Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [verb] an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pick in brought an action against the Board , claiming that by virtue of s. 259 he was the owner of that land to mid-track . |
| 2 | The skulls of an elephant and of a man are different shapes , but this is not because the molecules which fit together to make an elephant 's skull are a different shape from those that make a human skull . |
| 3 | ‘ Better not to make an issue of it by my shifting , ’ Simon said . |
| 4 | ( ISS also proposed an increase in parental representation on governing bodies . ) |
| 5 | Vitali Googol actively cultivated an air of sophistication , aided in this by the premature age lines wrought in his visage due to long immersion in deep space and in the warp . |
| 6 | He 'll be there for the England match so keep an eye out for him ( for those who do n't know what he looks like he 's the spitting image of Eric Cantona — this is true , honest ) . |
| 7 | SOFFEX also launched an options contract on the Swiss Market Index ( SMI ) in 1988 which has proved to be highly successful and accounts for over half of the exchange 's annual turnover . |
| 8 | on date , venue , cost etc send an SAE to : Steffie Brown Group , C/o Hoxton Collective , 1 Arden House , Myrtle Walk , Pitfield Street , London N1 6QD . |
| 9 | APART FROM ‘ Heaven Knows I 'm Miserable Now ’ , this was the only Smiths or Morrissey newie or reissue not to receive an NME review . |
| 10 | The undersides link up to form an arch while the uppersides are cut to appear as pierced circles . |
| 11 | Syd also makes an appearance at the end of the ‘ Saucerful ’ CD on ‘ Jugband Blues ’ , a last gulp of creative oxygen before surrendering to the madness that would eventually engulf him . |
| 12 | Emergency external canopy release below resembles an office fire alarm . |
| 13 | CARICOM also signed an agreement allowing 1,300 products duty-free access to Venezuela ( which had CARICOM observer status ) by the close of 1996 . |
| 14 | Members present also considered an appeal against expulsion . |
| 15 | set out to provide an instrument to assess three dimensions of linguistic functioning : level of organisation , channel of communication and process ( See Figure 8.4 ) . |
| 16 | They set out to develop an empire and wage European wars at the same time , though their empire was unlike any of the others : it cost them money . |
| 17 | ‘ Having established that the larger skeleton was that of a female , I set about making an estimate of the subject 's age at the time of her death . |
| 18 | So the mandarins set about finding an alternative . |
| 19 | Do n't get side-tracked too far , but on the other hand , follow any interesting lead , note down comments on usage of a word , and know when to stop an investigation that is not fruitful or makes you confused . |
| 20 | Despite such curbs on his social life , Haslam rarely spends an evening at home during the week . |
| 21 | Since your fund is initially penniless , if you cash it in during this period ( if you decide not to have an endowment mortgage any more ) you will get little or no return for your investment . |
| 22 | I ca n't stand to see people being cruel to animals it absolutely appals me , it does really , I feel like to take an axe to them |
| 23 | ring up make an appointment for Dr . |
| 24 | He adds , " To help people in treating their problems may mean even to help them define their problem and select a strategy at stages where so far they are left alone by formalized services which require as a starting point a rather late stage of the process where the person in the need state consciously takes an action . " |
| 25 | I find it incredible that you reprint without comment an item on compulsory AIDS testing in Cuba ( Briefly NI 198 ) . |
| 26 | We live so isolated an existence here that to me it seems quite odd . |
| 27 | Although colleges do not award an NVQ themselves , they still have a major role to play in providing the means whereby trainees can gain competence and be assessed in their job . |
| 28 | If cells from the region of the early embryo that will normally give rise to the eye are grafted into the region that will form the gut the cells do not form an eye any more but just part of the gut . |
| 29 | Such bodies recognise that there are very few listed companies whose financial statements do not involve an Institute member either as preparer or auditor . |
| 30 | We may inquire at this point whether non-cooperation and civil disobedience do not involve an element of coercion . |