Example sentences of "[verb] a [noun sg] be [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you ask me she did n't give a monkey 's about the shopping complex or the money . |
| 2 | But to be made a deacon was for the first time to profess before a multitude that the soul undertook the cause of God in a special ministry , and for the first time to feel sent to an apostolic work . |
| 3 | That evening , having explained that the best place to enjoy a peach was in the bath , Adam fed one slowly to Miranda . |
| 4 | A right to use a lift is in the nature of an easement . |
| 5 | After the price of Dixons shares staged a strong rise on Tuesday , Kingfisher felt obliged to broadcast a statement to the Stock Exchange first thing yesterday morning saying a bid was in the offing . |
| 6 | TIME MEASUREMENTS ARE BEST USED WHERE FAILURE TO MATCH A DEADLINE IS AT THE ROOT OF A PB . |
| 7 | Although ministers have suspended moves to reduce subsidies until May , many dentists in the North-East say they still believe a reduction is on the cards . |
| 8 | Some City analysts believe a flotation is on the cards but not just yet . |
| 9 | And she 's had rats under that shed it ai n't that long ago she said , she said she had them so I mean I ca n't see anybody with an ounce of common sense letting a chicken being on the ground , ground |
| 10 | Stare me straight in the teeth And I 'm sure you 'll agree I 've got a high class pedigree I do n't gie' a monkey 's for the world and its wife It 's a dog 's life ! |
| 11 | The method of creating a bill is for the customer to arrange an acceptance credit facility with his bankers . |
| 12 | The season had been a hard slog and he felt a break was in the player 's interests . |
| 13 | One useful refinement in arresting a slip is for the leader to have a hand loop tied in the rope with an overhand knot . |
| 14 | When we were moving or when he thought a search was in the offing he 'd hide it in his underpants . |
| 15 | Very few local authorities responded to these recommendations and of those that did a number are in the process of returning to the five to eleven pattern . |
| 16 | The only way to develop a prototype is for the analyst to get inside the head of the user and , thinking like a user , decide what sort of system is required . |
| 17 | Despite this framework , Parliament can not be taken to have intended that making a demand was within the scope of the prohibition on commencing actions . |
| 18 | Equal numbers have congratulated the ad agency for reviving memories of the thrill of discovering a baby is on the way . |
| 19 | Is it because we will point out that the consultants , general practitioners , radiographers , physiotherapists , occupational therapists , the Ayrshire local health council , all four district councils and the four Members of Parliament who bothered to make a submission were against the proposal to opt out — that all those 200 submissions were against it ? |
| 20 | Phil 's 52-year-old wife Barbara , who runs a florist 's in the town , said : ‘ He was much too ill to speak to us . |