Example sentences of "[vb past] [verb] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked to see a breakdown of the price quoted to me and found that I was being charged four times more than the normal retail price for curtain tape and hooks and was quoted for more material than I needed . |
| 2 | ‘ I got given a crate of this , it 's Château Margaux , by the small , fat and lecherous owner of one third of Singapore . |
| 3 | The High Court heard allegations that each doctor in turn failed to spot a deformity of the left hip . |
| 4 | In Court The following cases were dealt with by Leyburn magistrates : M Kettlewell ( Melmerby ) Ltd , of Station Depot , Melmerby , Ripon , admitted using a vehicle with tachograph equipment not complying with council regulations , fined £25 , £25 costs . |
| 5 | Graham Coates , 23 , of Hutton Road , Eston , Middlesbrough , admitted using a car without excise licence or test certificate and with a defective headlamp . |
| 6 | Elizabeth Ann Pritchard , 22 , of Bullamoor Road , Northallerton , admitted using a car without insurance , fined £100 plus £20 costs , licence endorsed , six points . |
| 7 | America , Canada , Britain and Sweden are all now expected to see a fall in economic output this year ; America 's GNP is forecast to shrink by 0.4% . |
| 8 | I looked out to sea , almost as though I expected to see a puff of smoke and a beast with a forked tail appear from the darkness . |
| 9 | ‘ I expected to see a lot of back play but have been surprised by the lack of it , ’ he said . |
| 10 | ‘ Now look , Connie me pet , it 's bleedin' cold in the parlour , ’ complained Archie , ‘ and , anyway , I got to see a bloke about a job . ’ |
| 11 | There 's no decent men in it and there 's no nudity of men it , even when he 's in it all you got to see of him was waist-high , you got to see a clips of his bum . |
| 12 | Once again this week you need to do the following in preparation for the " Grand Review " : review your weight loss record any reactions you experienced make a note of any foods you have discarded note the positive drinks or foods that you have discovered . |
| 13 | I expected to wait a while for a spawning , but within two weeks they surprised me . |
| 14 | But AMV failed to agree a price with WPP 's Martin Sorrell . |
| 15 | Lennie Lawrence , Middlesbrough 's manager , confirmed his interest at the weekend , saying he was prepared to take the matter to a transfer tribunal if he failed to agree a fee with Keegan . |
| 16 | In doing so , he failed to see a pothole in the driveway , fell off and was injured . |
| 17 | The plaintiff agreed to lease a property to Lunnis , who assigned this equitable lease by way of mortgage . |
| 18 | Er got to arrange a meeting at Pocklington cos she lives at York so we , I go through to Pocklington have a lunch and then return |
| 19 | The Six agreed to draft a treaty on these lines , but as a compromise de Gaulle was asked to accept that the Atlantic alliance with America should be safeguarded and that ‘ Community co-operation ’ on economic issues in the EEC should continue to be developed . |
| 20 | The purpose of the trials has been to obtain raw data which must be assembled and evaluated to provide a basis for comparison . |
| 21 | The Soviet government failed to provide a warning of the accident to European governments and when information was offered it was incomplete . |
| 22 | We also sought to provide a link for residents of Murieston to Livingston centre while the Murieston area is still developing , rather than wait for the completion of this housing area before taking action . |
| 23 | But the Crown Prosecution Service has dropped the case after four post mortems failed to establish a cause of death . |
| 24 | The announcement led to informal discussion between the Board 's officers , District representatives and the National WEA but failed to establish a basis for co-operation of provision in either county . |
| 25 | However , on the facts the plaintiff failed to establish a breach of such duty to take care and E. Lacon & Co. were held not to be liable to the plaintiff . |
| 26 | Even then they failed to catch a glimpse of the plane , it had been immediately engulfed in a fifty-foot-high curtain of water and spray . |
| 27 | The fourth book featured a scene in which a man planned to write a letter to his Father and Mother telling them of his new-found happiness , but he never could bring himself to write the letter . |
| 28 | He said he planned to write a book about the 1989 protests and that he had no plans to go overseas , as several other released political prisoners have done . |
| 29 | I filled a notebook with names and stories about the Revolution and planned to write a book in which all my favourites would appear . |
| 30 | But at other times , if we sought to impose a level of rates against strong market opposition . |