Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] a " in BNC.

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1 The controls are slow and unresponsive — let's face it , with the amount of platform beat-'em-ups around you 'd have thought the programmers would 've given a bit more care and attention to this aspect , not to mention the graphics , presentation … the game in general really .
2 Rather , I would like to see developed a Code of Practice binding on doctors which would grow out of the views of all interested parties : doctors , patients , and the public .
3 ‘ I got given a crate of this , it 's Château Margaux , by the small , fat and lecherous owner of one third of Singapore .
4 You could 've heard a critic smile !
5 All the money we spent on this stuff , ’ she indicated her drink , ’ could 've floated a battleship over the years . ’
6 I would 've picked a good one . ’
7 The evidence produced included a transcript in English of Price 's evidence before the City Court of Gôteborg ; and it was not disputed that this evidence was admissible under paragraph 12 of the Schedule 1 .
8 I hear you 've come a long way . "
9 Maxie Carlo must 've cracked a joke .
10 Erm got fined a hundred and ninety six pounds and has got to pay me fifty pound compensation .
11 Other measures announced included a reduction in the rate of income tax and a further immediate increase in the price of petrol .
12 ALAN Hickman from Derbyshire became worried about the advice he was receiving over his pension transfer when he realised that each expert he consulted recommended a different course of action .
13 I should think two years , you know , when the restrictions got lifted a bit , so it got better , yeah .
14 A bomb has wrecked a hotel in Ulster and damage neighbouring houses .
15 The utter failure of the opinion polls to measure public opinion has plunged a stake through the heart of the market research industry — those people responsible for junk mail that is supposed to be perfectly targeted at your lifestyle and habits , and who gather their information in exactly the same way as opinion pollsters .
16 Manager Lennie Lawrence has delayed a final decision but he can not take a risk for a game that could clinch Boro automatic promotion .
17 Manager Ray Hankin has no injury worries but has delayed a final choice .
18 The October bank holiday proposal has received a muted response from Employment Minister Michael Howard , who said he was open to persuasion but had no plans to make changes .
19 How is the world going to know it has received a boundless freedom at the hands of an obscure young man lying in some back room in a provincial Russian town ?
20 Europe 's supercomputing industry has received a boost with unveiling by German company Parsytec of plans for a new range of parallel machines .
21 He has received a leaked internal memo which he said indicates a ‘ cosy relationship ’ has been established between Safety Authority and Eurotunnel , the Anglo-French consortium that will own and operate the tunnel .
22 B&C says it has received a stream of offers for Gartmore , the international group which employs about 500 people and has some £6.4billion under management , over the past two to three years .
23 At least one exceedingly wet Old Etonian baronet ( oh , all right then : Sir George Young ) has received a rude note from another even wetter Old Etonian baronet ( yes , you 're right : Sir Ian Gilmour ) deploring his decision to vote for Mrs Thatcher .
24 Orlando Aravena , the national team coach , has received a life ban from international soccer and a five-year ban at domestic level .
25 Every shift towards plausibility which Mr Kinnock has led the Labour Party into making has received a version of the same response .
26 Philip Johnston LIBERAL GOOD : The strategy devised by Des Wilson , the party 's campaign director , has been largely vindicated ; despite the odd blip , the public has received a single consistent message .
27 Samaranch has received a fairly agreeable press since becoming IOC president in 1980 .
28 BHH Group , the property company , sprang to life after announcing it has received a bid approach .
29 PETER Owen , the publisher , has received a sizeable order for copies of Falkland People , a book describing life on the islands .
30 Business in Scotland has received a boost from our creation of Scottish Enterprise and the Local Enterprise Companies .
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