Example sentences of "[conj] a [noun] [conj] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where a clone and probe hybridise the corresponding row-column intersection is shaded depending on the level of hybridisation . |
| 2 | Pour it in a glass and look at it , or a spoon but pour it out the bottle , hold your breath and Bob 's your uncle ! |
| 3 | The British people will not forgive a Government or a Parliament that make another comparable mistake . |
| 4 | The Suffolk 's head is big with a broad forehead , and often with a star on it or a shim or blaze down the face ; the neck deep in the collar and tapering to a graceful setting of the head ; the shoulders long and muscular and thrown well back at the withers . |
| 5 | If you use binoculars or a telescope and see a star as a large , shimmering globe , you may be sure that there is something wrong with the focus . |
| 6 | or a hospital and ask them to give a good check , what they told us , they dare n't seemed to want to bother with people now |
| 7 | After that you need to type it either on to a computer or a typewriter and provide a free translation to go with it . |
| 8 | Lay the coat , zip or buttons up , on the floor or a chair and get the child to stand at the ‘ head ’ end . |
| 9 | He would be certain , positive , that he was about to walk Into a tree , or a post or sign he had n't noticed ; even that somebody had been watching from behind a tree and was about to leap out and punch him hard on the nose . |
| 10 | We may be totally unable to recall an event or a fact but recognise it and all its context immediately if it is presented . |
| 11 | 3. incongruity between what is expected to be and what actually is , or a situation or result showing such incongruity . |
| 12 | If you manage to break free from your attacker , run to the nearest source of help , whether it 's a house with lights on , an open garage , pub or shop , or a police or fire station-any place where you can find people , a telephone , weapons or cover . |
| 13 | But even that may not help as the worker may be waylaid by those who have ‘ just come in for a form ’ or an address or have to collect their children from school in five minutes . |
| 14 | not one of them doctors or an anaesthetist that come to dad had anything on , suit , trousers , jumper , floppy t-shirt , sweat shirt , no overall , no gloves nothing |
| 15 | Visit a museum or an exhibition and find out about other explorers like Sir Francis Drake or Marco Polo . |
| 16 | Presumably trying to move a leg or an arm or get your mouth to move . |
| 17 | It is clear that a reduction or increase in funding did not automatically lead to similar changes in each of the schools . |
| 18 | It is difficult to say whether or not a transfer of a house by the husband to the wife in , for instance , a " clean break " is " less in money or money 's worth than the value in money or money 's worth of the consideration provided " ( s339(3) ( c ) ) so there is always a risk that a conveyance or transfer following the court order or agreement may be attacked by a husband 's trustee in bankruptcy and the wife can not be absolutely safe until the five year period has expired . |
| 19 | If Dr De Melker feels that a watch and wait policy is warranted , how long should that period be ? |
| 20 | I have not the slightest doubt that a Pay and Display system for both the cobbled stone area in the middle of the town and the larger car park now available behind the Raby Arms Hotel would be both effective and easy to operate . |
| 21 | For example , it could be argued that a boom and slump lasting in total from about 1790 to 1840 was initiated by the Industrial Revolution 's typical innovations ( cotton spinning and weaving ; new methods of iron production ; steam power ) ; that from the mid-1840s a new boom was generated by the development of railways which initiated a fifty-year cycle ; that from the 1890s a new boom and long cycle stemmed from electrification . |
| 22 | You will also need a plumbline to ensure that a frame or end panel is vertical ; this is more accurate and easier to see than using a spirit level . |
| 23 | The Farm evidently believe that a rock 'n' roll band CAN change the world , through playing anthemic but , for the most part , bland and uninspiring , ham-fisted indie-dance with vague , unchallenging , uncontroversial truisms for lyrics . |
| 24 | They seemed to smell the air and if a lone bird hove in sight , they 'd pick it up when it was no more than a speck and watch it till it disappeared , and everything about it would be important to them — the direction of its flight , the way it flew , its height above the water , and so on . |
| 25 | The techniques he employs , he says , give him more flexibility than a potter and allow him maximum flexibility with malleable qualities of the metals he employs . |
| 26 | In fact , with the advance of telecommunications , it is easy to stay longer than a weekend and work from Bendinat . |
| 27 | The public transport network should also be improved to encourage people to use this instead of a car and a park and ride system might be introduced to keep traffic out of the centre . |
| 28 | One outraged victim Gail York , 23 , yelled : ‘ You 're a bastard and a thief and deserve to be locked up for the rest of your life . ’ |
| 29 | Greek specimens of this time have always eagle 's beak , hare 's ears and a knob or spike on the brow . |
| 30 | There were different sorts of T-shirts , each with an image and a slogan or comment on the status quo , some of which Malcolm designed and some of which were designed by Bernie and Malcolm together . |