Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While digesting my daily dose of Gulf wallpaper the other week , I chanced upon a Radio 4 telephone spat between an editor from ITN and Nicholas Soames MP , a Tory backbencher . |
| 2 | and I 'd like to go as an army chef or an army mechanic |
| 3 | He may profess not to enjoy it , but Pitt has an instinctive understanding that playing up the teen idol image will help him get where he wants to go as an actor . |
| 4 | This is heard as an anticipation of the next chord , resolving by scale step . |
| 5 | It is often helpful to create several small files ( 5-10 entries maximum ) with varying layouts and indexing as an aid to discussion at the design stage . |
| 6 | That is , written and spoken language have to be taught through an awareness of Swedish Sign Language and the perspective this creates for the learning task . |
| 7 | As they crossed to the supermarket they had to wait as an assistant wearing a jacket over his uniform wheeled a long line of trolleys from a loading bay into the store . |
| 8 | We had to wait for an hour for our connection to Frankfurt . |
| 9 | Sometimes he would have to wait for an hour or more before he could find someone to carry him to the Collector 's side . |
| 10 | Or whether you 've had to wait for an hour in the rain for the bus to come along , whether you 're in a good mood or a bad mood . |
| 11 | Heather Courtley , whose son was the patient who had to wait for an hour , said she was not reassured . |
| 12 | To prepare this article I had to wait for an event on a day when the visibility was gin-clear to get good photographs from my open cockpit Jodel D9 , using a telephoto lens at various focal lengths to obtain the required framing . |
| 13 | With no time to wait for an ambulance , Colin , 27 , rang the midwife who issued instructions as he dashed up and down the stairs between the phone and the bathroom . |
| 14 | Meanwhile , Pogo would just have to wait for an answer . |
| 15 | But , although she smiled briefly at Folly in a friendly enough way , she seemed too distracted to wait for an answer , and started to usher them inside . |
| 16 | I must ask my right hon. Friend to wait for an answer to his question about persistent offenders . |
| 17 | But , alas , she was destined to have to wait for an answer , as Nettie , the housekeeper , chose that very moment to come into the room carrying a tea-tray . |
| 18 | She seemed to wait for an initiative from her friend . |
| 19 | Turning to those who were referred by the GP to another agency , a major problem experienced by this group was the length of time they had to wait for an appointment ( see also Watson 1985 ) . |
| 20 | It is recognised , however , that it may be appropriate to include as an element of the CPE programme , time spent on the development of interpersonal or management skills . |
| 21 | Norse , Irish , and Norman elements were all competing for an advantage , and the future of the Canterbury claims , which seemed so bright in Anselm 's lifetime , depended too much on obscure cross-currents of political ambition to be assured . |
| 22 | Let us now consider the requirements of a multiprogramming system , where we have a number of programs occupying main storage and competing for an allocation of time on the processor . |
| 23 | Old Mother Jacobsen knew that she did not have unlimited time to tell the story of Marie Grubbe to Elisabeth Danziger ; Elisabeth would stay for an hour and then be on her way . |
| 24 | ‘ We can only stay for an hour , ’ said Ginnie . |
| 25 | Just it was a beautiful day , so I said why not stay for an hour , so we got out , out , in , so we , as it is , , you know we just went round a little bit , and it 's very tidy and nice , biscuits . |
| 26 | The neck joint is similar to Ibanez and Heartfield 's ‘ all access ’ variety which does away with the usual bulky metal plate and offers as an alternative four recessed bolts and a sloping , shaped heel , which really does feel good under the hand . |
| 27 | ‘ Business seemed like an attractive idea and I wanted to learn about finance first , ’ he offers as an explanation . |
| 28 | They looked at each other warily , circling for an opening remark . |
| 29 | Much of this latter perspective has developed through an analysis of media of various sorts , especially television , magazines and film . |
| 30 | Both ships stopped for an hour while repairs were made to the launch 's engines . |