Example sentences of "[adv prt] a [noun] or [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No I think , I thought we still had a chance , albeit you know the odds had gone down a bit or increased , but er no I thought we still had a chance , it was gon na be harder because if we lost any more by the wayside then you know you 're gon na be , it would 've been very awkward . |
| 2 | ‘ He could have been eaten or run over or trodden on or blown away or fallen down a hole or trapped , ’ said Grimma . |
| 3 | She was twenty-three and could push down a house or build one , it was a glorious day and she was going to a party and sitting beside Matthew Preston . |
| 4 | So the ministers in charge of the measure felt they could not bring in a guillotine or send the bill to a committee upstairs because most of the Conservatives would have voted against and , not being an issue of confidence between the parties , sufficient Labour dissidents might also have voted against the government to leave it in a minority . |
| 5 | You might fill in a creation or save date , to pick out files either before or after that date . |
| 6 | You have the opportunity in most schemes to make your wishes known by filling in a form or sending a letter to the trustees . |
| 7 | People see advertisements out of the corner of their eye as they drive along a road or look through a newspaper or magazine ; they catch a glimpse of half a TV commercial round their wives ' or husbands ' broad backsides as the biscuits are brought in during a commercial break . |
| 8 | The bar at your local Beefeater has a friendly atmosphere , where you can relax over a drink or enjoy a delicious bar meal . |
| 9 | A sighted person can make predictions about the future course of tangible experience — falling over a precipice or hitting a wall — which to a blind man ‘ seem as strange and unaccountable as prophecy doth to others ’ . |
| 10 | I cooked it over a fire or dried it in the sun . |
| 11 | Aggression ( 5 credits ) : This decides if a player will duff over an opponent or avoid him . |
| 12 | Machines that are considered ‘ out of the way ’ in a corner of the room will be relatively more unsociable if they block off a doorway or interrupt television viewing . |
| 13 | Minor offences , e.g. stepping off a pavement or shouting ‘ scab ’ activities generally tolerated in industrial disputes — were sometimes used as the pretext for an arrest . |
| 14 | Weathered clay barley-sugar edgings finish off a path or flowerbed with a crisply period touch , but aside from shoving a few in your handbag next time you visit Mount Stewart , they tend to be hard to find . |
| 15 | On at least a morning a week at ‘ family specialist ’ hotels , children are collected , given breakfast and taken on a trip or entertained for a few hours so their parents can enjoy a morning on their own . |
| 16 | Holly , ivy , mistletoe , real flowers and gilded artificial or dried sprays all look lovely hung on a wall or suspended from ceilings or in windows . |
| 17 | Anyone , almost , could pick up a stone or work a piece of flint to use as a tool , but making metals was a far more skilled job . |
| 18 | You should start as the planners do ; draw up a plan or outline for the essay in some form . |
| 19 | I remember once , yeah it was like that , yeah that 's right , not one , but a few times I used to get on the train from Runcorn to Liverpool , I had an address to go to in Liverpool , rough directions how to get there , to pick up a suit or to pick up a fitting , you know you 'd get the , the different |
| 20 | Help your children to make the most of their leisure time by encouraging them to take up a sport or join a local youth club |
| 21 | Apart from the fact that I 've never known her dig up a weed or pick a single daffodil , she simply is n't cut out for that kind of work . ’ |
| 22 | So at last — science has discovered the reason why agony aunts always give you the same advice : if your marriage has got stale , brighten yourself up , get fitter , take up a hobby or surprise your husband . |
| 23 | A number of Scottish councils adopted the kind of policies proposed by the 1981 STUC resolution , but none of them has set up a unit or appointed specific anti-discrimination workers . |
| 24 | Join a group or class of kindred spirits ; why not touch up a canvas or try your hand at prose , poetry of pottery ? |
| 25 | Low status of carers Those who give up a job or take early retirement to become a carer lose out financially , and in other ways , as has been well documented ( Finch and Groves , 1983 ) . |
| 26 | The booklet points out that age is never a reason for giving up an activity or taking up a new one . |
| 27 | The booklet points out that age is never a reason for giving up an activity or taking up a new one . |
| 28 | It 's important that if you do get an ache or a strain , treat it with a specialised spray similar to what trainers use with injured athletes which can either heat up an area or cool it rapidly , bringing relief . |
| 29 | It 's important that if you do get an ache or a strain , treat it with a specialised spray similar to those trainers use with injured athletes which can either heat up an area or cool it rapidly , bringing relief . |
| 30 | A school 's claim of achieving excellent standards in sports or instrumental music may seem very hollow to parents of children that do n't have an opportunity to take up an instrument or to play for the school team . |