Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] a [noun sg] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is a case in which we distinguish between a person 's body as it appears to that person , and as it appears to others . |
| 2 | Yeah , course I mean as a bat er pitched a bat on this is a beau a beauty but are there are rough spots which you 've helping the slow left arm , or help any spinner . |
| 3 | ‘ Cool as a nun 's kiss . |
| 4 | limp as a lobster 's claw , |
| 5 | The normal price for any given daily supply of fish , which we are now seeking , is the price which will quickly call into the fishing trade capital and labour enough to obtain that supply in a day 's fishing of average good fortune ; the influence which the price of fish will have upon capital and labour available in the fishing trade being governed by rather narrow causes such as these . |
| 6 | Club promotion reflects the importance of dance clubs and the contribution they make towards a record 's popularity . |
| 7 | In Britain we often listen for a person 's accent . |
| 8 | In developing work in the classroom one 's own expectations and experiences often interfere with a child 's progress and it is important to be aware of this and exercise self control . |
| 9 | Environmental uncertainties for a corporation are so numerous as to defy classification , but none the less , there are five important sources of problems which potentially interfere with a corporation 's ability to achieve its goal(s) easily without bending , evading , or breaking legal regulations . |
| 10 | His Pilgrim 's Progress was by far the most popular book in the cottages of the poor , and in Apollyon he had conjured up a monster fit for any fable : scaled , bear-footed , dragon-winged and breathing fire and smoke from a lion 's mouth . |
| 11 | If parents do not care and praise and listen to a child 's reading , schoolteachers ca n't easily make them literate . |
| 12 | I think you said you put on a display erm did n't you ? |
| 13 | Melodic characteristics depend on a composer 's idiom , and in turn are chief elements in the formation of that idiom . |
| 14 | Reactions to stress to some extent depend on a child 's age . |
| 15 | Also , certain pleasant and useful skills — cycling or swimming , playing a musical instrument or dribbling a football — depend on a parent 's willingness to provide the equipment or access to the location , and if necessary find a suitable teacher . |
| 16 | ‘ You mean like a soldier 's salute , sir ? ’ |
| 17 | It seemed as if the phone itself was in paroxysm , all squawk and splat like a cabby 's radio . |
| 18 | In reply to BS Berlyn 's letter in the December issue of Credit Management where he complain about a creditor 's inability to enforce judgment against its debtor when a winding-up petition has been presented against that debtor , I can only say that he is ignoring one of the fundamental concepts of English insolvency law , that all creditors should be treated equally when their debtor becomes insolvent . |
| 19 | ‘ Dumb , face like a monkey 's bum … ’ |
| 20 | The train ambled out of the flat New Jersey landscape where the towns had a shapless unrooted look like a child 's motel village that must be cleared away by suppertime . |
| 21 | This is set in the hillside below the actual Dentelles — a line of rock blades which run like a dragon 's spine along the top of the hill above the wine village of Gigondas , near Carpentras . |
| 22 | Let a wee thought just peep in a man 's mind at dawn on the Mull of Oa and it 's all the gossip at the Butt of Lewis by noon . |
| 23 | We accept without a second 's thought that we can open our eyes and observe everything around us , picking out the slightest movement . |
| 24 | It is questionable , however , whether the provisions actually add to a victim 's opportunity for compensation and it has been argued that the procedure differs little from that required for any civil action except that the funds are preserved . |
| 25 | The value of the heavy minerals is in the information they give on a sediment 's provenance , although their dissolution during diagenesis may result in modification to the original assemblage ( Morton , 1985b ) . |
| 26 | A CHELMSFORD student spent a month in eastern Europe helping a former Iron Curtain country develop into a tourist 's mecca . |
| 27 | We know as a matter o that the roads wh when dualled the road when dualled , will have sufficient c capacity . |
| 28 | ‘ That 's a bargain when you consider how much protection you get for a building 's contents alone , ’ says Kelly . |
| 29 | Life cycle analysis is a cradle-to-grave study of the materials and energy used and release during a product 's lifetime — including its production , use , transport and disposal . |
| 30 | Coetzee understands both related forms : ‘ You get into a person 's private life , inside his inside . |