Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pat Nevin 's signing has given them balance with a two wingers system that is committed to attacking . |
| 2 | The music of Throwing Muses has inhabited my flesh like a cold flame these past six months . |
| 3 | I was given my pre-op by a ‘ bank nurse ’ . |
| 4 | Having failed to obtain one means I 've forgotten my status as a foreigner in Europe , Latin American , undesirable . |
| 5 | At the end of April I had almost forgotten my prediction for a release when Bilal and his partner , for whom we had no other name than Frank 's ‘ Jerk ’ , excitedly started spring-cleaning both the apartment and us . |
| 6 | I would have trusted my male with a female by themselves in a 24″ : tank , something I would never dare with the rock-dwellers ! |
| 7 | As to judicial lawmaking , the practice of prospective overruling has attracted my attention as a hard case for those theories of judicial process which involve a strong commitment to coherence , consistency and institutional fit . |
| 8 | Anna had dropped her voice to a whisper . |
| 9 | It was due to become effective following its formal ratification by North Korea , which had signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty in 1985 , but had not previously discharged its obligation as a signatory to negotiate and sign a safeguards agreement which would allow international inspection . |
| 10 | the European Rampage Again Tour paraded their machismo before a frenzied audience at Wembley Arena earlier this week |
| 11 | The development programme for the aircraft will provide the broad range of capabilities which was asked for by all four nations originally and er the fact that one or more nations may have deleted its requirement for a particular facility does n't remove the need for us to complete the development work er because we still have at least one or two customers for that facility . |
| 12 | Labour has successfully shed its image of a party of sandal-wearing social workers from the 1960s . |
| 13 | ( They will already have curled their lip at a book such as this and moved on . ) |
| 14 | Western , who on Saturday clinched the Torrie Stockbrokers National Premier Outdoor League title for the 11th consecutive year , booked their place with a 2-0 victory over injury-hit Hyndland at Peffermill , where Susan Fraser and Linda Chirrie got the goals . |
| 15 | On July 16 Baker confirmed that Syria had dropped its insistence on a significant role for the UN at the conference and was prepared to settle for a UN observer . |
| 16 | Clearly they all function with the agreement of their management committees and funders , and within NACAB membership conditions , In fact NACAB has democratically voted its support for a broadening of roles , by reiterating in the new membership regulations the responsibility of the management committee for ensuring that bureau workers are trained in social policy work , and that they see it as a natural complement to bureau work when dealing with individual clients . |
| 17 | Polypropylene has earned its place as a large volume high growth polymer [ 11 per cent per annum compound for the past give years ] because of its attractive balance of properties , its ability to be processed by a wide variety of techniques , and its competitive economics and cost effectiveness . |
| 18 | FORMER England captain Terry Butcher has won his fight for a football future at Sunderland . |
| 19 | I thought it only civil to break the ice with this boy of hitherto laggardly intelligence who had somehow scrambled his way to a temporary plateau of scholastic proximity . |
| 20 | The incident with Nigger had honed his mind to a razor edge . |
| 21 | In any case , Allison , who discovered the joys of off-licence products and credit card abuse before Norman Lamont was knee high to the Mace , has spilled most of the gravy that has come his way in a life that has brought a different kind of riches . |
| 22 | Running in some ritual or phase of a game — for they did n't spend every minute of each day crawling and peering and prodding the ground — he had caught his foot in a root and fallen headlong . |
| 23 | A person who has parked his car on a road and left it unattended ca n't be said to be the driver of this offence . |
| 24 | He was fined five shillings because he had pursued his trade on a Sunday . |
| 25 | If you have owned your property for a number of years , it will probably be worth more than you paid for it . |
| 26 | If so , you 'll have probably booked your place in a hall of residence , your grant will arrive on the first day of term , you 'll be ready to enjoy Freshers ' Fair and soon settle down to studies in the library . |
| 27 | You have played chess all your life and I think that , in the same way , you have always approached your work as a player ? |
| 28 | The view from the Quai bridge will have whetted your appetite for a trip on the lake , and a visit to Zurich is not complete without at least one water-borne day out . |
| 29 | Breeze had heard her history from a certain Mrs Easton , wife of a poultry farmer in Clyst St George , and a gossip of the first order . |
| 30 | Phoebe , her body content and her mind rested , had heard her daughter without a flicker of guilt , or envy , simply with affection . |