Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pron] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once a bank purchases such bills it can hold the bills to maturity or sell them in a secondary market to any other bank(s) . |
| 2 | Or scanned you at a maiden aunt 's , |
| 3 | As far as she was aware , no one had cut themselves or pricked themselves with a needle . |
| 4 | Or she might drown him in the bath or push him under a train . |
| 5 | And carry them , either carry them , or push them on a two-wheeled trolley , all through the round the lace market to 's , and various other And if I were lucky , and the 's van was going round the lace market , and I 'd got three or four parcels , I used to go with little Tommy and his horse and van , round the lace market , and he was delivering dress goods then . |
| 6 | The Public Service Vehicles ( Conduct of Drivers , Conductors and Passengers ) Regulations makes it an offence for a person to ‘ use obscene and offensive language , or to conduct himself in a riotous or disorderly manner . ’ |
| 7 | The LC layer is used as a shutter , blocking light or transmitting it onto a screen . |
| 8 | You should be able to buy these books at a bookshop or borrow them from a library . |
| 9 | Defoe in 1730 had considered a poor man in constant work could earn from 4s to 5s ( 20-25p ) a week , " which will barely purchase bread and cheese and clothes for his family , so that if he falls sick or dies his wife and children infallibly come to the parish for relief , who allow them a small pittance or confine them in a workhouse " . |
| 10 | Did it open out a larger world for you , or confine you in a smaller one ? |
| 11 | She thinks it is simply awful that being successful and ( reading the ill-camouflaged sub-text ) gorgeous means that men wo n't chat her up , admire her breasts or perceive her as a sexual creature . |
| 12 | If you try to make life complicated for yourself by using the wrong tool or handling it in an inappropriate fashion then the result is solely your responsibility . |
| 13 | It was still unthinkable to see him without his sketchbook and pencil , but of the hundreds and hundreds of drawings he made , he gave away many or sold them for a few francs . |
| 14 | It is worth noting , as an aside , that though this may seem obvious , one has only to observe parents with children , or to catch oneself as a parent saying ‘ Do n't be so childish ! ’ to one 's three-year-old , to realize that the reminder remains necessary . |
| 15 | If a stranger , or a bully , or even someone you know tries to harm you or touch you in a frightening way , RUN AWAY and get help . |
| 16 | The purchaser of a completed development , for example a factory , who intends to use the development for his or her own trade purposes or lease it to a person using it for trade purposes may be able to claim capital allowances . |
| 17 | The judge also had to consider a submission made by the mother that the return of the children ( if ordered ) would expose them to a ‘ grave risk of physical or psychological harm or place them in an intolerable situation ’ within the terms of paragraph ( b ) of article 13 . |
| 18 | But these are not just shoelaces — use them to be different ; plait , twist , braid or cord them for a variety of looks and purposes , from bracelets , necklaces , hair bands , bag cords or to brighten up a pair of trainers . |
| 19 | Whilst most of us , for example , can cope with having the occasional murderous thought about people we love , or work with , there are other people for whom such thoughts constitute a profound assault on their self-worth , and who must , therefore , either suffer that sense of worthlessness or involve themselves in an intense effort to deny or rationalize the thought . |
| 20 | But er , know I , I do n't think I ever heard anybody think about it or say anything about a , an air raid like , you know . |
| 21 | Environmental Issues is your magazine , and anything and everything is considered for inclusion , so do ring , write , fax or grab me at a conference ( well not literally ! ) with your information . |
| 22 | Someone may jump onto you or grab you in a lonely street . |
| 23 | I would be inclined to house the mower elsewhere , or replace it with an electric one . |
| 24 | Why did the banks cheerfully lend billions to a man who would never open the family books or provide them with a balance sheet ? |
| 25 | 400e ) , they identified themselves with the state , or put themselves on a level with it : they did not openly claim to rule it . |
| 26 | Dispose of dirty nappies by flushing them down the toilet , or put them in a sealed plastic bag . |
| 27 | Drain well in a colander and divide them among individual bowls or put them in a large soup tureen . |
| 28 | Some furnishings , pot-holders and ornaments have a very strong-smelling varnish coating , particularly cheap bamboo products with a glossy surface If you have any items of this sort , banish them or put them in an airtight container . |
| 29 | Half bury the log or timber in soil in a part of the garden where it will stay damp , or put it on a shaded window-sill in a plastic container ( ice-cream carton ) . |
| 30 | ‘ Appropriates ’ is generally proved by a witness stating that the accused picked the property up or put it in a shopping bag or a pocket . |