Example sentences of "[vb pp] a [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Millwall took the lead in the 40th minute , when Malcolm Allen converted a penalty after Mark Robson had mis-timed a tackle on Kenny Cunningham . |
| 2 | Alexandra ( 4.3 ) quite spontaneously sorted a set of pots , matched each with the right-sized lid and graded them on a shelf by size . |
| 3 | They have surrounded a garrison at Bati , to the east , and on 19 September they attacked Mile on the Assab road , closing it for 36 hours . |
| 4 | Wide wooden verandas often surrounded a house on all four sides , although sometimes a part of the veranda had been enclosed to provide extra living space . |
| 5 | By order of Master Miller dated 2 November 1990 the following point of law was ordered to be tried as a preliminary point before the trial of the action , namely whether the council could maintain an action for libel for any words which reflected upon the council as the county council for Derbyshire in relation to its governmental and administrative functions in Derbyshire , including its statutory responsibility for the investment and control of the superannuation fund , and whether , if not , the statement of claim disclosed a cause of action . |
| 6 | The history of astronomy also disclosed a succession of hypotheses , which made claims for physical truth look precarious . |
| 7 | Later research seems to show that Malinowski mis-understood a number of key features of the system he described , but it is certainly the case that the participants in the Kula conceive of it as a circulating system of exchange . |
| 8 | On the ground floor , Isozaki has designed a hall for ticket and information desks , a bookstore and four rectangular galleries . |
| 9 | MOLECULAR biologists in Australia say they have designed a range of new molecules effective in the initial step of destroying the activity of viruses . |
| 10 | The Ingledew mansion was going up across the creek on the other side , above the grove where the saman stood and facing west ; Tom had sited his Great House further up the slope , by a magnificent specimen of an Indian fig tree with aerial roots falling like stilts and snaking over the ground below , and had designed a belvedere in the roof to give views to the four quarters . |
| 11 | He had not designed a poster since 1949 but in 1954 his interest in this art form revived . |
| 12 | Now the architect , Halsey Ricardo , had designed a station in redbrick gigantism , providing a dramatic contrast with the syncretic graces of Bombay 's Victoria Terminus . |
| 13 | Gedge is often regarded as candid , but he has designed a style of lyric-writing that effectively camouflages his true self . |
| 14 | There was , presumably , a sound evolutionary reason for the fact that no one had yet designed a lavatory in which the occupant faced away from the door , some relic of the time when primitive man was most at risk when at stool , but it did mean that the lavatory user was finely tuned to the approach of strangers . |
| 15 | Even Michael Jackson has designed a trainer for LA Gear , imaginatively called ‘ Billie Jean ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ Along those basic instrument guidelines , I 've designed a bass for BC Rich called The Punisher , which I have on stage . |
| 17 | As with the 2D the manufacturer has designed a number of fittings for it . |
| 18 | In the meantime he had designed a number of small Episcopal churches . |
| 19 | In the men 's final Annadale/Queen 's won a thriller against Star of the Sea 68–67 . |
| 20 | Speelman had won a pawn at move 29 , so his position looked far superior . |
| 21 | If one girl now has more than 24 beads , she has won a hole for each four beads on the other player 's side . |
| 22 | An interesting point here is that certain organisations have won a reputation for attracting and retaining senior management talent . |
| 23 | He moved to Headley with his family last year from London , where he had won a reputation as a campaigner in his community , and set up practice as Jack Warshaw Conservation Architecture and Planning after many years as head of conservation at Wandsworth Council . |
| 24 | All were , of course , party men , but they were not politicians in the British sense of having won a reputation as fighters in the party battle . |
| 25 | Congratulations , you have won a holiday to Canada . |
| 26 | Both have won a contract with the International Model Agency of London . |
| 27 | Prime Minister Suleyman Demirel announced on Sept. 21 that the US United Technologies Corporation had won a contract worth US$855,000,000 to supply Turkey with 75 Sikorsky S-70A Black Hawk military helicopters . |
| 28 | THE Surrey-based management consultancy and computer services group , P-E International , has won a contract worth about £500,000 annually to develop and maintain software for the big Edinburg-based life assurance company , Standard Life . |
| 29 | THE Capita Group has won a contract worth around £24 million over five years to manage financial services for the London borough of Bromley , it was announced yesterday . |
| 30 | Meanwhile , CCG has won a contract at Glenalmond College in Perthshire , and this success could be a breakthrough into a new market for the company in Scotland . |