Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [vb base] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | And so Felix offered to take over the wheel and drive for a while . |
| 2 | JUNE 30 : At the EGM , the BRDC members vote down a resolution by directors to ratify the deal and vote for a special resolution to have it unwound . |
| 3 | Some journals give clear feedback and ask for a list of changes if the paper is resubmitted , but this is not true of all . |
| 4 | I leave Darius shuffling in the litter while I ease up to the bedroom and try on a smile like when the pink Panther gets caught in a scrape . |
| 5 | Melman told the tale of an American car parts manufacturer where one plant elected to perpetuate Taylorism when it installed computers , and the other agreed ( as a condition of collective bargaining ) to train workers to program , In the first plant , workers were designated ‘ operators ’ and paid $12–50 an hour ; when their machine malfunctions they nip the on-off switch and call in a repairman . |
| 6 | The extension provided Rabbani with more time to form a consultative assembly , the Council of Resolution and Settlement ( Hal wa Aqd Shura ) , which would elect a permanent president and prepare for a general election . |
| 7 | The opening of the session , called for under the terms of the April 1992 Peshawar Accords in order to elect a permanent President and prepare for a general election , had been repeatedly postponed . |
| 8 | This would maximise total revenue and result in a profit of £100,000 . |
| 9 | It is the only tram in service where you have to climb up to your seat and sit at an angle of 20 degrees behind two spacemen in the front compartment ! |
| 10 | It was agreed by Mrs Buckingham , who had always resisted the false belief about the pain in her daughter 's back , that Harriet should stop lying around on the hall seat and go to a school founded in the 1840S for the further education of gentlewomen . |
| 11 | Anyone who thinks owning a diesel spells the end of driving fun , should park their backside in the AX 's comfortable , supportive driver 's seat and go for a quick ride . |
| 12 | Ferguson , for his part , can now look any supporter of his club in the eye and say that Gough having to commit the foul that debarred him from a Cup-tie verified the youngster 's ability to put an awkward pre-match situation out of his mind and play in a determined way that suggested his temperament was on the mend . |
| 13 | You start with a lucky break and end with a major breakthrough ! |
| 14 | London has seen the disappearance of more than three quarters of a million manufacturing jobs in 20 years : an aggregate figure masking stagnation and decline in an inner south-east zone , and growth in the west , in part related to Heathrow Airport , as a ‘ high-tech ’ crescent ( Hall et al . , |
| 15 | At home the sudden switch from inflation and boom to stagnation and slump in a few months made changes in policy inevitable . |
| 16 | After Ibn Tulun 's death there was a period of confusion and decay before a new conquest by the Fatimids from north-west Africa in 969 . |
| 17 | They will be able to give you a practical demonstration and support with an after sales service that offers a same day or out of hours call . |
| 18 | Swing from 41 through Beta and continue in a direct line until you come to M3 , which is just out of the × 7 field with Beta Comæ but which has a fairly obvious star close to it . |
| 19 | The gigantically helmeted head of some biblical hero would stick out through the roof and stand like an Easter Island monolith among the chimneys and machine-gun emplacements , jewelled eyes blazing with golem life . |
| 20 | Douglas Hurd , Foreign Secretary , said yesterday that an indecisive result would delay recovery , lead to uncertainty and result in a second election within a year . |
| 21 | Such control will promote tight intra-system nutrient cycling and obviate to a degree the need for artificial fertilisers . |
| 22 | There are also plans for an Evening Bus Run with High Tea and Dance at a west coast venue on a date to be arranged in June . |
| 23 | But before that she would make a cup of tea and read for a bit . |
| 24 | That 's what you want , a decent endowment , it takes out all the fluctuations , and er the they 've big reserves , and of course the minute the endowment starts to look a bit poorer , it 's switch back to P E Ps , course I 've always said that P E Ps were a good idea , and the charges are much better now than they were , and I 'm just thinking of the poor chap that 's read the paper two years ago , over his tea and toast on a Sunday and thought mhm good idea , I 'll take an endowment , and two years later it 's the same person saying aha , no , pretty bad news an endowment . |
| 25 | I enjoyed my tea and glimpse into a way of life that would have been familiar to JTR . |
| 26 | Cover each slice of haddock with rarebit mix and place under a hot grill . |
| 27 | ( d ) Agent 's fees Immediately contracts are exchanged on behalf of a seller , telephone the estate agent and ask for an account . |
| 28 | Afterwards a buffet lunch will be available for any who would like at The Forbury , Leominster-prepared by Amy Ormond ( Wootten 1943 ) — and in the afternoon at The Forbury Vicky Archard ( Lloyd 1966 ) , member and past president of the Hereford and Mid-Wales Philatelic Society will give a talk and display on a philatelic theme . |
| 29 | I WOULD rather take my children into the main bar or lounge of a pub and expect them to sit sensibly and reasonably quietly so that we can all relax , drink , talk and eat in a proper pub atmosphere . |
| 30 | Of course it is one thing to state baldly that modern Christians are often ineffectual in their witness and live in a privatised world , cut off from the mainstream of social life , but it is quite another thing to make out a case that it is so . |