new-look team Gooch would surely not survive any longer . |
| 29 | Although we are dot going to be hobbling a horse by three legs and tethering it all day out in the sun , we will need a tolerant horse if we wish it to do boring or repetitious work . |
| 30 | Oh I do n't need a great deal cos we 've got plenty of potatoes . |