Example sentences of "a [noun] and [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Use a variety and put it in more than one spot , if you have space , to allow more birds to feed at one time . |
| 2 | On uneven ground use a base and peg it down or use stones to steady it . |
| 3 | and this is really sad , and he told me mum that he 'd been to a hairdressers and done it . |
| 4 | Well we used to get a bucket and throw it over the v over like that . |
| 5 | Do n't throw any two products into a bucket and mix them ; they may well destroy each other . |
| 6 | In this compelling new video , Peters offers six ways to weather a recession and shows us how we can use recession as an opportunity . |
| 7 | It was quite pointless having a runner who saw the whole thing as a social outing and had once even sat down in a kitchen and said she 'd just rest for a minute . |
| 8 | I 'd slave my guts out on a case and think I 'd got it settled and a week later the woman would turn up in my office with the same dreary tale . |
| 9 | Sister Duggan had Eileen , s few belongings in a case and handed them to Liam . |
| 10 | ‘ He game me a bit of a shoulder into the body which flew me a bit and got me rather p— . |
| 11 | Sights like that must make you think a bit and make you realise you are very lucky , |
| 12 | But because Mrs did that work with you yesterday you did not do your history work , so I 'm going to talk to you a bit and ask you some questions about the tiny bit we talked about to do with Roman Britain and how the Romans invaded Britain two thousand years ago . |
| 13 | When Dr Maxwell came along a little later , I asked him about it , and although he pooh-poohed it a bit and said it was all a lot of nonsense , I did get him to admit it could n't do me any actual harm to go to the classes and do exercises . |
| 14 | But umm I sort of drove on for a bit and thought it feels alright and then when I got to that , you know B P petrol station , I pulled in and got out and had a look . |
| 15 | I have a , a you know , which was too full , too thick , too full , so I thought I , I open a bit and took it out , so I have to find a place for it . . |
| 16 | She came out with us for two or three days and sort of sat you know up a bit and saw us , but then the next week she was really no good at all |
| 17 | When I go out to the shops — you know , to get stuff like milk or fags for Marie or summat — I always stop a bit and watch them . |
| 18 | He said he 'd put them away for a bit and give them to Oliver when he started smoking again . |
| 19 | ‘ do a bit , look a bit and do it again ’ . |
| 20 | that the Germans had tidied it up a bit and turned it into a garden . |
| 21 | It denied Mr Yeltsin the right to hold a referendum and accused him of stirring confrontation . |
| 22 | The children sit around the room , while the person who is chosen to start takes a cushion and places it on someone 's lap . |
| 23 | He took a stick and hit me on the arm . |
| 24 | When she stepped on a stick and snapped it , the sudden noise caused a rook to rise from its nest with a startled beating of wings . |
| 25 | The Warden had said , as he took a stick and pushed it firmly into its prepared hole , ‘ Cut a piece off a tree and you 've got another tree for free . ‘ |
| 26 | I am giving them the most careful and thorough consideration , and I shall reach a decision and announce it as soon as I can . |
| 27 | The Department of Transport , which held the inquiry last year gave no reason for the delay on a decision and says it ca n't say when it 'll make one . |
| 28 | When will the Secretary of State make a decision and give us an answer on that most important issue ? |
| 29 | Decisions are usually reached by consensus , rather than by a senior manager taking a decision and selling it or imposing it on his subordinates . |
| 30 | For example , assign your service manager a budget and let him control his own expenditure . |