Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] a [noun] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The families sit through a trial and feel short-changed by the sentence handed down . ’ |
| 2 | For , ‘ trust between a company and its external auditors is very important and interposing another committee between them will only make the relationship fraught ’ . |
| 3 | Simmer for a minute or until the sauce has a creamy consistency . |
| 4 | You mean as a newsreader or a a presenter of programme |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Too heavy And then there 's Vera and Jack Duckworth their barmy battles always make for a Punch and Judy-styled double act . |
| 8 | One reason for this is that , unlike lions , which hunt as a pride and can therefore support each other , all tigers are loners . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Cook for a minute or two until it begins to set , then stir gently to lightly scramble . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | I sleep like a log and never get indigestion . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Presumably , this is what moths are doing when they fly into a candle and are burnt to death . |
| 18 | ‘ Oh , reasonably , ’ I say with a smile and turn back to my work . |
| 19 | Place the grated orange rind , cheese and yogurt in a bowl and beat together . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | In general , serial ports are where you plug in a mouse or a modem , and you attach your printer to a parallel port . |
| 22 | Yes , wind them round and this should , should generate a charge which rang bells and sounded bells and then er you lift up a telephone and plug in a jack and , and take a message in that way . |
| 23 | A high pitched shriek or cry in a tossing or stuporose child . |
| 24 | Think how often , say in a meeting or discussion , you have a point of view that you want to persuade other people to agree with or adopt . |
| 25 | Drain the leeks and place in a liquidiser or food processor with the green chillis and the brine . |
| 26 | Cool the chicken stock , then place in a blender or food processor with the flesh of the avocados , half the green chillis and a little salt and pepper . |
| 27 | Process in a blender or processor until smooth ; then rub the soup through a sieve to remove the pea skins . |
| 28 | In the first place , by 1986 , teachers and other educational staff had seen the purchasing power of their salaries slip to a half or a third of their 1980 value . |
| 29 | I dare say someone could cross a road with the best of intentions — to help an old lady perhaps , or to look at a fruit-shop — then slip on a banana-skin and cause a perfectly horrible accident . |
| 30 | Whether the words are printed , typed or handwritten ; whether they appear on a screen or on different types and qualities of paper ; whether a ‘ text ’ occurs as a separate item , as part of an academic journal , or in a book or an encyclopaedia ; how the page is laid out , the extent to which it is broken up by illustrations , headings , and the use of different typefaces . |