Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] [adv prt] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After orientation , the end-user should : Want to carry out an online information search , either alone , or with the help of an intermediary . |
| 2 | If the leaders of Anti-Racist Alliance want to build up an effective anti-racist movement , they should desist from the kind of stupid sectarianism that I witnessed at the recent March for Justice in the London borough of Newham . |
| 3 | Thinking about going abroad or just want to take up an exciting new pastime ? |
| 4 | Rovers stand to pick up an extra £25,000 if their former player makes the Great Britain side . |
| 5 | You seem to take up an awful lot of energy and time . |
| 6 | Sub-headings seem to take up an inordinate amount of space ; do we really need separate headings for ‘ What is Tincture of Benzoin ’ , ‘ How to use Tincture of Benzoin ’ , ‘ How to carry Tincture of Benzoin ’ , and ‘ Where to buy Tincture of Benzoin ’ ? |
| 7 | Why then attempt to patch up an old overall as if one were repairing a sumptuous evening dress ? |
| 8 | After the gig , we mooch around the band 's dressing room and try to give off an inconspicuous vibe ( a hard one , since we 're the only ones that are n't stoned out of our gourds and do n't have accents that can hack their way through huge mountain ranges ) . |
| 9 | Although they aim to carve out an inviolable space for individualist explanation , the boundaries of this area remain unspecified ; some human behaviour , it is allowed , requires a holistic approach ; but when does individualism give way to holism and vice versa ? |
| 10 | His prayers are like the noise you make to drown out an insupportable thought . |
| 11 | There are forces at work within the limits of the urban community — within the limits of any natural area of human habitation , in fact — which tend to bring about an orderly and typical grouping of its population and institutions . |
| 12 | Maybe you need to track down an old kitchen manufacturer , or perhaps you 've just signed a contract to get rid of a high-pressure salesman , and are worried because there does n't appear to be a get-out clause . |
| 13 | The difference there is instead of the cheque and the banker 's order you have to pick up an official order from the BUPA hospital . |
| 14 | The the thing is Yeah , I mean anything Rather than travelling , telephone , because you have to run up an awful lot of telephone calls before it 's worth driving over and doing it |
| 15 | More controversially perhaps , they claim that neither plastic media nor foam offer the right type of home for bacteria — that on plastic media , in fact , they have to build up an adhesive slime which is self clogging to the media and self-destructive to the bacteria . |