Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although his wife 's chintz chaircovers bring on a certain nausea whenever I am obliged to call . " |
| 2 | Friday nights are hot at Apples and Snakes — every week they bring on a new lineup of outstanding poets and performers . |
| 3 | Frequently , the analytical courses are cut out in joint schemes , and the students gain only a superficial introduction to both subjects . |
| 4 | If you know certain children are going to have difficulty in separating from parents , then it helps if they bring along a favourite toy . |
| 5 | He seemed unconcerned at letting me loose on his half-share investment and I tried telling myself that ahead lay merely a quick pop over three undemanding obstacles , not the first searching test of my chances of racing . |
| 6 | It is our reasons for asserting a dependent conditional which bring in a good deal more than what is brought in by the conditional itself . |
| 7 | Shots of unadulterated paradise — images of soft sand , azure skies and palm-fringed beaches can , when they are well done , bring in a great deal of money , yet , all too often , there is something empty about such shots . |
| 8 | They bring in a similar amount of cash as small , or public , lotteries . |
| 9 | Next year I hope they bring in a seeding system as many of the top winning dogs clashed very early on . |
| 10 | He did say that by concentrating on types of labourers , and learning from the studies of life he admired so much in work by Gavarni , Daumier , Dore , De Groux , and Rops , he hoped one day to produce acceptable illustrations for the magazines and newspapers , and bring in a small income . |
| 11 | from tarts , striptease , bring in a brimming pot , sexually |
| 12 | when you get tho when you get the half the er when you get sort of well like the scooterist dos and th the DJs bring it up , I mean they bring in a hard core |
| 13 | The private sector service industries make only a small contribution while the public services make none . |
| 14 | The insect may be 50 yards away , and so make only a tiny image on my retina . |
| 15 | This would not be too great a bother if morels could be collected in the wild for a reasonable length of time each year , but the fruiting bodies of the morel make only a brief appearance , sometime between March and May . |
| 16 | But opera , whether their texts are well-written in the conventional literary sense or not , have almost no value as plays , and their librettos make only a shadowy sense away from their music . |
| 17 | City analysts expect it to pass its final dividend , or make only a token pay-out . |
| 18 | The detailed changes to the boundary layer structure during this development are complicated , although they occupy only a small fraction of the total distance over which transition occurs . |
| 19 | Send in a good quality tape with no more than four songs . |
| 20 | Either send in a large team , which would eventually draw attention to itself ; use a sleeper , which would only cause its own problems ; or call in a loner . |
| 21 | At the same time , they provide only a limited basis for understanding the determinants of the long-run rate of growth , particularly technical progress and entrepreneurial activity . |
| 22 | The problem is not just that MOX reactors provide only a narrow channel for disposing of military plutonium , or that the channel will be clogged by the plutonium from uneconomic civil reprocessing programmes . |
| 23 | Pluralists provide only a partial perspective on the inactivity of certain interests and groups . |
| 24 | Nevertheless , hospitals provide only a small proportion of respite care — perhaps as little as 7% . |
| 25 | Although the above extracts , which are taken from a more detailed investigation ( Osbourn , 1988 ) , provide only a brief description they do demonstrate the potential offered by RGT for exploration and education within the area of aesthetic appraisal . |
| 26 | Suspended sediment load data , however , provide only a crude measure of overall erosion and do not reveal the proportions of that load which are due to agriculture , logging , urban development , etc . |
| 27 | The surface of the brain is totally insensitive , and operations on the brain in humans commonly involve only a local anaesthetic . |
| 28 | Put in pan and slowly melt over a low heat , but do not boil . |
| 29 | Cook over a gentle heat , stirring until the mixture turns thick . |
| 30 | Add 15ml ( 1tbsp ) water and cook over a gentle heat until the jam has melted . |