Example sentences of "[vb base] [conj] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had seen him often enough on TV , and when you hate or love a person you know his face as well as you do your own . |
| 2 | Instead buy , borrow or steal a copy of John Fuller 's Fewer ! ( 1974 ) , the real story of the emergence of Lassa fever in January 1969 . |
| 3 | The above is what you will need , and if possible buy , borrow or hire a moisture meter from a DIY shop . |
| 4 | Finally , if you do n't already have one , beg , borrow or buy a Swiss Army knife — with its corkscrew for wine bottles , bottle-opener for beer , can-opener for tins , knife to cut through the seal on metal whisky bottle-tops that revolve instead of snapping when you try to open them , screwdriver and wire-stripper for changing plugs ( and for removing insanity-inducing ticking clocks from the headboards of Stockholm hotel beds , etc ) , even a compass for navigating home in the small hours . |
| 5 | When they load or unload a ship they can understand what 's wanted . ’ |
| 6 | These load or store a set of processor registers ( typically a sequence of accumulators in a computer with an array of accumulators ) from or to a consecutive sequence of store locations . |
| 7 | Any decision to alter , delete or add a recommendation in the light of moderations is reported to the Assistant Dean , as Chair of the MEC by 5.00 pm . |
| 8 | How far do they develop , repeat or support a point ? |
| 9 | display or print a summary report , or |
| 10 | display or print a summary report |
| 11 | display or print a summary report , or |
| 12 | She will be asked to feed , change , pacify or amuse a baby brother or sister , and later to supervise journeys to and from school , or to take charge at home when both parents are out . |
| 13 | Employers are increasingly taking a ‘ cafeteria ’ approach to employee benefits , where employees pick the benefits they want or take a cash alternative if that is what they prefer . |
| 14 | They have doubts about their ability to tell their partners what they want or to sense a woman 's requirements . |
| 15 | The authors of LEAP 1 , Management of Education ( 1989 ) suggest that preparing a School Development Plan may be one of the most demanding management tasks of headship . |
| 16 | Dry bed procedure This is an intensive one-night training process that uses a bell and pad plus frequent drinks and hourly waking ( Azrin et al . |
| 17 | Thus it is plausible to view science as an enormous cluster of innovations , of which the most successful are diffused by means of a contagion process that produces a logistic curve in all facets of scientific activity . ’ |
| 18 | The only exception to this is if the child has a disease process that has a short-term prognosis . |
| 19 | In fact , starts a CLI command that sends a copy of characters sent to the screen to the printer as well . |
| 20 | Alternatively fly and hire a car or motor home . |
| 21 | He 's kind , loving and affectionate — we touch and hug a lot — and he 's intelligent , reliable and very sweet . |
| 22 | However , the sequence of somite formation and what they will form seems to be programmed early in development long before the somites themselves appear and provides a good example of how , once the programme is specified , the cells follow it even when they are placed in abnormal relationships . |
| 23 | Maybe he just wanted to make 'em hunt and fret a bit . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ More money , more money ! ’ he demands , and clever minds set to work at his behest , the computers shift and change a little all over the world , and presently his bank balance shows another nought ; and , so that that nought should be there , somewhere in the undeveloped world another ten backs break needlessly . |
| 25 | If this is a valid criticism , rather than make an excuse accept it , apologise and offer a reason — a true reason if you can . |
| 26 | The officials want and respect a minister who can pick up a problem quickly , select from among the alternatives the line most in accord with the outlook of his Cabinet colleagues and his party , who is courageous and can win any necessary battles with other departments outside or inside the Cabinet , and who can explain the policy well in public . |
| 27 | You negotiate the price of the model you want and pay a deposit either by cash or as a trade-in . |
| 28 | As well as defining what you want and making a list of questions there are several additional steps you can take to ensure you get the best possible results from your appointment with a general practitioner . |
| 29 | On this aspect of the story Mr Sale is an invaluable guide and teacher , but he goes well over the top in his determination to present Columbus as the representative of a devilish western world driven only by the desire to rape , grab and despoil a land of innocence . |
| 30 | I 'm sure the day after will be fine , but I 'll do as you say and leave a note . |