Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | You are still responsible for the SPR and should address the problem(s) listed or ask a user with SPR SSR CONTROLLER privilege to ‘ force ’ another user to accept it . |
| 3 | You have tried to either update a product which has already been registered or to register a product which has already been registered . |
| 4 | She herself had moved on swiftly , anxious not to be recognized or to seem a spy . |
| 5 | ‘ I have n't given or received a Christmas present for more than a dozen years , ’ said Dalziel . |
| 6 | The government disclosed and repudiated a project of the previous military regime to build a nuclear bomb and signed with Argentina a treaty of nuclear non-proliferation [ see p. 37914 ] . |
| 7 | Chen said in a message to employees that the Eau Claire , Wisconsin company had designed and tested a prototype of what would be the world 's fastest supercomputer , and industry executives familiar with the project separately told Reuter that the prototype appeared to be a viable machine with a solid architecture . |
| 8 | Steven Holmes , a pupil of Handsworth Grammar School in Birmingham , designed and painted a headboard which we carry on the front of the locomotive . |
| 9 | During 1909–1910 , Charles Fletcher , Works manager , designed and built a monoplane and a biplane . |
| 10 | It was six years ago she was approached and offered a job as casting director for a planned new soap opera … |
| 11 | The whole festival is heavily dependent on sponsorship and for the last five years it has successfully attracted and maintained a number of business sponsors both locally and nationally . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'm sorry you 're miffed because I do n't want to sell and I 'm sorry our views on the nuisance value of my workshop conflict , ’ Ashley said , ‘ but why do n't we wait until the villas are occupied and take a vote among the owners ? |
| 13 | It kept him occupied and brought a bit of money in , but not much , because fairs were going through a lean patch , too . |
| 14 | Debbie was unhurt and Gary was bruised and cut a finger . |
| 15 | The men it seems , were utterly overwhelmed by the need to be thus entreated and made a response so gallant , ( alas , unrecorded ) that the ladies in return ( on June 26th ) offered the ‘ Ladies ’ Cup ’ trophy ‘ in recognition of the kindnesses received ’ . |
| 16 | AN angry hippo has attacked and killed a woman in South Africa 's northern Transvaal province , after it smashed its way through an electric fence in the Mabelingwe nature reserve , police said yesterday . |
| 17 | For five days , the Baltic town of Rostock was under siege as several hundred hate-filled youths attacked and stoned a refugee hostel housing hundreds of Romanian and Vietnamese men , women and children . |
| 18 | ‘ He and a Ukrainian Nazi attacked and killed a woman during the Russian campaign . |
| 19 | The Germans have counter attacked and inflicted a hell of a lot of casualties on the Black Watch . ’ |
| 20 | The girl had grinned and taken a gulp of iced tea . |
| 21 | The project seems certain to have supplemented and accelerated a number of cross-curricular developments , not least by bringing departmental representatives together on the library committee and raising staff awareness of curricular innovation and pedagogical reforms . |
| 22 | Edward Hirst , whose 11-year-old son is undergoing treatment for leukaemia , said : ‘ Our message to the Government is ‘ Come and have a look at the work that is done here ’ . |
| 23 | Well your wife said there w Oh well you 'd better come and have a look , you see . |
| 24 | So erm you know , if you , if you er , do n't know what to say to your family to buy for Christmas , why not come and have a eyebrow trim and they can buy you a gift voucher for that ? |
| 25 | There were already colonies of maggots at work on the body , particularly , the Doctor noticed , on the stump of the right wrist , and on the hand which was severed and lay a couple of feet away . |
| 26 | After being discharged and spending a year at home he was again hospitalized because he spent his time listening to the radio rather than studying . |
| 27 | Following reinstatement Mr Dane has resigned and submitted a letter of resignation which has been accepted by the board , ’ it said . |
| 28 | The girls looked and saw a tree moving slowly downwards on the opposite side of the railway line ! |
| 29 | The poor were helped in their distress , the children educated and taught a trade , the godless tamed ; there was even a public library where the townsfolk could turn the globes to learn their geography , or contemplate the world beyond in the pages of John Calvin . |
| 30 | This consists of measuring or estimating financial factors such as cost or profit associated with the products being considered and drawing a histogram of money against product or element type . |