Example sentences of "[det] and [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The relatively low slewing rate of the LM308A is responsible for this and imposes a limit on clock frequency of 15kHz if such an eventuality is at all likely . |
| 2 | Located immediately above this and resembling a length of millet ( as bought for budgerigars ) are the male flowers . |
| 3 | He was always extremely proud of this and made a point of being known as Dr Dresser . |
| 4 | They would has/e swum naked only Rufus 's father had discovered them doing this and made a fuss out of all proportion to the offence , if offence it was . |
| 5 | Development through Drama seemed to provide just this and became a set text worldwide , but as with most formulae , the recommended practice often does not quite match the philosophy . |
| 6 | Mr Ibuka , a honorary chairman , popped into the room , saw this and remembered a project on developing lightweight portable headphones going on elsewhere in the building . |
| 7 | You , you then take this and have a wrestling match with that objection you , you know what I 'm saying ? |
| 8 | Erm all this and have a life as well . |
| 9 | The defendant agreed to this and obtained a licence but later refused to pay the charge . |
| 10 | What we have here is , is a huge sheet of this material on the wall , and the visitors stand in front of this and press a flashlight which allows them then to make all sorts of poses on the wall , and as they then move away , their shadow is left on the wall so they can look back and see what their , their shadow was like in the pose . |
| 11 | One path to go down might begin from the priority the Council had given to its knowledge of the particular institutions : ‘ it seems that we should now begin to build even more positively on this and consider a move in which certain institutions were granted particular responsibilities … the academic board in an experienced institution engaging in work of high quality should be authorized by the Council to reach decisions in defined areas ’ , and within understood frameworks of report and action . |
| 12 | The two largest of these were especially fine — one representing the Patron Saint as a Roman Soldier on horseback , cutting his cloak in half and giving a half to a beggar . |
| 13 | I have a big bag with me — we 'll pick some and have a scorpacciata [ a bellyful ] . ’ |
| 14 | So long as it could prevent news of discontent travelling from one region to another and igniting a bush-fire of revolt , the Party was able to restore its control relatively quickly and with little loss of life . |
| 15 | Sometimes , in their anxiety to reach a female , four or five males cling to one another and form a chain . |
| 16 | Sylvie , the actress , rearranged her broad-brimmed hat , crossed one tapering leg over another and smoothed a stocking . |
| 17 | There would be little point in having these different norms ( which are arbitrary in linguistic terms ) if they did not carry social meaning , distinguishing between one community and another and carrying a sense of community identity for speakers . |
| 18 | One of the most skilful craftsmen of all , Cassin 's weaver-bird , constructs an entrance-pipe two feet long using very long narrow fibres that spiral downwards , some right-handedly and some left-handedly , so that the two interweave with one another and produce a fabric of remarkable uniformity and beauty . |
| 19 | Choose from a colourful array of mango , star fruit , kiwi and raspberries , to name but a few and add a sprinkling of Sweetex to bring out the full flavour , or use it in recipes for a sweet taste without the calories . |
| 20 | You sees like cutting , you know you see these walls that are like that and they sort of go down like that and join a pillar and do the same again , just , instead of doing that you lay the soldiers across the top and you , you 've got to sort of cut the bricks in between ai n't ya ? |
| 21 | I said I 'm going to have to clear that and delete a bit of stuff off and load it with and load WordPerfect again . |
| 22 | He was n't quiet on that and got a lot of questions right . |
| 23 | No engines , no weight that 's okay , let's put a just leave that and put a tick on it . |
| 24 | but when ya , when you stand at the front door and er there 's a blower breeze and it 's cold , if you put your hand round the door like that , you can feel a draught , you can feel it colder than the you know and the letter box , the draught but if you take that and put a curtain up , it 'll keep the cold out , you 've stopped the draught so you 're gon na win |
| 25 | Well apart from the cleaning and all that and getting a bit of profit . |
| 26 | Many cancer patients have done just that and felt a lot better for it — and remember quality of life is as important as quantity . |
| 27 | ‘ Graham was not happy about that and had a dig at me in the press . |
| 28 | However , it goes further than that and implies a lack of awareness of the need for conservation , of future private benefits for individual households and the village ( or larger local community ) as a whole , leading to a failure to mobilise people to give their labour for construction ( even when it will be paid for ) , for maintenance work , and for enforcement where discipline is required ( to control lopping of small seedlings , to exclude livestock from reafforested and other areas and so on ) . |
| 29 | When Aisha returned from work , coming through the door weighed down with plastic carrier bags , her coat smelling of perfume mixed with cigarette smoke , I gave a shiver of anger : I wanted to carry shopping bags like that and wear a coat like hers ! |
| 30 | Full tanks ( 60 imp. gallons in this model ) would remove 432 lbs from that and leave a payload of 804 lbs — enough for four people of average weight 160 lbs and 164 lbs of baggage . |