Example sentences of "a [noun] [prep] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Clause 11(b) is so far-ranging that an alert professional insurance adviser would probably need some explanation of the likely liability of the haulier ‘ howsoever or whensoever caused as a result of or arising out of the supply to the client by the company of drivers ’ . |
| 32 | Erm , but sole , we 're looking at sole proprietor as well , there 's some good things in that , I E they 're cheap to set up , stuff like that , so they 're not bad as they go , but , I suppose well I 'll have to sell when I 've got more money , I did n't get any replies today not a single blooming one , I 'm a bit cheesed off , so erm , I think I might ring back that one of the ones that I did get a reply from and say thank you . |
| 33 | A milkman later spotted the men a mile away — still without a stitch on and clutching their King Edwards . |
| 34 | ‘ There you are , ’ Jacob said , giving his bicycle bell a ping as if to reinforce his point . |
| 35 | I 'll have to er give her a ring to and tell them to send me the advert . |
| 36 | And he did it the right way , he did it the hard way , always in the first two , always having a cut at and jump , jump , jump , you know . |
| 37 | I 'd put a tape on and turn the radio off . |
| 38 | I took my Sony from a drawer , slotted a tape in and pressed the record button . |
| 39 | He said that he had faced a dilemma about whether to choose a Bill that would make the headlines or one that would be passed . |
| 40 | Party leaders face a dilemma over whether to continue their search , already discussed in private meetings in Washington , for an as yet undeclared candidate in time for their convention in July . |
| 41 | Effective school management uses external initiatives as a prompt to and support for the logical next stage of a school 's development . |
| 42 | It was a question of whether to turn away with tears in her eyes , admitting failure , or giving Amsterdam a taste of her temper . |
| 43 | ( 3 ) The losses against which a recognised body is required to insure under this Rule are all losses arising from claims in respect of civil liability incurred in the practice of the recognised body by the recognised body or by any of its officers or employees or former officers or employees or by any solicitor or registered foreign lawyer who is or was a consultant to or associate in the body 's practice or is or was working in the practice as an agent or a locum tenens ; save that a recognised body shall not be required to insure against losses arising from claims of a type excluded , by the indemnity rules applicable from time to time to recognised bodies , from being afforded indemnity by the Solicitors Indemnity Fund . |
| 44 | The country can not be properly served by a Government who pretend that they can somehow call a halt to or defer the agreed purpose of the rest of the Community . |
| 45 | Species roses As remarked with regard to the English roses above , and in addition to the crossing back of the new with the old , there has been a return to and seeking after the more simple and unsophisticated beauties of the species roses , their forms and near hybrids . |
| 46 | P. P. Sometimes , when we were going in at night , when it was wet , we would try and put a mac on and slip down to A Division parade room — hang the mac up quick and dive into your coat . |
| 47 | He made a move as if to take it out of its packet . |
| 48 | She shook her head slightly , making a move as if to rise , but Adele grabbed her arm . |
| 49 | The beneficiaries thus regard themselves as having received no more than their due , to which they were entitled anyhow , while those whose benefits are discontinued regard themselves as cheated of what they had a right to and had been encouraged to expect . |
| 50 | She took her notepad from the pocket of her apron as she went , and at the doorway she stopped for a moment as if to gather herself . |
| 51 | Nicholson dismissed the warders , returning to the window for a moment as if searching for something out in the windswept yard . |
| 52 | He paused for a moment as if to give his next words emphasis . |
| 53 | He looked at her for a moment as if seeing her for the first time then paused , giving the question serious thought . |
| 54 | She looked at him for a moment as if weighing up the consequences of telling the truth for once . |
| 55 | Mrs Quinton closed her eyes for a moment as if recalling her cousin relating this girl 's history , which had not included the scissors ' business with Sister Mary as being the reason for her leaving because that might have put any caring mother off from engaging such a virago . |
| 56 | He stopped trembling as quickly as he had begun a moment before and seemed to withdraw down the dark passage to the daydream he was locked in when they first arrived . |
| 57 | This chapter focuses on the ways in which age discrimination is both a product of and manifested in the social security system . |
| 58 | His first task was to select a site for and to design new locomotive workshops in Kilmarnock to replace existing inadequate facilities in Glasgow . |
| 59 | Its efforts to ingest the last scattered parings of modern existence seemed half-hearted , as its voice rose to a crescendo as if to bewail its incapability and incompetence . |
| 60 | The backswing can be compared to chopping down a tree with and axe ; power and speed come from the distance the axe is swung back . |