Example sentences of "[verb] a [adj] [noun sg] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the financial side , it is well known that airline pilots are amongst the best paid professions and until the redundancies of the early 1980s changed the picture somewhat remarkably few of their number were prepared to accept a civil servant 's salary after having enjoyed a very good standard of living . |
| 2 | The company making the acquisition will need to decide : how the contract can protect it if the equipment or software fails to perform as it should ; about maintenance and training ; what to do if the software or hardware infringes a third party 's copyright or patent . |
| 3 | A few may flourish the 14 pages of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act , 1970 ; seven inches of section 2 specifies a local authority 's obligation to lay on just about everything short of a course in elephant skinning : meals , education , holidays , telephones , and recreation are all there in paragraphs ( a ) to ( h ) . |
| 4 | Mr Gould , a prominent Euro-sceptic in the early 1980s , is likely to argue for the commitment to maintaining sterling 's value within the Exchange Rate Mechanism to be ditched , to increase a Labour government 's room for manoeuvre . |
| 5 | The next step in rank for a man of Ross 's experience would be fifth mate , but Lord Findlater , who insisted that young Ross had been ‘ much commended ’ , attempted to secure a fourth mate 's place for his friend . |
| 6 | If you want a hilarious day 's sailing , I strongly recommend the two-man board . |
| 7 | But once they were indoors again they resumed exploring , found a genuine butler 's pantry with a lot of silver in it packed away in canteens and boxes and green baize , and opening the next door , came into the gun-room . |
| 8 | It really is lovely here , and — well , I did n't want to over-persuade you , but I found a red-throated diver 's nest today , perfectly lovely , two eggs , and I did n't bring a camera . |
| 9 | Now The Sixth Floor contains a glass-encased sniper 's corner , a photograph of the Kennedy clan , and a framed anti-Kennedy newspaper advertisement sponsored by an oil tycoon , H.L. Hunt , and other prominent Dallas businessmen . |
| 10 | Congratulations to Catherine Hopkins , a member of Barbara Norton 's Finchampstead class , who to her other qualifications ( she 's a pharmacy technician , a cordon bleu cook and a herbalist ) has added a private pilot 's licence . |
| 11 | You might think opening a new gentleman 's outfitters in Savile Row is like taking coal to Newcastle . |
| 12 | As the sun went down over the trees , everyone in the squadron had enjoyed a hard day 's military training and , after a good dinner and some well-deserved beers , they were very happy and were looking forward to the challenges of the next day . |
| 13 | The Law Lords were upholding a lower court 's decision that the Southern Water Authority had not breached the terms of the 1981 Act by damaging a site of special scientific interest ( SSSI ) . |
| 14 | It was true : I was spending every evening and night with my owl , so I was n't leading what could be considered a normal teenager 's life . |
| 15 | ( Remember that , though considered a good beginner 's community fish , Angels grow big enough to eat fish the size of Neon Tetras . ) |
| 16 | This chapter has outlined the range of materials to which scientific techniques have been applied in order to discover a particular object 's provenance . |
| 17 | He would lie here , no one knew for how long , until the tribe had painstakingly amassed the financial and ritual wherewithal necessary to launch a dead king 's soul back to the stars . |
| 18 | He has , says a friend , a taste for fast driving and also has a private pilot 's licence — he has been known to take friends on duty-free trips to the Continent . |
| 19 | That would guarantee a full week 's work . |
| 20 | So when you remove a young child 's hand from an electric plug you tap the back of it and accompany this action with a firm NO . |
| 21 | Snodgrass embarked on a story about a very famous jewel called the Koh-i-noor , which he thought had once adorned a great King 's State Crown and explained how it had been so rare and so heavy that it had had to be kept locked away behind bars and guards , so that nobody could steal it . |
| 22 | Embracing such a cause does not ensure a black child 's welfare and may , unwittingly , damage it . |
| 23 | It was very hard work but you felt , well I 've done a good day 's work when you 'd finished . |
| 24 | His hands felt smooth , like those of a woman or someone who 's never done a hard day 's work in their life . |
| 25 | An army of seamstresses repaired costumes and cut and sewed new ones , working in a room that resembled a large draper 's shop with dozens of drawers from ceiling to floor , each crammed with accessories and shoes . |
| 26 | Morton went off with him and returned pushing a wide porter 's barrow , with empty sacks in it . |
| 27 | Thick lenses restrict a myopic patient 's field of view . |
| 28 | During this spare time you can catch up on lost sleep ( as long as your naps do not prevent a full night 's sleep ) , relax after the stresses of the journey , adjust drinking and eating habits , and generally adapt to your new surroundings . |
| 29 | While single women receive a single person 's pension , married and divorced women can choose to claim a pension in their own right ( if they have sufficient contributions ) or as a dependent wife . |
| 30 | There is a strong moral argument within the labour movement , that rejoke rejects workfare and other half-baked schemes which do not give a fair day 's work for a real fair day 's pay . |