Example sentences of "[vb base] [pron] [prep] [num] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 My own preference when using these elite units is to mass them in a body to provide the heaviest punch possible and then unleash them against one section of the enemy line with the hope that the breakthrough will start a general rout of the enemy force .
2 If you are prepared to live dangerously , you can take many of the techniques above and combine them in one image , or , you may even discover completely new applications for this superb medium .
3 Nobody want them at twenty pound ?
4 but some push button telephones send one as one pulse and two as two pulses
5 Yeah , you say it after one go and you go up to the next go do n't you ?
6 Then split the cards face down into three different piles and take a card from the middle pile and place it on one side of the outside piles .
7 Put nothing to one side — God will put to one side for you ! ’
8 ‘ Yes , I put them on one side for you .
9 and put them on one side .
10 ‘ We goin' take these politician' , leetle dog , an' we goin' put them in one beeg hole so they don' come back .
11 Superstars at the top earn large sums of money from endorsements , public appearances and sponsorship in addition to their prize money , while thousands more exploit them in one way or another .
12 That 's another thing you see that that that today you had a a tin ladle and it ever the ladle sort of leaked or developed a hole in ti you did n't discard it and throw it away , you used to go and buy what was called a , which was two little tin washers with a little bit of , I ca n't remember if it was f a fabric or or rubber , two pieces and you put one on one side and one the other and then a little screw and bolt went through , nut and bolt went through it and tightened it up and that stopped your leak , and that ladle then lasted a lot more a lot longer time .
13 ‘ As soon as I realised Princess Diana was in trouble I put everything to one side , ’ she says .
14 But even if we 're not involved directly , I mean are you saying then that we perhaps put it to one side , it 's happening somewhere else ?
15 Put it on one side , lad .
16 The tent-pole bag was torn , so I put it on one side with the sewing kit .
17 I think she should mentally wrap him in a parcel , tie it tight with string and put it on one side for the moment .
18 Well he 's only put it on one side .
19 Just put it on one side .
20 So , it 's the difference between audiences : if you put it into one context it 's bad art , you put it into another context , it 's brilliant information .
21 Which is what I meant to erm tt get on to Chris from the press office B B C Well I 'll give him a bell and just organize it for one day .
22 For example , an investor could buy a ten-year bond , hold it for one year and receive the coupon , and then sell it for the current price of a nine-year bond with the same coupon .
23 Suppose also that an investor intends to buy the share , hold it for one year and then sell it at the end of the year .
24 if you hold it in one hand .
25 If a fond mum sends you back after a weekend at home with your favourite fruit cake , do you keep it in a tin under the bed and eat it secretly , or demolish it at one swoop by sharing it with others ?
26 Those of geometer moths are coloured and patterned to look like twigs and when they hold themselves with one end in the air at exactly the same angle to a stem as other twigs springing from it , they are virtually impossible to detect .
27 A mitigating circumstance is the fact that few library users restrict themselves to one source alone for obtaining books .
28 Restrict yourself to one news bulletin a day , or avoid the news and newspapers altogether .
29 Grazing and benthic feeding carnivores will take live foods from the aquarium bottom and many are partial to freshly-broken clean live shellfish in their shells , if you anchor them to one spot .
30 used to take them down , run them in one gate , and next day you go a bit further on .
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