Example sentences of "[adj] [vb base] [adv] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 2 Make up a table like the one shown . |
| 2 | Some build up a sense of foreboding that is either confirmed or denied , some make us laugh all the way through , some seem written only to outrage . |
| 3 | I have n't seen these look just a minute , please . |
| 4 | These occur twice a day and may not , under rules drawn up by the journalists themselves , be mentioned in print . |
| 5 | 4 Make up a continuation of the story , using any clues you can find . |
| 6 | The entire cast held their breath , as if watching a tightrope-walker stumble , and all let out a sigh of relief when he managed to right himself and make it through to the end of the speech . |
| 7 | Examples 3 and 4 show how a teacher has involved several children in the making of two different puppets . |
| 8 | Black let out a sigh then produced a bottle of whisky from the bottom drawer of his desk . |
| 9 | It is not at all clear why a person 's life-style , behaviour ( both linguistic and non-linguistic ) and opportunities should be so radically affected by his or her father 's occupation . |
| 10 | It is not at all clear why a plaintiff seeking material located in , say , France or Germany , but able to invoke United States jurisdiction ( available , perhaps , as a result of the long-arm claims to extensive jurisdiction made by Federal or State courts ) should be able to claim that American practices should apply as exclusively as in a purely domestic case . |
| 11 | 5 Draw up a grid like the one shown but without these figures . |
| 12 | If the Priest misses the cue , they all move up a number . |
| 13 | This should enable computers to give highly detailed information : how many people live within a radius of a certain point , for example , or how many live along a river 's flood plain . |
| 14 | ‘ We all kid around a bit , ’ Parker said . |
| 15 | Picking up on ‘ The Real Share Issue ’ and ‘ The Poor have n't a Share in the World ’ we may be able to give the whole campaign a title and see each unit as ‘ A Share for the Poor ’ . |
| 16 | 4 Explain how a rhombus and parallelogram differ . |
| 17 | 6 Bind together a group of cinnamon sticks with Christmas ribbon and secure with a pin . |
| 18 | 3 Make up a table like this for all the dialect words in the story : 4 Tell this story , or a story of your own , in your own dialect , or a dialect that you know well . |
| 19 | So we do , ten take away a plus nine , that 's just take away nine . |
| 20 | So you 're okay with that , ten take away A minus , ten take away A add B will be ten take away A and then take away B. But if we do ten take away like we 've been doing here , A minus B and it comes out the same as this , it 'll be ten take away plus A , just take away A , and then take away minus B. Well taking away a minus B is the same as adding B. Erm do you remember the table ? |
| 21 | 6 Work out a routine for updating the media list on a regular basis . |
| 22 | If you are organising the list yourself , first draw up a master list of items stating their make , colour , price and where they can be bought . |
| 23 | First draw up a table comparing x and y . |
| 24 | If only they could teach a thing or two to Gloucestershire — they go into Sunday 's match with Derbyshire looking for their first win over a county side this season . |
| 25 | To form a binary relation consisting of student-name and module , we first carry out a projection : |
| 26 | The latter deal primarily in a currency of meaning while the former have still a conflict concerning the appropriate register for the target language . |
| 27 | In each case , first work out a table of values for x and y . |
| 28 | There are even special joys for women : the pride in learning a guaranteed way to keep the boots dry which , if performed behind waist-high bush , means ‘ you can casually and with dignity intact carry on a conversation with the rest of the camp ’ ; no more of the old ‘ search for a place to hide ( God forbid anyone should know we have to pee in the first place ) . ’ |
| 29 | Three years at a nice school in Vienna , not too liberated , but at the same time not a convent school . |
| 30 | If necessary put together a group of people who you know will be sceptical and try the presentation out on them first . |