Example sentences of "[vb base] a piece of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You want a piece of cheese ? |
| 2 | ‘ I know , but I want a piece of land near my houses . |
| 3 | I just want a piece of fish . |
| 4 | He sat down at the table now , and she pushed the bread board and the dripping towards him , saying , ‘ Want a piece of bacon ? ’ |
| 5 | As soon as you arrive home , or between interviews ( if you have more than one in a day ) , and while the interview is still fresh in your mind , head a piece of paper with the date , place and name of the job you were applying for . |
| 6 | Erm is it , It 's not an atom but it 's You could n't break say a piece of uranium or into an atom , but you could break it up into an isotope . |
| 7 | You know , add , add a , a say a piece of plastic , like the bar system they had on , on , you know like a coded system . |
| 8 | In fact when we say a piece of language is rhythmic we mean that we as readers have a rhythmic response to it — rhythm is a perceptual not a physical fact . |
| 9 | For next time , attach a piece of wire to the retaining plug and nail it to the sides of the inspection chamber ( with a wire staple ) near to the top so that you can simply pull it out . |
| 10 | If the aquarium is over 36″ long , place a piece of wood under the centre of the base to avoid any sagging . |
| 11 | Place a piece of cling film directly on top of the icing and another piece of cling film over the top of the bowl to prevent the icing from drying . |
| 12 | To start , place a piece of tissue , plasticine or blue tack on a finger of both hands . |
| 13 | Place a piece of cardboard between the circuit board and the box if necessary . |
| 14 | Then place a piece of paper in the nearest WC — flush it , and move quickly to the nearest manhole and watch the paper flow through . |
| 15 | Place a piece of polyester drafting film , cut to a suitable size and leaving a generous margin , over the 0.1″ pitch grid on the light box , and tape it down with Scotch Magic Tape . |
| 16 | " The Meeting having considered many Complaints from Caddelton and the other principle Drovers … from the want of a proper Fank for Cattle near the ferry place of Portaskaig , and Considering also that sixty or Eighty acres at least of some muir land near the Port will be necessary … appoint a Committee to draw up an application to Shawfield , praying he may allot and Inclose a piece of ground . " |
| 17 | If you take erm Depends on the shape of them , but very often if you put a piece of newspaper round and then face the corner of one into the into you could put one into the bottom of the next and do it in a square . |
| 18 | Marking the forces on going that way , the easy way to think of it is well what have you got to do to the bottom of the ladder to stop it from , put a piece of rope on here , right ? |
| 19 | Put a piece of rope and , and stand on the end of it and pull . |
| 20 | Put a piece of kitchen foil on the plate and then the mould on top of that . |
| 21 | If you put a piece of Perspex under stress , in a vice perhaps , and then apply a drop of hydrochloric acid to the peak of the bend in a strip of it , you must stand back . |
| 22 | Mr Brown then put a piece of cheese between his lips and the blackbird flew up and took it . |
| 23 | I put a piece of chocolate into my mouth and opened my book … |
| 24 | Aggie turned her head slightly away , took up the knife that was lying to the side of her plate , cut a piece of meat in two , then picked it up with her fingers and ate it ; then she turned to the child and said , ‘ What 's your second name ? ’ |
| 25 | Cut a piece of felt into two pieces 2cms x 2cms and glue one on top of the other on the back of the bear 's head ( Fig 3 ) . |
| 26 | Absolutely , and you will find when we look on the video the number of people who held up a piece of paper if you hold things up and I 'm holding this now because I 'm about to write but if if you stand here and hold a piece of paper then it 's very difficult to make symmetrical palm gestures , open palm gestures . |
| 27 | Well if you hold a piece of paper there . |
| 28 | He had a strong feeling that he wanted to dash back to the Romano-British section and break a piece of statuary over the bastard 's head . |
| 29 | Moreover , they interpret a piece of music and make it their own , even if they have never encountered the given orchestra until a few hours before . |
| 30 | Then run a piece of plastic or wood finished with a smooth , small radius around the edge and leave the excess to cure . |