Example sentences of "and [verb] a [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like some other promising sportsmen who believe their intellectual powers were not sufficiently energized at school , he went to college , abandoned his sports career and became a solicitor 's accountant . |
| 2 | Energetic and many-sided , Hunt edited or sub-edited several popular magazines and journals , including the Quiver ( 1865–1905 ) and Cassell 's Magazine ( 1874–96 ) , besides founding and editing a children 's paper , Little Folks , until 1876 . |
| 3 | When Pierce abandons his band to pluck at his acoustic and wail a Son House/Charlie Patton song like ‘ Pony Blues ’ or Robert Wilkins ' ‘ Alabama Blues ’ , it is hard to tell his performance from the original . |
| 4 | Go to the library and read a year 's worth of back copies of the local newspapers , that should tell you what you need to know . |
| 5 | When my holiday had the goodness to be over , I stood on the usual rush-hour bus and read a schoolboy 's comic strips over his shoulder . |
| 6 | so , if you normally work a five day week and lose a day 's work you will not get UB for that day because you are not unemployed for 3 days of the social welfare week . |
| 7 | Liz knows all the common tricks , including poachers ' macs , parcels with false bottoms and using a store 's own carrier bag , and ensures that her detectives are fully aware of what to look out for ’ It 's a question of common sense and instinct . |
| 8 | Secondly , I do not think it does a college principal any harm to operate in a different framework , see how others organise themselves and bring a principal 's view to bear upon validation exercises — and possibly upon SCOTVEC itself ! |
| 9 | they had bought the house , erm in erm North Uphall , a big mansion like , you know , and er , he had the business in the , he built the business in the stables , there was like the stables so he renovated and got it , it out and renovated and made a business er engineering business , er , oh , hatch , like with the house and they only paid er seventy eight thousand when they bought it and then when they 've sold it they 've got about three hundred and eighty thousand for that and he er , hire , hired now the , you know these units |
| 10 | SIR — At last I have achieved a life-long ambition and made a citizen 's arrest . |
| 11 | Dean , better known for his own brushes with the law in the Channel 4 show , chased the thugs and made a citizen 's arrest when they smashed the picture 's glass frame at a private viewing . |
| 12 | Oral sex — Cunnilingus ( kissing , licking and sucking a woman 's clitoris and vulva ) is risky during a woman 's period if the active partner has mouth sores or sore/bleeding gums . |
| 13 | I think I can count on the fingers of one hand the men I know who were desperate to experience fatherhood and regarded a woman 's desire for children as paramount when it came to choosing a partner . |
| 14 | She led a battle to keep local nursery schools open ( and won ) , campaigned for a skateboarding bowl for neighbourhood children ( now up for a community award ) and produced a Parents ' Guide to Oxford Pubs . |
| 15 | Since reduced pressure also slows the metabolic rate , it too should slow and lengthen a creature 's biological career . |
| 16 | I think you 've been a lot more conscientious and got a lot er , potentially a lot more out of it . |
| 17 | He is a botany graduate and has a Master 's Degree in Forestry . |
| 18 | The cDNA insert consists of 1,739 nucleotides ( Fig. 3a ) and has a poly(A) + tail . |
| 19 | We th to rehearse a little bit of the debate we had last time on speed cameras , th there was erm discussion about who should fund the camera themselves because being a , the Department of Transport and Home Office recommendation , that they should be funded by the police , but because of Mr 's question at full Council and the wish of this committee to spend some of this additional money if you like , or in ninety three four for safety related measures , it was thought wise to combine the two and actually try and fund a trial er package of speed cameras cos it 's , it 's about six sites and one camera , from the ninety three four budget that we 've actually found . |
| 20 | See , the thing to do is go and buy a Smith 's Corona |
| 21 | We booted out the pews , the pulpit , the kneeling desks , had Burmese lacquer altar frontals , did away with the alms bags and their seasonal colours and used a monk 's begging bowl instead . |
| 22 | Fourth , education brings out and develops a person 's abilities . |
| 23 | The point of Yeo Davis was now clear : they were there to inform , inspire , and orchestrate a client 's efforts to get what he wanted , as efficiently as possible . |
| 24 | Likewise , a Christian pastoral counsellor might well be helping to nurture and direct a person 's relationship with God through the recognition and healing of blocked or problem areas . |
| 25 | From the last house , three hundred yards distant , a woman emerged , wearing an old blue raincoat and pushing a baby 's push-chair . |
| 26 | The remaining space was used for Music , Drama and Recital and incorporated a minstrel 's gallery , with ancillary rooms providing additional accommodation for Music and Recording . |
| 27 | But when your father has been murdered the day you make only the fourth televised maximum break , when you win your first major title and receive a hero 's reception on returning to your native land , even the prospect of meeting Hendry is going to cause no more than a flutter of the eyelid . |
| 28 | ‘ This bloke left a young girl for dead and ruined a family 's life . |
| 29 | We discovered that you now need £2 to get in and give a week 's notice for 300 pots . |
| 30 | He emigrated to the United States as a child and received a teacher 's certificate from Nebraska University in 1916 . |