Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [adv] [vb base] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Of course I still have a wife , but there 's no need for you to worry your pretty little head about it . |
| 2 | It 's significant that when I get home at night and want to listen to a record for pleasure I usually choose a disc made over 30 years ago — the message survives the medium to an astonishing extent in the best old records . |
| 3 | Now , there is a basic constitutional principle , embodied in the Bill of Rights of 1688/9 , that the levying of taxes must be authorized by statute , and so there is an argument for saying that non-statutory rules made by the Revenue which effectively determine a taxpayer 's liability to tax are ‘ unconstitutional ’ . |
| 4 | in the phrase … ’ will indicate a common phrasal usage of a word ; ‘ foll. by … ’ indicates words which commonly follow a word ; ‘ Comp. : ’ provides a word with which the reader should compare a word with . |
| 5 | There is still a superficial resemblance to the old style , especially on larger vases which often have a figure-frieze on neck and body , the rest being covered with graded bands of abstract ornament ; but this has shrunk to little more than varied groupings of zigzags , while massed zigzags among the figures of the main friezes make a shimmering ground on which the fuller , curvier silhouettes or dot-filled outlines of men , women , animals , monsters , flowers stand out . |
| 6 | To the many BMJ readers who never submit a paper this may seem to be limited accountability , but the time that editors take to make decisions on publication is critical to authors . |
| 7 | We sit on wooden boxes round the heavy tables with their curling iron legs , and because the lollies are set on sticks splintered from firewood you sometimes get a skelf in your mouth as you suck , intent on the Lone Ranger . |
| 8 | Kids who never have a chance , from the day they are born . |
| 9 | When we come face to face with a horse we often feel a need or pressure to do something . |
| 10 | So in the future we also have a lot to give to the rest of the world rather than just to look for help . |
| 11 | In most cases the ileoanal anastomosis lies at the top of the anal columns and hence the anal transition zone is retained ; however , in patients with polyposis we usually perform a mucosectomy and a sutured anastomosis at the denate line . |
| 12 | Well of course the biggest social thing in Ireland is the pub and it 's not I mean the Irish have a a name for being very heavy drinkers but in general they 're not heavy drinkers they just spend a lot of time in pubs . |
| 13 | The fragments themselves characteristically have a light , frothy texture , the lava being honeycombed with large numbers of gas bubbles or vesicles . |
| 14 | MPs at Westminster are increasingly aware of the pervasive impact of Europe on their activities which barely see a week pass without some debate on EC directives . |
| 15 | cN is the number of rows in N which already contain a piece ; |
| 16 | His words constitute a fervent expression of faith in a new creed , a new political and social system , a new kind of literature which together have a rejuvenating and energising capacity that stands in marked contrast to the corruption and dissolution of a decaying , moribund capitalist society . |
| 17 | They provide rituals which publicly mark a change of state and assemble a network of people who can offer practical and emotional support to those undergoing the change . |
| 18 | At the beginning of the winter I always feel a bit reluctant about working outside until I get my long johns on . |
| 19 | ‘ Yeah , to a large degree I still scoop a lot out for the rhythm sound , but for lead I add a bit of mid . |
| 20 | Related to this dependence is that many of the metals are imported from countries which either have a near-monopoly , are politically unstable or which are ideologically opposed to the capitalist West . |
| 21 | ‘ It 's really just a bunch of guys that I work with on the session scene who all write a bit , and we 've come together in order to find an outlet for our writing . |
| 22 | The company is wholly owned by the founding directors who now seek a partner to provide the support required to take advantage of the rationalisation expected in the European metal stockholding industry . |
| 23 | you only need a a handful of colleagues with strong views er opposing an issue you immediately create a cliffhanger . |
| 24 | Coming in from the South we now have a welcome from the RAF . |
| 25 | ‘ When goalkeepers come to England they often have a problem with the physical side of the game and dealing with the vast number of crosses , ’ said Mr Ferguson . |
| 26 | Hewitt ( 1986 ) observes that " black youngsters themselves often reach a peak of Creole use in their late teens " ( p. 193 ) while where white Creole users are concerned , " most youngsters who employ Creole cease to do so at about the age of sixteen " . |
| 27 | But in that case you just take a piece of new paper and put the down and put it on the clip . |
| 28 | a lot of his work is , sort of , rather than getting copies you just do a printout |
| 29 | At this level you definitely require a frame . |
| 30 | With the old method it would take you hours looking through files , but with the computer you just push a button and it tells you right away . |