Example sentences of "[vb -s] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , when a stag mates with a hind , he first scrapes a hole in the ground Then he gets her head and shoulders down the hole , leaving her rear end sticking up in the air so he can sort of get at her easier like . ’ |
| 2 | An actor whose best roles are behind him , he scrapes a living from voice-overs , sometimes for advertisements and sometimes , more desperately , for tapes for dodgy language schools . |
| 3 | In addition , or on inland waters a dayglo orange flag is sufficient , which can be waved to indicate to onlookers that you are in difficulty . |
| 4 | Christie , as you saw when he walked slowly round the track in a Union Jack , loves a wallow in praise . |
| 5 | Everybody loves a hero , regardless of competence . |
| 6 | Come along with my organ — Gigi loves a tune . " |
| 7 | ‘ The man in the brown macintosh loves a lady who is dead ’ — James Joyce : Ulysses |
| 8 | ‘ We have a name for him at home — ‘ The Joker ’ , because he 's a tremendous personality who loves a leg-pull . |
| 9 | The poor old lady loves a bit of company and her legs are bad so she ca n't get out much . ’ |
| 10 | And I can only have been about nine when a schoolfriend proudly showed snaps of her mother fancy-dressed as ‘ No-one loves a fairy when she 's 40 ’ . |
| 11 | Everyone loves a solo break , one person alone in front of the field . |
| 12 | Reynes was an acquaintance of the diarist Samuel Pepys , who referred to him as ‘ a willing man , ready to co-operate in plans for the Navy ’ , and ‘ one who understands and loves a play as well as I , and I love him for it ’ . |
| 13 | No-one loves a winner , they are saying , and everyone knows Neath do not particularly wish to be loved . |
| 14 | I loves a prawn cocktail . |
| 15 | Mother Francis loves a slice of cake , ’ Eve said . |
| 16 | He loves a crisis of this sort , rallying people and so on . |
| 17 | All these simple garden activities depend upon the real involvement and enjoyment of an adult who loves a garden , and can pass on some of his or her knowledge to children as they work and play together . |
| 18 | ‘ Jolly Good Luck to the Girl Who Loves a Soldier ’ . ’ |
| 19 | He loved Alexander the King as a man loves a woman . |
| 20 | To carry the argument further , it might be suggested that ‘ A Whiter Shade of Pale ’ adapts the genre of ‘ soul ballad ’ created by Sam Cooke , Ray Charles , Otis Red ding and others ; it is rather similar , in fact , to Percy Sledge 's ‘ When a Man Loves a Woman ’ . |
| 21 | ALL the world loves a lover and everyone will love our latest , free competition . |
| 22 | They say that the world loves a lover and I think this is true . |
| 23 | Mr Major enjoys chicken tandoori while his wife Norma loves a korma . |
| 24 | Still , everybody loves a trier … and these two are very , VERY trying . |
| 25 | This causes a bubble of ink to shoot out of the nozzle . |
| 26 | Of any change in control of the business , its organization of management , or persons holding shares in the company which causes a change in the control of the company ( by letter ) . |
| 27 | We must , in , be constantly aware that correlation , a systematic relationship between two variables X and Y , does not imply causation ; it may be that a change in a characteristic or variable X causes a change in another variable Y , it might be that a change in Y causes a change in X , it might be that they both affect each other , or it might be that neither affects the other , but that a change in a further variable , Z , is responsible for the changes in both X and Y. |
| 28 | We must , in , be constantly aware that correlation , a systematic relationship between two variables X and Y , does not imply causation ; it may be that a change in a characteristic or variable X causes a change in another variable Y , it might be that a change in Y causes a change in X , it might be that they both affect each other , or it might be that neither affects the other , but that a change in a further variable , Z , is responsible for the changes in both X and Y. |
| 29 | Now all retinal ganglion cells have , somewhere within the visual field , a region called the receptive field where light causes a change in the number of impulses , and as you would expect this region is situated within the field of view of the eye at the position where a light spot illuminates the retina underlying the ganglion cell . |
| 30 | This causes a change in the lengths of the primitive chains and the tensile forces acting on their individual segments are no longer in equilibrium . |