Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The title sits uneasily on a place which is , for very good reasons , unsure of its own identity . |
| 2 | Cheered on by a large crowd , they added two more goals . |
| 3 | Secure the long bullrush leaves around the pond , sticking on with a little fondant . |
| 4 | Sticking on with a little royal icing or glue , wrap the strip carefully around the edge of the roof , scalloped edge upwards . |
| 5 | The National Curriculum sections of the ERA , essentially centralising and directive in character , sit uneasily with a variety of other arrangements which undermine the Local Education Authority as intermediary between centre ( DES ) and periphery ( school ) : ‘ opting out ’ , City Technology Colleges ( CTCs ) , open enrolment , local management of schools ( LMS ) . |
| 6 | Such arguments sit uneasily within a tradition of British poverty research where data are constructed in ways which prevent ‘ race ’ ( let alone racism ) being a focus of analysis . |
| 7 | He called out : ‘ I ca n't hold on any longer , ’ then fell straight on the ledge below , bounded out into the air , turning a somersault backwards , and pitching on to a grass projection some 30′ lower down … |
| 8 | For comparison , omeprazole given subcutaneously at a dose of 30 mg/kg resulted in almost complete inhibition of acid output ( 12 ( 2 ) µmol/30 minutes ) and pepsin output ( 0.15 ( 0.04 ) mg/30 minutes ) . |
| 9 | Only in rats subjected to stress did bFGF ( given subcutaneously in a large dose ) cause a small but significant attenuation of the mucosal lesions and this was accompanied by increased gastric blood flow suggesting that the maintenance of gastric circulation in stressed rats could explain this protection . |
| 10 | This study shows that the long acting somatostatin analogue SMS 201–995 given subcutaneously in a dose of 25 µg three times daily can abolish hypergastrinaemia induced by five days ' treatment with omeprazole ( 40 mg once daily in man . |
| 11 | Leaving Sagaing for our return journey by boat to Prome we got on to a sandbank and had to wait there until two tugs pulled us off . |
| 12 | ‘ Once I got on to a main road I would n't have any trouble getting a lift . ’ |
| 13 | Yes , I know , yes but I mean it 's interesting at lunch time I had a , I had a working lunch with someone and a month after we had finished all the work and stuff , we got on to a whole pile of other things and , and I was talking about some of the -ists and one of the -ists I was talking about was feminism and how I 'd been in an amazing meeting a few weeks ago where you know I used that word and the women , it was all a meeting with women , the women there had absolutely freaked at the use of the word feminism and feminists . |
| 14 | ‘ I got on to a friend in Civitavecchia who seems to think that some mate of his saw Jeff this morning down at the harbour . ’ |
| 15 | Conversation , not only on that day , got on to An Adventure and would not easily get off it , though we wished to be speaking of other things . |
| 16 | Well George got on with a lot of people like that but of course , he was a Mason you see . |
| 17 | When he got on as a substitute against Sweden he was first class ; in Albania he was one of our best players . ’ |
| 18 | English-born , actually , and we got on like a house on fire . |
| 19 | They got on like a house on fire and did n't stop talking afterwards — it was Julian and Robert who wound each other up . |
| 20 | We got on like a house on fire . |
| 21 | Gav and my Aunt Janice got on like a house on fire , a combined location and fate I occasionally wished on them as I lay awake listening to the sounds of their love-making , a pastime I sometimes suspected I shared with people in a large part of the surrounding community , not to say northern Europe . |
| 22 | If you have a modem you can log on to a bulletin board and download it . |
| 23 | It simply fits on to a standard 43mm diameter drill chuck and uses a 12mm diameter tungsten-carbide tipped cutter to channel into breeze-block , brick , plaster and other wall surfaces . |
| 24 | It simply fits on to a standard 43mm diameter drill chuck , and uses a 12mm diameter tungsten-carbide tipped cutter to channel into breeze-block , brick , plaster and other wall surfaces . |
| 25 | A hole saw looks like a hacksaw blade curled into a circle and fits on to a twist drill ( typically 6mm ) and can be used with an electric drill . |
| 26 | RIGHT The check chain fits on to an ordinary leash , by a circle as shown here . |
| 27 | On the contrary , it was precisely the excessive femininity , laid on with a trowel as it were , that created the effect of someone pretending to be a woman , someone in fact rather desperately hoping to be taken for one . |
| 28 | Maid service can normally be arranged locally at a supplement . |
| 29 | Benbulbin ought to have been called Benbulbous , for one end of the barbaric table bulged upward in a great curve , with lesser knuckle-shapes on each side . |
| 30 | It 's important to go somewhere with a good kindergarten where they can just be looked after or taught to ski . |