Example sentences of "[verb] [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The controls are slow and unresponsive — let's face it , with the amount of platform beat-'em-ups around you 'd have thought the programmers would 've given a bit more care and attention to this aspect , not to mention the graphics , presentation … the game in general really . |
| 2 | Rather , I would like to see developed a Code of Practice binding on doctors which would grow out of the views of all interested parties : doctors , patients , and the public . |
| 3 | ‘ I got given a crate of this , it 's Château Margaux , by the small , fat and lecherous owner of one third of Singapore . |
| 4 | You could 've heard a critic smile ! |
| 5 | All the money we spent on this stuff , ’ she indicated her drink , ’ could 've floated a battleship over the years . ’ |
| 6 | The evidence produced included a transcript in English of Price 's evidence before the City Court of Gôteborg ; and it was not disputed that this evidence was admissible under paragraph 12 of the Schedule 1 . |
| 7 | Maxie Carlo must 've cracked a joke . |
| 8 | Other measures announced included a reduction in the rate of income tax and a further immediate increase in the price of petrol . |
| 9 | I should think two years , you know , when the restrictions got lifted a bit , so it got better , yeah . |
| 10 | A bomb has wrecked a hotel in Ulster and damage neighbouring houses . |
| 11 | The utter failure of the opinion polls to measure public opinion has plunged a stake through the heart of the market research industry — those people responsible for junk mail that is supposed to be perfectly targeted at your lifestyle and habits , and who gather their information in exactly the same way as opinion pollsters . |
| 12 | Although the firm has received a response the ‘ matter is not yet concluded ’ . |
| 13 | By s12 of the Solicitors Act , the Law Society is given discretion to grant or refuse an application for a practising certificate in the following cases : ( 1 ) a first application ; ( 2 ) an application by a solicitor who has never held an unconditional certificate since admission ; ( 3 ) where 12 months or more will have elapsed since a practising certificate was last held ; ( 4 ) after the disciplinary tribunal has ordered a penalty or costs against the applicant or delivered a reprimand ; ( 5 ) after failure by the applicant to offer sufficient explanation for his or her professional conduct after being called upon so to do ; ( 6 ) after failure to deliver an accountant 's report in due time ( and an additional fee will be payable if the discretion is not invoked to refuse the application ) ; ( 7 ) after the expiry of a period of suspension ; ( 8 ) after the name of the applicant who has been struck off is restored to the roll ; ( 9 ) while the applicant is an undischarged bankrupt ; ( 10 ) after the applicant 's discharge from bankruptcy or after the applicant has entered into a composition or deed of arrangement for the benefit of his creditors ; ( 11 ) while the applicant is a patient as defined by s94 of the Mental Health Act 1983 or a person as to whom powers have been exercised under s104 of the Mental Health Act 1959 or s98 of the 1983 Act ; ( 12 ) where the applicant has received a sentence of imprisonment ; ( 13 ) where the applicant has failed to satisfy a money judgment against him or her which is not a judgment limited to costs and which is not a judgment in respect of which indemnity or relief from some other person is available . |
| 14 | 8.2 A member of staff who has been assaulted or has received a threat of violence in the course of employment must report the incident to their line manager as soon as is practicable . |
| 15 | HOUSEWIFE Alma Brownrigg , who emigrated from Chelmsford , Essex , to Malta has received a bill from Eastern Electricity for 1p . |
| 16 | He is putting his faith in an appeal to create an endowment fund , and recently he has received a grant from the new libraries programme of the EC , to exchange and coordinate information between the Witt , the Rijksbureau in The Hague , and Trinity College , Dublin . |
| 17 | ATHLETICS champion Nadeem Malik who suffers from cerebral palsy has received a grant for equipment from Middlesbrough council . |
| 18 | Orlando Aravena , the national team coach , has received a life ban from international soccer and a five-year ban at domestic level . |
| 19 | Mooney has received a onematch suspension for reaching 21 disciplinary points this season after picking up a booking at Carlisle 12 days ago . |
| 20 | Furthermore , it is open to a company to complain that a competitor has received a subsidy from a public authority which is incompatible with the Treaty of Rome . |
| 21 | Consultant Greta Baldwin has received a request for a consultation from an inhabitant of Coutances . |
| 22 | Even from his hon. Friends , the Minister has received a request to consider that matter again . |
| 23 | Trust dispositions are valid only if the trustee has received a benefit under the testator 's will . |
| 24 | If , on the other hand , B is already the heir of A , then he has received a benefit under A 's estate , and so far as that benefit extends he may be asked to make over property to C. If he does so , however , this is regarded as restitution of property from A 's estate rather than as an institution to B's own estate . |
| 25 | Terms were not disclosed , although the tabloid did say that it has received a capital injection from Duna , which will be used for investment purposes . |
| 26 | A travelling day unit for the elderly mentally ill in Langbaurgh has received a hi-fi midi system from the ICI community affairs programme . |
| 27 | Aerospatiale has received a follow-on-contract from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in the United States for ten TB-9 Tampicos , with options for a further sixteen . |
| 28 | The John XXIII Centre for Social Research and Action in Rio de Janeiro has received a donation for buying books in the areas of faith and culture , anthropology , philosophy , ethics and theology . |
| 29 | A POLICEMAN who chased a burglar despite a serious leg injury has received a bravery award . |
| 30 | A local shop has received a consignment of small Pimelodus pictus and I would like to purchase a pair . |