Example sentences of "[coord] [vb base] [adv] an " in BNC.

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1 The primary teacher can draw upon many of these to provide a lead in to a topic , or to develop a theme or push forward an enquiry .
2 If you intend to buy mail order , make sure you are familiar with the shoe and the correct size or send in an outline of your foot to help the supplier .
3 If it is your intention to set a cat among the pigeons or let loose an eagle in the dovecote , you do n't send a postcard in advance announcing your intentions . ’
4 The S1 and S2 buttons on the GK-2 controller can be used to reassign the footswitches to hold , pitch up or pitch down an octave , control signal modulation or to start or stop the in-built sequencer ( of which more later ) .
5 And if you have to break an appointment or point out an error , then it is important to use phrases which are tactful and polite .
6 Individuals with more complicated problems , that do not easily fit into the overall structure of the programme , may either be neglected or take up an inappropriate amount of group time .
7 You ask for a chair and four telephone directories and rig up an impromptu table near the only plug — and ask all your prospective clients to turn their heads around .
8 These two lie close together , and make up an equilateral triangle with Zeta Puppis and Lambda Velorum .
9 Thus Tony Benn , in June 1975 and three months into his tenure as Secretary of State for Industry , summed up what this volume is all about — his vain attempt to persuade government and Civil Service to implement Labour Party policy and bring about an irreversible shift of power and wealth to the working class .
10 it is , I said I 've given you a lot of time in the holidays and what have you come in and now you 're making a big song and dance about an hour and she said oh I 'm sorry I did n't mean to speak to you like that , but she did , she was just plain rude and really quite nasty , eh she should of yeah , and she should of told me that I was n't , becomes taking a lunch break and then she said well you could of taken half an hour , I said you did n't tell me well I said to her Matt rung up this morning and said to you , surveyor 's coming up to , at four o'clock , he wants both of us to be there so we know which way the windows will be and all the rest of it , just bear in mind , now I said to her I know it 's short notice but can I please go at four o'clock , she said yeah it is short notice but yeah no problem come in at eight o'clock tomorrow morning as a joke and then she totally changed her attitude when she came back from her thing mm yeah oh yeah that was nice of her well I said to her , I said to her oh I said to her look she would take
11 But most of the English fleet had been on Parliament 's side during the Civil War , and in 1650 the Republic decided it was strong enough to impose an embargo on trade and send out an expedition to make Virginia and the West Indian islands acknowledge its authority .
12 Or do you press " button 39 " and send out an automatic " I 'm sorry " response ?
13 ‘ Sometimes it is important for the individual to step back from the fray , ’ said , ‘ and describe to themselves what the work problems are and build up an action programme for themselves .
14 The Gazza of old would have been tempted to flick that ball in the air and juggle away an outstanding chance for his team .
15 He looked up just as Mary turned , and let out an exclamation .
16 The man with the ‘ Go Dawgs ’ hat saw our rebel flag at the spreaders and let out an approving yell that sent two gulls squawking up from the garbage cans behind McIllvanney 's office .
17 The proposed legislation also failed to commit the authorities to a definite programme of school-building and put forward an extremely unambitious curriculum .
18 Northallerton Match Group 's Steve Russell , drawn on the sheltered path of the lake , utilised the pole to good effect and put together an all-gudgeon bag of 3–2–0 falling to bloodworm at seven metres .
19 They are thus more ‘ moral ’ or , as he can also say , more ‘ teleological ’ than Islam , for they discern and hold out an ethical purpose and direction for human life .
20 I propose that we reject the central image of ourselves as victims and install instead an alternative conception which sees us as an active force working in many different ways for our freedom from racial subordination .
21 So should I put together a truncated anthology and add not an extra word ?
22 Clear away weeds and dig over an area , preferably in full sun , 1m/3ft x 1m/3ft to a depth of about 60cm/2ft .
23 But , ironically enough , pull on your walking boots and dig out an anorak because you can still see far more sleeper-skeletal evidence of their trackbeds today than those standard gauge lines of the lowland travelled by people in recent memory .
24 WHAT : Visits may be weekly or fortnightly and last about an hour , on a one-to-one basis in the prisoner 's cell ; all conversations are confidential .
25 Why do a , er , an old lady come in and fill up an ice cream tub , do you mean an old ice cream tub ?
26 Draw up an order form and fill in an order for the following goods :
27 Pupils are able , through reading and responding to literature , to develop an understanding of and control over an ever-widening range of written forms .
28 and blot out an entire scene .
29 I 'd like businesses , rather than coming to me saying they ca n't get what they want from schools , to be like Unipart and go out an find what they want .
30 For calorie counters , 1,500 to 2,000 calories per day should be enough to maintain correct weight and carry on an active life .
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