Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [pers pn] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | acid and a base and we get salt and water , try alkali and a base you get salt and water so they 're very similar reaction , the base and the acid and the alkali and the acid . |
| 2 | The economist John Maynard Keynes advocated just such an approach in the Thirties , arguing that during a recession it made sense because there were idle resources available . |
| 3 | With a stick he flicks paint on to it from a can . |
| 4 | If you want me to read you a story I turn Play Bus off . |
| 5 | ‘ When she wants a change she drives south to Minsmere Nature Reserve , a very lonely spot at night . ’ |
| 6 | There is also a fear he has hamstring trouble . |
| 7 | At least by leading a club he gave declarer a choice . |
| 8 | As a result they lose contact with everybody — with their employees , their customers and their suppliers too . |
| 9 | As a result it shows evidence of a score of repairs , some of them very extensive . |
| 10 | I think it 's fair to say he 's the first one to acknowledge that but he did win the gold medal and as a result he became yachtsman of the year and at a time when there is very a much heightened interest in the problems of disabled and people with visual impairment it was a real boost for sailors who have those problems that we did so well during the year . |
| 11 | As a result he contracted encephalitis , an inflammation of the brain . |
| 12 | It sold out quickly and after a repressing it reached number four in the independent chart published in Melody Maker . |
| 13 | When first setting up a fence it takes time to adjust the three wires at the tackle end so that they are under equal tension ( the far end having already been secured to a strong chain link , which in turn is fastened to its anchorage ) . |
| 14 | As far as property damage is concerned , the provisions are really aimed at the consumer market , so , if you buy a home computer as a Christmas present for your uncle and because of a fault it catches fire and causes £1,500 of damage to his house , then your uncle will have a claim under the 1987 Act against the manufacturer of the computer for the damage to the house and furniture . |
| 15 | As a Trainer she brought enthusiasm and inspiration to the courses held there , and with boundless energy she taught at courses and rallies all over the country . |
| 16 | To return them he , too , moved , and he was now above her , and for a second she felt fear again , only for him to murmur into her neck , ‘ Do n't be frightened , McAllister , I wo n't hurt you , ’ and he began to kiss her throat , exposed above the white blouse she was wearing , while his right hand stroked her breast through its cloth . |
| 17 | Turning , he looked , and in a second she had hold of his collar . |
| 18 | The governor 's white-gloved hand froze in mid-flourish and for a second he stared horror-struck at the chattering animal . |
| 19 | Suppose it has never been decided whether people who accept a check they have reason to believe is forged can nevertheless collect on it . |
| 20 | To form judgements about a child we need evidence . |
| 21 | It 's a pity you 've money , you 'd be a deal better off if you 'd a living to earn , teaching or nursing . ’ |
| 22 | Maxim thought briefly about a pun on Ray Nance , then just smiled into his beer : in a pub he felt duty bound to drink beer , although it certainly was n't English ( ‘ With all those lovely vitamins floating around in it , damn it , you can see them , ’ as a fellow officer newly back from the USA had put it ) . |
| 23 | In a panic I phoned tom to ask if he could come home early as I wanted to discuss Peter with him before the boy got home . |
| 24 | I 'd got through to a girl I said extension two three six and then oh and the feller said er |
| 25 | When I was a girl I discovered sex ! |
| 26 | When the carousel eventually slowed to a halt she had difficulty persuading Belinda to get off the horse 's back . |
| 27 | ‘ A vehicle he lost control of , which ran into a bus queue , killing a six-year-old girl in the process . |
| 28 | Oh it worked all right , there was very little manure used when I was a boy you used ware . |
| 29 | Halfway through a session she invites husband and wife to change chairs and pretend to be each other . |
| 30 | With that , with that expression and like when a cat you go puss puss puss to a cat |