Example sentences of "[verb] a [adj] [noun sg] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fingers of his other hand beat a sensuous tattoo on her rounded bottom , stopping to tap and then sweeping away the notes with a furious stroke . |
| 2 | As the rain beat a dull rhythm on Milan 's sludge-coloured buildings this spring , Italian designers were proclaiming the return of brilliant colour behind the facades of the word 's most industrial fashion capital . |
| 3 | After rounding the last mark incorrectly , they returned , losing places in the process , only to catch a submerged dustbin on their keel . |
| 4 | These measures do not , however , involve a general ban on the use of metal detectors and detectorists who follow their hobby in a responsible manner have no cause for concern as far as the Government 's proposals are concerned . |
| 5 | 1.1 Direct and indirect restraints Most cases quite obviously involve a direct restraint on the covenantor from doing a certain thing or things . |
| 6 | This deposited material is mainly removed by the waves so that at night , when the algae emit carbon dioxide , the ensuing greater acidity of the sea water causes a chemical attack on the rock itself and not merely the redissolving of the finely divided material precipitated during the day . |
| 7 | The opposition Social Democratic Party ( SPD ) had restated that if they won the next election they would seek a complete ban on low-level flying . |
| 8 | Oh you can never mind this country 's never won a major war on its own and never will do |
| 9 | I 'm saying that I 'm an English member , we 've never won a , a major war on its own look what 's , what 's happened in , yeah , never won a major war on its own and never will do , there 's no nation in the world could beat a German army and , er what would built up |
| 10 | As somebody who is still under thirty and er like my good friend Mister young enough to have a positive approach to Europe , I am pleasantly surprised that the people opposite are gon na make my job a lot easier because the narrowness and the anti-diluvian attitudes that we see on the benches opposite explain why , in the last Euro elections , the Labour Party won a resounding victory on the issue of Europe . |
| 11 | Jess was the liveliest player on the park and after he had won a free kick on the edge of the penalty box , the Aberdeen forward came close with a header from Nevin 's cross . |
| 12 | Logarithms effect a miraculous change on the odds . |
| 13 | It provided a new slant on his character . |
| 14 | It should be said that he provided a major influence on inspiration in the development of the Division 's work in this area . |
| 15 | This man provided a running commentary on the events on the screen , which were otherwise a fabulous mystery . |
| 16 | This record provided a short report on the timing , method , and content of each lesson , together with an overall assessment of the usefulness of materials . |
| 17 | He was among the founders of the Association of Cricket Statisticians in 1973 , playing a prominent role in their series of publications on the players of each first-class county and producing the A to Z of Cricket Records in 1976 : ‘ I had seen a book on the football records and persuaded the publisher to try a similar volume on cricket records — not only listing them by explaining them . |
| 18 | Remember , it is very important to try a new foundation on your jawline in daylight . |
| 19 | ‘ They were going to try a new drug on him which had never been tested on a human being before in an effort to try and stop the progress of the tumour . |
| 20 | Middlesbrough Council is launching a bin-bag blitz on residents who cause health hazards by putting out refuse sacks before collection day . |
| 21 | First , the Royal National Institute for the Blind is launching a wide-ranging attack on the government 's Student Loans Bill . |
| 22 | Launching a savage attack on the ‘ shameful ’ Budget in a cutting speech which silenced Tory backbenchers , Mr Smith said that taken together the tax increases announced in the Budget were one of the biggest hikes ever . |
| 23 | To begin with , her department is launching a three-year project on residential child care . |
| 24 | It was hardly surprising , in these circumstances , that Nicholas abandoned a hair-brained scheme for launching a direct attack on Constantinople and replaced it with Paskevich 's proposals for a Russian occupation of the Danubian Principalities , an Austrian occupation of Serbia and Herzegovina , a blockade of the Bosphorus , and an eventual Austro-Russian partition of the Ottoman Empire . |
| 25 | Much to their credit in launching a spirited assault on the Neath lead , Bridgend did attempt to spread the ball wide . |
| 26 | As a juror , would you find that a defendant had committed a serious crime on such a basis ? |
| 27 | I catch a piercing look I 've seen him give other guys ; Gregory , when he would n't jump a six-foot gap on the fourteenth storey ; Nick , when we learned about his drinking . |
| 28 | ‘ You will perceive by the accompanying prospectus that I have commenced another work of much greater magnitude [ than the Century ] ; for my own part I should have been more anxious to have gone on with unfigured foreign birds and by that means have added so much the more interest to the science of ornithology , but the greater number of the subscribers to my other work not paying attention to birds generally but limiting themselves to those of our own country , they have frequently reiterated their request that I should commence a similar work on the Birds of [ 'this country ’ crossed out ] Europe and this has been the only motive for my undertaking so laborious a task . ’ |
| 29 | Bait presentation was n't easy for Lee , 15 , as he cast a home-made boilie on a size 6 hook to an 8 lb hook length and 10 lb line into the wind . |
| 30 | John — Augustus cast a sentimental eye on his retreat , convinced in his euphoria of pristine well-being that he had encountered one of nature 's radicals , someone to whom he could reveal his new true feelings . |