Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] a [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The families sit through a trial and feel short-changed by the sentence handed down . ’ |
| 2 | It is found along with fossils of planktonic organisms and it is possible to explain the change in growth between coil and trumpet as a change that happened when the larval shell settled on the bottom . |
| 3 | For , ‘ trust between a company and its external auditors is very important and interposing another committee between them will only make the relationship fraught ’ . |
| 4 | Simmer for a minute or until the sauce has a creamy consistency . |
| 5 | You mean as a newsreader or a a presenter of programme |
| 6 | Film of the real thing is an excellent way of challenging misconceptions or assumptions people make about a situation and a good aim for viewing tasks is to make trainees sharper in their perception of what is happening around them . |
| 7 | When disturbed , they make for a crevice or hole where they can jam themselves in so tight with their powerful claws that it is almost impossible to dislodge them . |
| 8 | Its wit , neoclassic charm and sparkling score make for a work that appeals to all , young or old … and a dreadful warning too ! |
| 9 | Too heavy And then there 's Vera and Jack Duckworth their barmy battles always make for a Punch and Judy-styled double act . |
| 10 | One reason for this is that , unlike lions , which hunt as a pride and can therefore support each other , all tigers are loners . |
| 11 | I long for a blockbuster that 's also good writing . ’ |
| 12 | For example , ‘ Bramley ’ is very difficult to keep small or grow as a cordon as it needs quite different pruning . |
| 13 | Students may use this form to indicate whether they wish to be awarded a certificate or DipHE as a terminal or intermediate award and may even indicate the order in which their two fields are to be listed on their transcript and CNAA parchment . |
| 14 | Why ca nt they realise for a second that if he had been playing , maybe they would have won all 6 matches and pissed on all of the sides ? |
| 15 | Cook for a minute or two until it begins to set , then stir gently to lightly scramble . |
| 16 | Her lips felt swollen from his kiss , her body shuddering as she felt his hand , pressed tensely against her spine , hesitate for a moment and then , as if he could not stop himself , slide around caressingly over her slender body and up to the full swell of her breast . |
| 17 | We may accept lower terms than we want for a job or a project , and in undervaluing ourselves we become less powerful in the eyes of others . |
| 18 | Building for fun Eurodisney is the spearhead of a movement that aims to turn architecture into a branch of show-business . |
| 19 | I was sep separate and apart from that , they would have to have a operating room and a dispensary there , you see that 's what they would have to have , I mean , if there gon na have P D S A premises , this is what you 've got to have , cos very often the animal has to be put under and all sorts of things , you know what I mean , it would n't be just an office with say like a physician and a tenants , it would be a case of a , a surgery and things in that nature which would be required by , er quite a number of animals . |
| 20 | She gives a brief , cut-off little cry like a chirp as she comes , and sinks her teeth into my shoulder . |
| 21 | I sleep like a log and never get indigestion . |
| 22 | ‘ My headmaster always used to say : ‘ Never sleep with a woman unless you 're prepared to marry her ! ' ’ |
| 23 | When it 's all over around 2am , the crew celebrate with a drink or five upstairs , and Michaela tells us she 's just signed a record deal with London Records . |
| 24 | The man who came to tie himself in chains , slip into a sack and magically — with much heaving and groaning — set himself free , had attracted the usual audience of young children . |
| 25 | Presumably , this is what moths are doing when they fly into a candle and are burnt to death . |
| 26 | At the outer rim of awareness , the known and declared nationalists fade into a host that have still to declare themselves . |
| 27 | ‘ Oh , reasonably , ’ I say with a smile and turn back to my work . |
| 28 | The Geste brothers are stereotypes and may be laughed at with impunity : but Charles Wogan , as A. E. W. Mason saw him in Clementina , and the ingenuous John Ridd , self-revealing narrator of Lorna Doone , exemplify the intricacies of love and honour in a way that transcends period and social niceties . |
| 29 | Place the grated orange rind , cheese and yogurt in a bowl and beat together . |
| 30 | The ordinary hyphen is used between words that are hyphenated wherever they appear in a line and when those words would be split by a line-ending at the hyphen-point : eg well-known , time-consuming , up-to-date . |