Example sentences of "[verb] [noun] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 're seeing Jim a week on Tuesday are n't we ? |
| 2 | For Paul Slay coming to Oxford to shop takes a lot of effort . |
| 3 | For Paul Slay coming to Oxford to shop takes a lot of effort . |
| 4 | For Paul Slay coming to Oxford to shop takes a lot of effort . |
| 5 | As soon as we left Florence and crossed the Tennessee River we passed from Lauderdale , a dry county , to Colbert , a wet one , and the difference was plainly visible : a sudden array of beerstands and gaudy neon nightclubs flickering past made Sheffield a sort of Baghdad next to the more prim outposts in Florence , the birthplace of W C Handy , and a bastion of respectability . |
| 6 | His two long walks have given Murray a taste for the sport . |
| 7 | He also plays guitar a bit like Bob Dylan . |
| 8 | A £500,000 investment in an additional production line has given Colchester a capacity of 60 million all-plastic laminate tubes a year . |
| 9 | It offers authorities a number of different approaches to competitive tendering and lists criteria against which potential contractors and submitted tenders can be evaluated . |
| 10 | Fair or unfair , it is a system which has helped make Germany a beacon of political and economic stability in the Western world . |
| 11 | " The keys are hidden -under a clump of yellow flag that grows by the river , and if you will follow me I will lead you to them . " |
| 12 | THE Questor Selection offers readers a choice of shares suitable for inclusion in long-term portfolios , with execution — only broker services provided through our arrangements with ShareLink — although it is usually not worth dealing in sums below £1,000 . |
| 13 | If anything , by this time I would have welcomed the security not of a rope , but of seeing Sgurr a Mhaim about a mile closer . |
| 14 | Hannele had given Edward a sheet of paper with names and numbers on it , which now lay on the desk . |
| 15 | It 's taught archeologists a lot about ancient Gloucester . |
| 16 | Now she no longer receives £230,000 a year from the Civil List , she is under no obligation to remain Britain 's hardest working royal . |
| 17 | it was a great winner … his sixth of the season … and it just about booked Swindon a place in the promotion-play offs … with only four games to go it 's asking too much to make the top two but only a disaster can keep them out of the play-offs … |
| 18 | When General Secretary Nguyen Van Linh visited Moscow a couple of months later Gorbachev praised Indo-Chinese efforts to create such a zone . |
| 19 | A major player in the Middle East market over the last 45 years , Wimpey has experience a resurgence in workload during the last two years , with over £100 million of contracts awarded in the building , civil engineering and oil sectors . |
| 20 | ‘ Has Harvey a piece of the action ? ’ |
| 21 | Simply to pass risks a sense of purposelessness ; but the purposefulness of approach requires delicacy and tact . |
| 22 | An injury on Scotland 's current tour of America and Canada could win Falconer a call-up for the June 10–26 championships . |
| 23 | An injury on Scotland 's current tour of America and Canada could win Falconer a call-up for the June 10–26 championships . |
| 24 | Christopher also seemed to indicate that the United States and its allies were considering a programme to provide Russia a kind of social safety net as it moves to free markets . |
| 25 | They established that 6 copyholds changed hands a total of 36 times and 21 freeholds changed ownership a total of 118 times . |
| 26 | Has Manuel a claim for unfair dismissal ? |
| 27 | A soundless cry parted her lips and her body arched , instinctively seeking his , but when his hand lifted to unfasten the neck of her shift and she heard a sharp , tearing sound a shaft of fear lanced through the delirium , wrenching her abruptly into full wakefulness . |
| 28 | His father had been the son of a labourer who had earned 2d a day from ploughing , and such low-paid occasional work was typical of what was available for the children of farm labourers until , in such places as it was not in decline , they could be put to live-in farm or domestic service at around the age of fourteen . |
| 29 | Security Minister Michael Mates said yesterday that no amount of killings would win terrorists a place at the conference table . |
| 30 | Money was not lacking : George Cadbury promised £600 a year for five years beginning in 1895 and his brother , Richard , agreed to do the same . |