Example sentences of "[vb -s] [verb] a [noun] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indian English has developed a syntax and vocabulary of its own : the Bombayite who wants to be sure that ‘ You live in Colaba , do n't you ? ’ is likelier to ask , ‘ You are staying Colaba-side , is n't it ? ’ |
| 2 | To understand the importance of mobility , just think of someone who has broken a leg and has had to endure a plaster cast for several weeks . |
| 3 | To understand the importance of mobility , just think of someone who has broken a leg and has had to endure a plaster cast for several weeks . |
| 4 | Perhaps it 's enough to be Scarlet , who has to see a therapist and dreams only of early retirement and death . |
| 5 | The researcher has to remain an objective and outside recorder of events at the same time as being closely involved with the people and events that are being studied . |
| 6 | If a person wants to wear a wig and erm you know you should feel comfortable with or without a wig , does n't really matter does it ? |
| 7 | In addition , being termed ‘ skilled ’ often simply means that the worker is carrying out a job traditionally performed by someone who has undertaken an apprenticeship and is therefore a craft worker by training . |
| 8 | ‘ Apart from the coaches we are taking , the club has chartered a plane and then there will be those making their own way in private or hired cars , mini-buses and vans , ’ said Dave . |
| 9 | If a child has committed an offence and the parents are not providing adequate care , protection and guidance , or the offence indicates the child is beyond parental control , then they can be brought before the court as in need of care , protection and control . |
| 10 | It does n't have to be followed slavishly , which can happen when a man wants to impose a schedule and organise it as formally as he has organised his work . |
| 11 | Labour has to find a defence and foreign policy that rejects the Conservatives ' Great Power illusions . |
| 12 | Nowadays the holding of dances , raffles , and pub talks along with the fixture has pushed up the sums enormously , although if inflation and house prices are taken into account even £50,000 or over is hardly a fortune for a man who has to find a job and keep a family . |
| 13 | The ESF wants to find a home and a new sponsor for this activity . |
| 14 | But remember this , in our own secret service every man who joins undergoes an identity and name change as a matter of course . |
| 15 | Hawick 's hooker and captain Jim Hay , a former B cap , has torn a hamstring and will miss his club 's match this weekend with relegation threatened Heriot 's at Mansfield Park . |
| 16 | Denton , Texas-based Scott Instruments Corp has won a development and distribution agreement with Silicon Graphics Inc for its speech recognition systems for workstations but terms were n't disclosed : speech-aware Silicon Graphics workstations , expected to be available in the second half of the year , will respond to spoken commands . |
| 17 | She has now been a ticket collector for more than 15 years and has won a radio and a newspaper award for her personality and popularity with passengers . |
| 18 | Lord Dervaird , has won an apology and undisclosed damages over allegations in the Sun newspaper that he resigned and fled to Cyprus in the wake of an alleged gay legal ring scandal . |
| 19 | Lord Dervaird , has won an apology and undisclosed damages over allegations in the Sun newspaper that he resigned and fled to Cyprus in the wake of an alleged gay legal ring scandal . |
| 20 | Even when she has selected a place and a time , the female cuckoo has still got the problem of introducing her egg into the host 's nest in such a way that it wo n't be rejected . |
| 21 | The doctor will want to know if the sexual partner has any symptoms and in particular whether he , too , has attended a clinic and , if so , what the diagnosis was and whether any treatment was given . |
| 22 | While such machines are still a long way from being able to beat the American champion ( there are about 700 Masters in the US ) , it is clear that the period from 1977 to the present has seen a degree and pace of progress in machine chess that is very different in kind from what went on between 1957 and 1976 . |
| 23 | Quite different from any other Spitfire pilot 's story , this ex-41 Sqn pilot has written a racey and humorous account of his 1940–45 experiences — which has also illustrated with his own skilfully drawn cartoons . |
| 24 | You do , in practice , see a lot of advertisements which appear as if someone has written a strategy and then put it in the advertisement as it stood . |
| 25 | Once someone has accepted an offer and become a council tenant , local authority management policies come to be an important aspect of their lives . |
| 26 | This gentleman has said a mouthful and God bless his soul . |
| 27 | Using contrary approaches — by examining the work of popularisers such as T. H. Huxley and John Tyndall , and by looking beyond the superficial , anti-scientific statements of imaginative writers — she has revealed an intellectual and emotional agreement far closer than we have been led to believe . |
| 28 | The lads arrive at the local nick to find their Houdini pa has done a bunk and they wander about the country trying to locate him , pitching up in a one horse Long Island seaside town . |
| 29 | Each of the 22 years of the von Kuenheim rule BMW has made a profit and , 1974 fuel crisis year aside , has increased production . |
| 30 | To take some modern analogies , when a lion has made a kill and left the remains to the vultures , it is not likely or necessary to find a lion bone or tooth with the kill in order to identify the predator . |