Example sentences of "[vb base] [verb] [adv] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After orientation , the end-user should : Want to carry out an online information search , either alone , or with the help of an intermediary . |
| 2 | Pickerage let out an exaggerated groan . |
| 3 | If the leaders of Anti-Racist Alliance want to build up an effective anti-racist movement , they should desist from the kind of stupid sectarianism that I witnessed at the recent March for Justice in the London borough of Newham . |
| 4 | Thinking about going abroad or just want to take up an exciting new pastime ? |
| 5 | Mould let out an almighty scream and flew into the air . |
| 6 | Rovers stand to pick up an extra £25,000 if their former player makes the Great Britain side . |
| 7 | You seem to take up an awful lot of energy and time . |
| 8 | Sub-headings seem to take up an inordinate amount of space ; do we really need separate headings for ‘ What is Tincture of Benzoin ’ , ‘ How to use Tincture of Benzoin ’ , ‘ How to carry Tincture of Benzoin ’ , and ‘ Where to buy Tincture of Benzoin ’ ? |
| 9 | But I think , you know to make perhaps an obvious point , the comparison is made with West Germany , it 's not made with what er Japan or , or er America for instance are proposing to do , which is less than us at the present time . |
| 10 | Ideas only find favour once an influential person(s) has been convinced of their practicability . |
| 11 | Police have released a photofit of a man they believe carried out an armed raid on an estate agents . |
| 12 | Why then attempt to patch up an old overall as if one were repairing a sumptuous evening dress ? |
| 13 | After the gig , we mooch around the band 's dressing room and try to give off an inconspicuous vibe ( a hard one , since we 're the only ones that are n't stoned out of our gourds and do n't have accents that can hack their way through huge mountain ranges ) . |
| 14 | Although they aim to carve out an inviolable space for individualist explanation , the boundaries of this area remain unspecified ; some human behaviour , it is allowed , requires a holistic approach ; but when does individualism give way to holism and vice versa ? |
| 15 | ‘ Well , I do keep up an entrepreneurial connection with the local pool interests , ’ Ken admitted . |
| 16 | We 've done quite an extensive survey around Ottery , looking at the times people use these facilities , and the weekends , especially Saturdays , is the favoured time . |
| 17 | I think we 've got quite an extensive coverage now . |
| 18 | Well , let's look at you , Yes , you 've got quite an interesting shape , too . |
| 19 | I 've got quite an interesting lot of preachers . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I 've had quite an early start and I 'm feeling pretty tired , ’ she admitted . |
| 21 | I 've used up an awful lot of memory . |
| 22 | I 've , I 've put on an awful lot of weight . |
| 23 | His prayers are like the noise you make to drown out an insupportable thought . |
| 24 | There are forces at work within the limits of the urban community — within the limits of any natural area of human habitation , in fact — which tend to bring about an orderly and typical grouping of its population and institutions . |
| 25 | Companies which choose to participate will have to fulfil a number of objectives which include drawing up an environmental policy ; carrying out an environmental review and audit ; issuing environmental statements for their sites ; and having their system accredited by an independent verifier . |
| 26 | We have carried out an internal hospital inquiry into the incidents , but that is a confidential inquiry at this stage . ’ |
| 27 | For page one three four and T U P E , yes , well we have done quite an extensive document , there 's been a lot done about T U P E in the public sector we 've done it in the government sector and given guidelines , and T U P E , while it is like you rightly say , a step forward , it 's not the total answer we need something better , but it does level out the playing field that the cowboys can find it difficult in and we as a union are advocating to our members where there is a transfer taking place , whether there 's a change to your employment challenge it and we will support that challenge with the necessary legal interpretation if so . |
| 28 | They have built up an enormous collection of data about the images which subjects , especially white male Americans , have about outgroups . |
| 29 | Maybe you need to track down an old kitchen manufacturer , or perhaps you 've just signed a contract to get rid of a high-pressure salesman , and are worried because there does n't appear to be a get-out clause . |
| 30 | The difference there is instead of the cheque and the banker 's order you have to pick up an official order from the BUPA hospital . |