Example sentences of "[vb base] a [noun] [verb] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mentioned culture briefly earlier on er I 'd like to define that a little bit better by saying we want a user sitting down in any part of the world to be able to use the product which we develop and feel that it is an accounting application developed for their world and their market place . |
| 2 | ‘ We want a plan formulated jointly by government , industry , research establishments and the academic community , which will prevent us all going off in different directions ’ , says , professor of aeronautics at the Cranfield Institute of Technology and chairman of the committee . |
| 3 | I attach a proposal drafted somewhat off the top of my head , which you may like to use to open discussions with the Navarra Ministry . |
| 4 | As it goes r you 've heard something sort of er say an ashtray going round on a hard surface . |
| 5 | If you want an actor to stay still for a while , you can elect to freeze the path ( Kev 's pause ) , or , alternatively , you can accelerate and decelerate . |
| 6 | SECURITY lapses at Frankfurt airport that let a hijacker walk on to a jet with a gun hidden under his hat will be tracked down , the German government pledged yesterday . |
| 7 | They are encouraged in this by the manufacturing companies , which scarcely let a year go by without introducing a ‘ new improved ’ joint replacement which offers hitherto undreamt of ( and unproved ) advantages over the older designs . |
| 8 | Near the end of the second count a fight broke out at the Zuwaya goal because the teller , the secretary to the local Assembly and technically above suspicion , but also Maghrabi and therefore watched very carefully , claimed to have recorded 900 votes . |
| 9 | Invite a member of the audience onto the stage or platform and show a rope tied together in a loop . |
| 10 | For imagine a person crying out with pain alone in the desert : is he using a language ? |
| 11 | Imagine a craft slipping in to one of those in excess of Mach 5 and it would fold up like a paper dart in a wind-tunnel . |
| 12 | ‘ And he dreamed , and behold a ladder set up on the earth , and the top of it reached to heaven : and behold the angels of God ascending and descending on it . ’ |
| 13 | GE Capital will buy 45 of GPA 's newest jets for $1.35 billion and receive an option to buy up to 80% of the company . |
| 14 | We unfortunately missed it , and returned by the longer forest road , although a small compensation is the view looking back of Stob Coire an Laoigh framed perfectly by the pines . |
| 15 | Just watch a Frenchwoman wiggle luxuriantly along the promenade and you see relaxed anticipation of a sensual beach banquet . |
| 16 | Both Ian Allan , chairman of AIR , and I have felt for some time that this division was not helpful to the railway movement and it was agreed at the ARPS Council meeting held on 25th April ( which I missed due to the pleasure of attending my secretary 's wedding ) and the AIR Board meeting two days later that we adopt a proposal put forward by David Madden , a member of ARPS Council and director of operations on the North Norfolk Railway , to set up a joint committee to handle affairs of mutual interest , which we agreed should be called in good railway tradition : ‘ The Railway Clearing House ’ . |
| 17 | Successful businesses are highly adaptable — they demonstrate an ability to change rapidly in response to market demands , client needs and public perceptions . |
| 18 | If we take the Prime Minister 's words at face value — that the Conserservative party will not raise the rate of VAT — does the hon. Gentleman recall an interview given recently by the Chief Secretary , when he was asked about extending coverage of VAT to transport fares ? |
| 19 | That comes automatically , together with iced water , before Peggy Sue begins interrogating you , and is replenished so often and so generously that you make a note to speak harshly to the next British rip-off artist who rushes you 80p for a niggardly Nescafe . |
| 20 | Yeah you 've got all the you know a condom dropped out of his pocket and everything |
| 21 | Erm , if you want to know how a advisers are paid , erm you know then I er would explain that under the terms and conditions of er 's business , we 're actually paid erm a salary by , and er I obviou obviously get er you know a car to get about in etcetera , but the , the , when we place business er the er commissions that we get , generate are paid to , they go down to head office in Bournemouth , they 're then used to give us our er our you know returns , advances and what have you . |
| 22 | Shortly after their third visit a fight broke out in the street . |
| 23 | For those who like a time check once in a while , it was now 9.30 hours to go and still counting down . |
| 24 | And you get a bit fed up of it , I mean , after all , unless you 're into sort of |
| 25 | I get a bit fed up with that . |
| 26 | We get a chap come down from Grimsby . |
| 27 | If , it appears , you tell a subject to watch out for a certain item in a series of random sights the subject will seldom be able to recall whatever immediately preceded the watched-for item . |
| 28 | I remember a man coming up to me at Sandhurst and looking at the back of my hair and saying , ‘ What regiment are you going into ? ’ and I said ‘ The Grenadiers , ’ and he said ‘ You appear to be growing your own bear skin . ’ |
| 29 | Regrettably , it also gave those ‘ Bog End ’ supporters present a chance to run loudly through their repertoire of football chants and sea shanties . |
| 30 | And , of course , they seek those features which make an estate stand out from the rest . |