Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Friday nights are hot at Apples and Snakes — every week they bring on a new lineup of outstanding poets and performers . |
| 2 | At half time you can change your tactics and bring on a substitute . |
| 3 | The sensor will react instantaneously to body heat and bring on a light outside your home whenever anyone approaches . |
| 4 | Although his wife 's chintz chaircovers bring on a certain nausea whenever I am obliged to call . " |
| 5 | Sometimes it is possible to decide what particular activities bring on an attack of giddiness . |
| 6 | ‘ Sit down a minute , ’ said Simon . |
| 7 | Aggie drew in a long breath , bowed her head slightly and said , ‘ Aye , I know you did , love ; but come and sit down a minute . ’ |
| 8 | Si sit down a minute love |
| 9 | Sit down a minute . |
| 10 | Go in and sit down a sec . |
| 11 | That 's it , now sit down a minute ! |
| 12 | Sit down a minute |
| 13 | Sit down a minute . |
| 14 | ROS : ( Nervy , loud ) Well , I 'm not really the type of man who — no , but do n't hurry off — sit down an tell us about some of the things people ask you to do — ( The PLAYER turns away . ) |
| 15 | Extract 1 : The ghost One day me met a witch Jamaica [ inaudible ] me ( gor ra ) mother — me saw her dere , me sit down an she tell me all the story alrigh% ? |
| 16 | However , the use of pig fat in the enfleurage process will be off-putting to the vegetarian who may have to forgo the pleasures of jasmine and tuberose or track down a supplier of the even more elusive vegetable oil absolutes . |
| 17 | I cite only a few . |
| 18 | We have as many lovely things here as on the Mountain of Butterflies but we lack only a prophet and the eyes and emotions to see them . |
| 19 | Frequently , the analytical courses are cut out in joint schemes , and the students gain only a superficial introduction to both subjects . |
| 20 | Better still , bring along a coach from your parish . |
| 21 | Sam Baker QC ( almost ) from number 113a had suggested that he ‘ bring along a few bottles of my Australian Chardonnay ’ but no one could face the prospect of being talked through another glass of uniquely flinty , resonantly expressive Murray River Chardonnay by Sam Baker QC ( almost ) . |
| 22 | If you know certain children are going to have difficulty in separating from parents , then it helps if they bring along a favourite toy . |
| 23 | If you can not get your shoes back on , bring along a pair of flip-flops or sandals that you can slip into and which wo n't aggravate your feet . |
| 24 | Stripes can go a bit fuzzy , too , and most people bring along a selection of clothes . |
| 25 | Madeleine , however , had insisted he bring along a girl to make up a foursome and Primrose was the only girl available at the last minute . |
| 26 | The idea is that you bring along a fully licensed copy of a rival business application , buy a Microsoft Office Trade-In pack , which includes a mouse mat , voucher and pre-paid envelope , post the voucher with proof of ownership and Microsoft sends you Office 3.0 , which has a recommended price of £575 . |
| 27 | Or more seriously bring along a book on figure drawing to help you and do n't be afraid to hold a pencil at arm 's length to measure proportions . |
| 28 | 6 Bind together a group of cinnamon sticks with Christmas ribbon and secure with a pin . |
| 29 | The source of meaningfulness of these ideas lies in the logical relationships that bind together a cluster of basic ideas into a coherent pattern Thus if the idea of numerical diversity presupposes the possibility of irreducible relations , the idea of irreducible relations , in its turn , presupposes the possibility of an objective order , and the idea of an objective order ( I shall argue ) is unintelligible without the idea of a plurality of points of view occupied by different selves . |
| 30 | I find the textual basis for this interpretation very flimsy , in fact there is clear erm erm erm textual evidence for precisely the opposite and let me cite erm one instance Locke is here talking about tacit consent and the purchase of property and erm he says whenever the owner who has given nothing but such a tacit consent to the government will by donation , sale or otherwise quit the said possession , he is at liberty to go and incorporate himself into any other commonwealth or to agree with others to begin a new one in any part of the world they can find free and unpossessed whereas he that has once by actual agreement in any expressed declaration given his consent to be of any commonwealth is perpetually and indispensably obliged to be and remain unalterably a subject to it and can never be again in the liberty of the state of nature . |