Example sentences of "[verb] a [noun sg] of [noun] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the rapid increase in the number of large-scale excavations of settlements , only three have been published ( Bell 1977 ; Millett 1983 ; West 1985 ) ; a similar problem pertains with the number of cemeteries examined since the Second World War and which remain unpublished , denying a generation of researchers the data from modern excavations . |
| 2 | The studio thinks Vic 's a genius and gave him as much as they could until the insurance boys dug their heels in over big-name leads falling out of a canoe and then they went down the list and found a couple of guys the industry could afford to lose . |
| 3 | The French , the Dutch , and the Spanish were ready to attack them , and over so widely scattered a set of islands the attacker would always find some weak spot to invade and devastate . |
| 4 | It contains a number of impurities the sum of which are known as water hardness salts . |
| 5 | Back on the main road , Robert caught a glimpse of Aziz the janitor . |
| 6 | Musetti built a bed of boxes the other side to break his fall . |
| 7 | To find a layer of slime the sun |
| 8 | The guild hall has a statue of Charles the first , Charles the second and Queen Anne over the top . |
| 9 | The list of HMG-box containing proteins is growing rapidly , comprising a variety of functions the common activity of which seems to be their ability to bind DNA through this domain ( 3-9 ) . |
| 10 | After paying a deposit of £25 the buyer refused to pay the rest . |
| 11 | See I 've had a couple of colds the past few months and then you think , well that 's me , I 'm getting better . |
| 12 | At 8 am yesterday , Woosnam resumed play on the 14th green , having refused to hole a putt of 4ft the previous night in case he missed it . |
| 13 | To win a pound of gold the Rand miners had on the average to raise , crush and purify some sixty-seven tons of ore , much of it under extreme temperatures and from great depths . |
| 14 | When building a corpus of text the general maxim is that bigger is better . |
| 15 | Despite being a launchpad for bands like Sweden 's Abba and producing a string of hits the Eurovision Song Contest has been panned by fans in recent years . |
| 16 | After that we never got started , as soon as we got a bit of momentum the sunderland players wasted time by falling over and claiming injury . |
| 17 | Katherine sat back in the train 's cushioned seats and as it pulled away from the platform , she breathed a sigh of relief The first part of her plan had been safely accomplished . |
| 18 | The younger you get a bird of prey the better , really — eight weeks is an ideal age . |
| 19 | To make up a box , get a piece of hardboard the same size as the panel for the box bottom . |
| 20 | ‘ I am to be questioned and interfered with and hounded , not to be left , doing a job of work the way I choose , a necessary job , a job our sister has made tediously inevitable , a job the result of which may save us from potential disgrace , even if we can not go so far as to expect it to improve our situation out of all recognition . |
| 21 | It 's … er … not been made public , but the kidnappers have set a deadline of October the eleventh for handing over the document . ’ |
| 22 | After hering a summary of evidence the magistrate will decide whether to commit all or any of the defendants to trial at Crown Court . |
| 23 | After hering a summary of evidence the magistrate will decide whether to commit all or any of the defendants to trial at Crown Court . |
| 24 | And I do n't mean a bunch of Conan the Barbarians , quite often it 's more Conan the librarian . ’ |
| 25 | In a case involving a sum of money the property of a foreign state and whether it is proper that it should be paid to a firm of solicitors whose authority to act on behalf of that state is in question , the court should , with the assistance of an amicus if necessary , decline to make an order for the payment out of a sum in court to a firm of solicitors without being satisfied of the authority of that firm of solicitors . |
| 26 | In a bid to simulate a cave of ice the set walls were coated in a fibre-glass matte mixture which gave them a shiny , brittle look under the correct lighting . |
| 27 | Yes erm and er I think in the course of that we will have learned a lot of lessons the er that 's not a facetious comment , it 's true er the the first time you write er a software programme erm and any of you will will have experience of this , it takes a long time to get it right . |
| 28 | Aye it did a lot of damage the dykes and that . |
| 29 | January 1895 , when it was arranged to have a meeting of members the Friday following , the 25th. inst. each member to contribute a song . |
| 30 | He 's the one , do a bit of thingy the one |