Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Too much bother to fetch a raincoat . |
| 2 | Because that 's not something we want to go through their Conference Office for if we only want to do a meeting , |
| 3 | This method is , however , a little long-winded if you only want to edit a couple of lines . |
| 4 | Some parents only want to adopt a child of two black parents , that is of African , Afro-Caribbean or Asian origin . |
| 5 | I merely seek to end a war . |
| 6 | All independently of each other going round to the , well I say independently , but they obviously get fed a lot of information from head office where we have a telesales operation . |
| 7 | But when companies are fined for breaking the health and safety laws , they only get fined a pittance , compared to what damage is caused to employees through companies ' neglect and law breaking . |
| 8 | To holiday here you not only get to feel a lot closer to God 's earth , but you also get to feel closer to your fellow man , and there 's not many places that make you feel like that ! |
| 9 | This is the only occasion when I personally remember seeing a wicketkeeper coming on to bowl and it may be the earliest such occasion in a first-class game . |
| 10 | One eccentric old git ( who ‘ changed his appearance ’ every five or six years , handily enough ) , a string of daft ‘ assistants ’ , enough latex to make a condom for Concorde and the sort of ripping good-vs-evil yarnery that encourages grown adults to hold Dr Who conventions to this day . |
| 11 | Another woman told me about how Sylheti men returned to the village to find a bride : ‘ After years in England they suddenly decide to marry a village girl . |
| 12 | Dental problems are painful and unsightly so try to see a dentist regularly . |
| 13 | He dozed but woke with a start , dreaming that the Hell-hounds he had just visited were snuffling at the door , but it was only Ranulf dragging a stool across the dusty rushes . |
| 14 | So use use a bit more . |
| 15 | The world system as a system of nation-states and state-centrism as an explanatory framework , obviously do have a place in the analysis of these problems , as was illustrated in Chapter 1 . |
| 16 | So do make a decision I would like and I want . |
| 17 | ‘ You may have a doctor called if you so wish to take a sample of blood for the purpose of having it analysed to confirm the readings given by the machine . |
| 18 | So avoid taking a vacation soon after you have acquired a puppy , especially if it means that you will need to place it in kennels . |
| 19 | So come take a pilgrimage to the past and embark on a Medieval adventure . |
| 20 | The workers merely wish to clear a backlog of clients before the afternoon session begins . |
| 21 | Although no doubt justifiable to the specialist the strict application of the law of priority in botanical and zoological nomenclature seems a sterile and often confusing exercise to those who merely wish to recognise a potato when they see one ) . |
| 22 | So the idea is that you obviously need to get a job pretty quick |
| 23 | Personal contact important in producing GAYE givers , so need to have a canvasser on the shop floor . |
| 24 | I only have to take a moment to get my eyes strong and then I can push it out , this strongness , at anything at all so long as I am staring at it hard enough … |
| 25 | I only have to see a bottle of Orvieto and those desperate dawns rise up before me . |
| 26 | And you only have to see a police uniform through the door to feel racked with guilt , even though you 've done nothing wrong and he 's only looking for a lost cat . |
| 27 | ‘ For your information , I 've still got most of my own teeth and only have to use a walking frame when it 's damp and my arthritis starts giving me gyp . |
| 28 | You only have to read a book about the Left Bank . ’ |
| 29 | Now , I only have to get a Fender ‘ Eric Clapton ’ signature , a Marshall 30th Anniversary Limited Edition amp and a Bob Bradshaw rack ! |
| 30 | Now what essentially , what you 're doing , is that you 're writing an essay in very , very condensed form , so it 's just , I mean you still , still must have the same recipe in there when you write a short answer , right , but you just have to be very , very brief , so you know , para paragraph on definition , you know , paragraph of examples , right , erm , paragraph on some sort of explanation or erm , how it 's , how it 's measured erm , has it been a contentious issue erm , what are the problems with this er , with this concept erm , right , you 've got to get those sort of things in there , like you would in an essay , if you were asked to write an essay on reciprocal dumping you 'd , you 'd have all those things in there , right , but you only need to write a sentence , a sentence about them . |