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 . |