Example sentences of "[vb base] [adj] [noun sg] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Make old age a time of opportunity . |
| 2 | Community partners will soon need to start work on a new machine that will build on its results and bring commercial fusion a step nearer . |
| 3 | Readers will find a central concern about the factors that influence social welfare a characteristic of many writings on social policy . |
| 4 | Lush valleys , reddish-brown canyons and golden sandy beaches make this island a vision to behold . |
| 5 | I 'm suggesting we send that man a voucher for fifty pound that his company or he puts towards the next time they buy a full fare or an Apex and then we actually get fifty quid or a hundred and fifty quid . |
| 6 | And give us back the pride and the credibility that we once took for granted as trade unionists but we allowed to slip away from us , and make us a force to be reckoned with , and send this government a message , we 'll never allow anyone at Westminster to tell us how to run the G M B , we 'll never allow anyone at Westminster to prevent us from protecting our brothers and sisters and we 'll no never ever allow anyone at Westminster to defeat the trade union movement . |
| 7 | So she 's on eighteen pound , they 'll owe say eighty pound a week rent . |
| 8 | ‘ And then charge some townie a couple of quid for it . ’ |
| 9 | They charge seventy pound a day per person and he said oh we 'll charge you next to nothing . |
| 10 | None of the uniformed Customs men would touch the red suitcase , let alone chalk a squiggle on the side and allow it through . |
| 11 | They usually function one evening a week in a local church hall or community centre and can undoubtedly play a most valuable role . |
| 12 | I only smoke I only smoke one cigarette a day . |
| 13 | Yeah , there 's a company that er imports from the south seas , all the fishes and they just charge two pound a pound . |
| 14 | Some are relatively unexciting and un-newsworthy for the commentator and politician , such as decision-making practices which make corporate responsibility a reality rather than a slogan . |
| 15 | Make sure that each tape is clearly labelled for every text on it , and give each text a number . |
| 16 | Give each person a straw and each team a feather . |
| 17 | We never give each other a chance . |
| 18 | An implication of this , it should be noted , is that if firms need to justify the use of CAD on cost grounds then they can not , at mid-1980s UK prices , give each draughtsman a work-station . |
| 19 | You give each guest a photocopy of the shapes below and the clue . |
| 20 | We examine these in an orderly way and assign each system a success or failure branch in respect of its operation . |
| 21 | If someone comes looking for trouble , you are expected to decline his or her offer and give that person a chance to back off . |
| 22 | Can I just erm , carry on working but just look this way a minute please . |
| 23 | Now you 're all witnesses incidentally , I owe this man a ticket for the concert , I 'll give it to him tomorrow |
| 24 | " The Secretary then intimated that he intended to resign and thereby give another Member a chance to act as Secretary . |
| 25 | Lads , give another lad a tenner to do his horses , if he wants to take off , he 'll say I 'll give you a tenner to do mine tonight . |
| 26 | Many consider this check a waste of time , but experience has shown that — provided you have studied effectively — the sub-conscious mind works on the problems after you have read them through . |
| 27 | So there has to be — and we always exaggerate that space a bit . |
| 28 | I like this guitar a lot . |
| 29 | Rigid in feel or not , I like this album a lot . |
| 30 | Our lists contained the names of the family ‘ prigs ’ we knew were professional thieves and burglars ; and of whom I was advised on my arrival in the department by an old detective : ‘ you only get one chance a year to nail these bastards if you are lucky , so when you do , its got to be watertight ’ . |