Example sentences of "[to-vb] [coord] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | KORG A2 or A3 guitar cards to borrow or a system exclusive data on a 3½″ computer disk . |
| 2 | As the piece of soap in the bathroom began to diminish or a toilet roll grow thin , so the replacement would be moved from the Base Depot to the Command Depot — a cupboard upstairs . |
| 3 | As the winter continues it becomes too cold to work and a day off is in order . |
| 4 | Causes bloodflow to the extremities to increase and a reddening of irises . |
| 5 | About thirty in each suite to differ and a master key and as I say there was five suites and they had to make a key that 'd open everyone of the fifty-five . |
| 6 | The next moment , the railway lines began to shake and a train came screaming out of the tunnel . |
| 7 | So , and she knew about the office , and I knew about the office and knew everything they were wanting me to know but a man got it from outside so |
| 8 | Earlier this week , the first television debate in a fascinating and closely-fought Virginia gubernatorial race was dominated by the arguments for a woman 's right to choose and a foetus 's right to life . |
| 9 | Some of the local fellas would trade cigarettes to the local farmers for eggs to fry and a lot of other stuff . |
| 10 | The conduct of persons who daub walls with racist graffiti is also nominally caught , although for practical reasons it may be simpler for the police to arrest and a prosecution brought for criminal damage , which carries a higher penalty if the damage done is sufficiently great , always supposing that the culprit can be apprehended . |
| 11 | You all gave us a day to remember and a memory we 'll never forget . |
| 12 | There was a whole lot of other stuff scheduled for the beginning of the second millennium : green rain , black snow , animals learning to talk and a heck of a lot of red-hot hail . |
| 13 | Trustees would hold the legal estate on trust with a power ( though not a duty ) to sell and a power to retain . |
| 14 | If there is a distinction between a failure to consent and a refusal of consent , it is because a refusal can take the form of a declaration of intention never to consent in the future or never to consent in some future circumstances . |
| 15 | To be awarded the Military Cross is a rare honour exemplyfying service to crown and a county and exemplifies a moment of persional bravery and to have that called into doubt is very shocking . |
| 16 | To be in doubt is to be in two minds , to be caught between two worlds , to be suspended between a desire to affirm and a desire to negate . |
| 17 | However , there are 20 pieces ( eight corners and 12 edges ) to restore and a piece may be in many different positions with respect to its home position , so such a method will involve solving many subproblems ( 239 to be exact ) and this is not a very human strategy , though it is perhaps the easiest for a computer . |
| 18 | The vocabulary required is rapidly and easily established through interaction between signers , clearly with a shared grammar , recourse to mime and a percentage of shared vocabulary . |
| 19 | By November it has usually been decided where the money is to go and a presentation evening is arranged . |
| 20 | Others still have a long way to go and a lot to learn about their disabilities . |
| 21 | Here , some teachers found themselves , often for the first time in their careers , with the opportunity to engage in depth with a small number of individuals , yet were not always able fully to exploit the possibilities because sustained questioning and discussion at that level required them to have a clear framework of the kinds of question they wished to promote and a grasp of the ways a sequence of such questions related to the wider map of the curriculum area in which a particular learning task was located . |
| 22 | With such a huge area to search and a coastline renowned for its ever-changing currents and vicious rocks , those who man the Dakletons rely on the sharpness and accuracy of the emergency call . |
| 23 | ‘ Yeah , and besides , there 's a lot more of South America to see and a lot of work you can still do in two months . ’ |
| 24 | In cotton weaving rates in 1808 had fallen so low that weavers were reported to be working upwards of fifteen hours , even to twenty , but as an employer remarked it was an impossible situation to sustain and a man would not choose to work eighteen hours if he could live from the labour of twelve . |
| 25 | Reunification was the perfect economic takeover for West Germany , which had excess capital to invest and a shortage of skilled labour . |
| 26 | If there is a time to sew and a time to reap , the latter has not yet arrived . |
| 27 | A time to plant and a time to uproot . |
| 28 | A time to kill and a time to heal |
| 29 | Ian Fleming 's Casino Royale ( 1953 ) was not a bestseller but it introduced James Bond , the agent with the number 007 , a licence to kill and a taste for the best of everything , especially girls . |
| 30 | Councillors should know beforehand what they are expected to discuss and a councillor may absent himself if nothing really concerns him on the agenda . |