Example sentences of "[vb infin] a [noun sg] [prep] a " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Mrs Bauwens will seek a retrial of a case that cost £250,000 over seven dramatic days at the High Court . |
| 2 | The bar of the Skein of Geese was the kind of drinking establishment Harry detested : fiddly little bowls of cashew nuts and olives littering every surface ; an effeminate barman who looked as if he would not know a handpump from a cocktail umbrella ; lighting so subdued a fellow could not see to count his change ; and a tape of Glenn Miller standards that made him positively nostalgic for the reception area 's bastardized Vivaldi . |
| 3 | I do n't know a bottle from a safety-pin . " |
| 4 | I do n't know a tup from a gimmer . |
| 5 | They 're for folks down South , who do n't know a lathe from a loom . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ With a mother who is n't too strong and two great hulking brothers who do n't know a saucepan from a frying-pan , I 've had plenty of experience , ’ she told him . |
| 7 | Longuet did say that SGS-Thomson would need a link with an industrial partner to satisfy its long-term technical needs . |
| 8 | Longuet did say that SGS-Thomson would need a link with an industrial partner to satisfy its long-term technical needs . |
| 9 | To start with , you 'll need a cutting from a healthy , fully grown plant . |
| 10 | The si it 's all round the sides you do n't really need a top on a tank , it 's just the sides you want . |
| 11 | ‘ She 'll need a bit of a rest . |
| 12 | So do you think that erm when this law was erm pushed through in nineteen forty seven that er perhaps Mao you know well I think there 's been a bit of excess now , I think we 'll do some we just need , we just need a bit of a rush now just to take us through a bit and then we 'll stop it in a few months time . |
| 13 | Moreover , an older lady should need a companion for a much longer period than a girl on the catch for a husband . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , ye said yourself that thae new Suggs Lamps do n't need a mannie with a tinder pole . ’ |
| 15 | Well then he rung up few weeks ago and he said to June , we 'll need a car for a week . |
| 16 | Sh she 'll need a hell of a lot of ! |
| 17 | This letter outlines how we may assist a client with an acquisition search in the UK . |
| 18 | This example letter outlines how we may assist a client with an acquisition from overseas , involving acquisition search , targeting , approach and completion . |
| 19 | This example letter outlines how we may assist a client with an acquisition , involving acquisition search , targeting , approach and completion , ie a full deal management service . |
| 20 | Such , shu shut up money arrangements are never openly discussed , but the financial arrangements within the Duke and Duchess will include a contract with a silent clause . |
| 21 | A reference by the Director may include a proposal for a ministerial order dealing with the consumer trade practice , section 17 . |
| 22 | It now offers charting by way of Microsoft Graph and you can include a chart on a slide as you would any other graphics object . |
| 23 | Once things are more advanced , I might hope you could include a leaflet in a future mailing . |
| 24 | There is talk that Ziff Davis ' PC Magazine will include a review of a Compaq Pentium system on March 1 . |
| 25 | The search for a synthesis had angered supporters of the Shatalin plan , Yeltsin on Sept. 1 dismissing it as trying to " mate a hedgehog with a snake " , and adding his voice to the growing public clamour for Ryzhkov and his government to resign . |
| 26 | Yet Labour can not hope to control any debate at Westminster from which Scottish MPs are excluded , even if it should win a majority at a future election . |
| 27 | ‘ In what kind of a game do you win a death as a prize ? |
| 28 | The biotechnology companies would then directly buy a licence for a particular technique rather than negotiating with individual universities . |
| 29 | That way , you could buy a computer with a standard minimum memory ( with allowances for disk compression and other essential TSRs ) safe in the knowledge that all MS-DOS software would work within the memory confines of your machine . |
| 30 | you can buy a car without a ‘ cat ’ , but it costs more . |