Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [vb base] [indef pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , you are permitted to make a faithful copy of a famous painting if you wish , as a means to master a particular technique or learn something of a process or style . |
| 2 | If you have a friendly GP or know somebody at your hospital ask them whether they would be prepared to carry a poster or your brochures advertising your personal injury work . |
| 3 | Right yeah erm so that can be , that can be a bit awkward but still some of the older stuff can give you a bit of a grounding in , in , in , in , in , in what it 's about if you can find anything relevant and sometimes you 've just got to sort of wander round the library and pick things up off the shelves like at random and see , see if you can find something in the index or find something in the contents pages that sort of vaguely coincides with what the you know what 's been talked about in the class that week erm sometimes if you keep looking you might actually be dead lucky and find one of the recommended books has actually come back in erm you may find that you 've got to be a bit flexible about that because , you know , if a topic 's dealt with in November you may not get a chance to see the book until you know kind of , I do n't know , February or something , you know I mean so it , it sometimes does mean you 've got to do the reading like a bit displaced from the from the classes |
| 4 | ‘ Crossing a deceptively smooth glacier surface , the person who breaks into a crevasse suddenly arrives into an utterly vertical world ’ … makes early the good point that any number of trouble-free glacier crossings teach the skier or mountaineer nothing about crevasse rescue ; unless an accident happens , by which time it is too late to start learning . |
| 5 | He went down there only to make tea or hide something in the fridge . |
| 6 | In other words the states of mind that do nothing for the healing process . |
| 7 | ‘ I like to provide kids with pictures that contain lots of details so that they can find something new in the illustrations each time they look at them . |
| 8 | ‘ I like to provide kids with pictures that contain lots of details so that they can find something new in the illustrations each time they look at them . |
| 9 | We accept without a second 's thought that we can open our eyes and observe everything around us , picking out the slightest movement . |
| 10 | She would come to the vicarage and borrow something of Sophia 's . |
| 11 | It helps to break down tension and get everything into proper perspective , ’ he explained later . |
| 12 | People risked everything to help escapers and want nothing in return . |
| 13 | Nigel Lawson then proposed we should either scrap SERPS and put nothing in its place or leave the whole issue until the next Parliament . |
| 14 | Policies such as these penalise those who drink sensibly , are detrimental to the drinks industry and do nothing at all to deter those who are determined to abuse alcohol . |
| 15 | In the period immediately before a race it is worth eating something sweet to provide glucose and drink plenty of fluids since in a long race you can become dehydrated and can lose up to 5lb . |
| 16 | Seemingly always perky , the young Jane would swing at the speed of light and win everything on offer . |
| 17 | Remember you can not receive a confrontation and give one at the same time . |
| 18 | We 've got a Hollywood spot a comedy spot lots of raving rock and roll lots of incredible yarns so be there be square ooh ee . |
| 19 | It was n't a story that put anyone in a good light . |
| 20 | These are activities that offer everyone in a varied class the chance to share a common mathematical experience , yet to work at a level appropriate to each individual . |
| 21 | Hornbills are big and demanding birds that need plenty of space , which is something most zoos do n't have . |
| 22 | Kids too sick to raise their heads , lying soft and limp beneath the burden of heart disease , kidney failure and cancers that eat everything but innocence . |
| 23 | A photography , after all , has a great capacity not to look like its subject : ‘ I 've hundreds of photographs of the Queen that look nothing like her . ’ |
| 24 | But the , you know it 's two o'clock in the morning and police car 's coming through the village and see someone at that time , they 're quite likely to stop and ask them what they 're doing . |
| 25 | Those indicators to some extent point in different directions and pose something of a paradox for explanation . |
| 26 | We choose our frame of reference and attack something for not fitting it . |
| 27 | ‘ Yes , you know , as in go into a pub and order something in a glass and eat a few nuts and so on . ’ |
| 28 | Wear comfortable shoes and allow plenty of time . |
| 29 | Take regular physical exercise and get plenty of fresh air , but not last thing at night . |
| 30 | The aims of the Fatherland Union were set out as being " to protect national interests , strengthen national unity and concord and unite everybody in the name of Bulgaria " . |