Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] a [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 Now you have to go to Liverpool and rather than go over each day and gerr a quarter , I 'd rather buy a gram and keep hold of it .
2 Increased frailty may suddenly make a house or flat , lived in for years , totally unsuitable — the garden is too big to manage , upstairs bedrooms become inaccessible , or getting to the shops and other local services presents difficulties .
3 Your Lord if one turns to the issues of reference , er the commercial quarters as we discussed yesterday should only make a reference if it 's necessary to do so in order to resolve the case and has the discretion whether to make a reference under article one seven , seven
4 Lois will only make a profit or loss under the second strategy when there are changes in relative prices .
5 A court can only make a care or supervision order if satisfied : ( a ) that the child concerned is suffering , or is likely to suffer significant harm ; and ( b ) that the harm , or likelihood of harm is attributable to : ( i ) the care given to the child , or likely to be given to him if the order were not made , not being what it would be reasonable to expect a parent to give to him ; or ( ii ) the child being beyond parental control ( s31 ) .
6 3 Better make a decision than none at all .
7 If you do not recognize that the question is implying that something has been selected , you will only answer a part and not the whole of it .
8 They seem to be a simple , happy-go-lucky folk who are content if they can merely catch a bus or two each day , and find a bit of a gap in the traffic to nip through , and survive till bedtime .
9 Lots of people who do n't talk and live in isolation will suddenly pat a dog and say hello .
10 If , as is likely , this one is a female , she will suddenly whistle a call and out of the hole come a dozen youngsters which bustle eagerly about her , groping with their muzzles for her teats .
11 I can only see a daddy and a little girl on a roundabout .
12 You can only claim a prize if your eighth and final move leaves you on a circle containing a prize .
13 Libraries will not only provide a carefully-selected and well-displayed collection of books but also the opportunity to hear stories , paint , draw and make models , make and use puppets , take part in drama sessions , and so on .
14 Does a situation only become a problem when the sufferer identifies it as something about which he or she , can do something ?
15 Theirs is a perfectly good decision that need only become a problem if at a later stage they find that it has become too difficult to share their life and a potential relationship disintegrates through their selfishness .
16 Democratic rule can only become a reality when African people place their interests as individuals and communities before kinship bonds .
17 Somebody better mek a U-turn before de fire start burn .
18 Somebody better mek a U-turn before de fire start burn .
19 That prompted judge Robert Watson from the USA to interject : ‘ Judges can only score a foul if it is reported to them by the referee . ’
20 But this has the consequence , as we noted , that natural languages will only have a syntax and a pragmatics , and no semantics .
21 BRM 's first rear-engined car , the Type 48 , turned out to be a pig , Graham Hill recording in his autobiography that ‘ the car would suddenly take a dive and dart straight into the infield out of control ’ .
22 The 80386-80486 translator is the latest to be finished after the original Transputer implementations and Hinsley says that now they have first couple under their belts , it will only take a month or two to write each additional processor implementation .
23 The 80386–80486 translator is the latest to be finished after the original Transputer implementations and Hinsley says that now they have first couple under their belts , it will only take a month or two to write each additional processor implementation .
24 Ooh I better have a grandma as well please ?
25 This does not necessarily imply a chase and no evidence of an attack was found when the Roman town at Casterton was excavated in the 1950s .
26 For much of the time it took me through farmland , amidst the pleasant aroma of meadows , and often I found myself slowing the Ford to a crawl to better appreciate a stream or a valley I was passing .
27 You can only call a truce if there 's a war — "
28 He took the bus , because his parents would n't always drive him to auditions , from Malibu to Santa Monica , 25 miles each way , at the age of thirteen , ‘ and the casting directors would literally take a Polaroid and say thank you very much and you got back on the bus . ’
29 And then they 'll all have a shock when they do n't get a piece .
30 Do they necessarily have a meaning as well as reference ; and if so , to what extent , if any , is their meaning.content relevant to their designatory function ?
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