Example sentences of "[verb] [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The gospels commend faith the size of a grain of mustard seed . |
| 2 | In a well publicised case a patient recently committed suicide while under the care of a clinical ecologist . |
| 3 | Today 's dancers not only dance fur an audience . |
| 4 | And one prisoner made mum a beautiful wooden ironing board ! |
| 5 | As the team faces relegation to the Third Division , Charlton offers Dunphy a job but his house is tied to Millwall . |
| 6 | Such hotness will be almost imperceptible to those who eat chilli every day , and the notion that Thai food must sear the mouth to be authentic is a misunderstanding . |
| 7 | Comecon , he points out , was coercive in that a Member State was unable to secede ; this is not yet the case within the EEC , but protectionist trade policies make non-membership a very difficult option for largely agricultural countries . |
| 8 | He also plays guitar a bit like Bob Dylan . |
| 9 | But she and the other investors received 4,700 per cent on their investment , and she made Drake a knight . |
| 10 | ‘ The first set was incredible — it was like a final — but after I got that set David seemed to lose heart a bit , ’ said Corsie later . |
| 11 | And it 's not as if they made money every time they moved , 'cos they have n't , 'cos they lost money on that 'ouse , there . |
| 12 | , there like what I got mum , got mum a little basket . |
| 13 | Er Mr also commented om the er consideration of the er emerging alteration and increase in Selby District 's allocation from ten thousand to eleven and a half thousand dwellings erm and I would like to assure him now that we have completed out local plan studies , we are in the process of fine tuning them and and I 'm quite confident that we will be able to accommodate the eleven and a half thousand dwellings . |
| 14 | A TRAINING system introduced at Courtaulds Packaging Baricol under the intriguing name of Domino is helping present a vibrant new face to the business . |
| 15 | " The keys are hidden -under a clump of yellow flag that grows by the river , and if you will follow me I will lead you to them . " |
| 16 | Having decided to attend university the next great dilemma is to choose which one . |
| 17 | To lose weight the intake of calories from the diet must be less than required — so that the shortfall is made up by burning off some of the excess weight , which is mainly , fatty tissue deposits . |
| 18 | When the two types unite in a new amalgamated cell the genes are once again in two sets but in new combinations with genes from not just one parent but two . |
| 19 | After all , it is the readers who want to have this closed circle , and most of them are happy to suspend disbelief a little to get it . |
| 20 | That money could have electrified railways that would 've given industry a chance to get its goods into Europe . |
| 21 | The keen demand made patronage a double-edged weapon for the politician , who could find himself making enemies as readily as friends unless he proceeded with the utmost caution in everything he attempted . |
| 22 | He was treasurer of the RAS from 1831 to 1840 and became president a few years before his death in 1866 . |
| 23 | Mindless of the fact she was in a flannel nightie , and had a green face , she looked quite prepared to go den the dragon . |
| 24 | If anything , by this time I would have welcomed the security not of a rope , but of seeing Sgurr a Mhaim about a mile closer . |
| 25 | Small details , that make fishing a constant source of delight : a bank of yellow flag by a tiny burn ; where mountain everlasting grow ; secret otter greens ; where we saw a wildcat ; a peregrine 's nest ; rutting red deer ; black-throated divers . |
| 26 | In an assurance oriented engagement the firm will be reporting on a valuation prepared by a third party . |
| 27 | Coke had , after all , in Dr Bonham 's Case in 1610 ( 8 Co Rep 114 ) ventured the view that the common law would control and adjudge void an Act of Parliament which offended against common right or reason . |
| 28 | However , in the distribution , hotels and catering industry the picture is rather different . |
| 29 | It dyes wool a reddish brown colour , distinctively well known and often referred to in either language as crotal . |
| 30 | As the first step nears completion the position detector generates a pulse which is sent to both the downcounter and the control unit . |