Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [verb] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Peel potatoes , place in a pan with sufficient water to cover , bring to the boil then simmer for abut 3 mins , until tender . |
| 2 | Summarise the different cases made in a controversy , then conclude by taking one side or another . |
| 3 | Growth factors such as platelet-derived ( PDGF ) and epidermal ( EGF ) growth factors act by bringing two receptors together , which enables their cytoplasmic kinase domains to phosphorylate each other on tyrosine residues to create docking sites to bind PLC- γ 1 . |
| 4 | Mr Gyula Vasarhelyi , aged 62 , of Oakdene Avenue , holds the Guinness Book of Stamps record for completing 6,000 stamp designs for 121 countries . |
| 5 | Two novels of the 1720s point the contrast in public attitudes to the American colonies of the two countries in an odd way : the Abbé Prévost 's Manon Lescaut and Daniel Defoe 's Moll Flanders are about prostitutes , both of whom are transported to the new world , but Manon dies from exposure in the arms of her faithful des Grieux after walking six miles from New Orleans , while Moll Flanders settles down with her fifth husband to reckon her net worth in cash and tobacco before returning from Virginia to London . |
| 6 | Work the Bobble row again but begin by missing nine stitches , thus making these bobbles fall between those two on the first row . |
| 7 | For instance , many children when they draw a house for the first time will do their utmost to draw the four sides and the roof of the building all in one drawing , and they generally succeed in portraying three sides and the roof of the house , all laid out flat . |
| 8 | quote them a couple of hours , we drop the normal rate , you know by say thirty percent to start |
| 9 | On their last visit here , in 1989 , Jones played a major part in the 4–0 Ashes triumph by scoring 566 runs , including centuries at Edgbaston and The Oval . |
| 10 | Since he is a man without malice , he was nevertheless probably accurately reflecting what some , if not many , male Labour MPs feel about reserving three places for women in Labour 's Shadow Cabinet . |
| 11 | ‘ The people we deal with have four homes , 20 bank accounts and numerous businesses . |
| 12 | We have enough racing in this country and I believe in reserving one day at least for the Lord . |
| 13 | erm to go to another famous bio-plan , I pondered for a time about why does the bio-plan of insects insist on having six legs , after all we do n't have six legs , why do insects have six legs ? |
| 14 | Start by allowing one nail to grow and take pride in it . |
| 15 | You see we moan about paying three pound a pound for meat but you pay it for fish . |
| 16 | In return , Mr Rafsanjani sought the return of assets and/or help in locating three Iranians kidnapped in Lebanon . |
| 17 | Most parents graduate to giving one warning after the initial command so that the child has a little time in which to respond but parents need to be very careful that they do n't lapse into nagging to get the child to comply again . |
| 18 | Erm , where they , where they work as giving five pounds and Oliver Twist |
| 19 | Cos I only wan na do one tape |
| 20 | I wan na eat one daddy . |
| 21 | and just the , the part here , I mean this , this I do n't know if it 's right or if it 's wrong but when you said I wan na put twenty quid towards my children 's future perhaps the way I would see is I , I would think twenty quid 'll go nowhere for their future , it 's gon na be a lot more expensive so as you 're openly offering me to take the money off you for that I would have perhaps gone down to try and commit you towards that need there and then to see how important it is and then , because when I er eventually bring back erm the sort of agenda and say look it 's gon na cost you a hundred and twenty quid a month erm you 're sort of sold on the idea . |
| 22 | I simply wan na say two things and that is this that within a month if this scheme is to work I believe that the council or the social services committee must draw up a long list of homes which it proposes to close and that long list will be in teams and that must be done not behind closed doors so that people know what is being proposed , we level with people who live in those institutions and they are fully acquainted with our , with our intentions and secondly I think it 's necessary to understand from this programme that it is not just refurbishment programme , it is a refurbishment and closure programme the simple equation being that the money that comes from closures from capital receipts and some revenue savings , actually goes into the rest to refurbish them . |