Example sentences of "and [vb mod] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Get your goddam diary and let's make a date . ’ |
2 | And let's make a vow . |
3 | ‘ Pull up your chairs and let's make a start . |
4 | The furnishings were an indiscriminate mess : a bit of Habitat here , a dash of Laura Ashley there , a few near-antiques , some Scandinavian minimalism , an MFI recliner-rocker , and let's bung a tank of Japanese fighting-fish in the corner . |
5 | ‘ Come along , then , and let's take a look at you , ’ said McManus . |
6 | ‘ Stand back and let's have a look at you . ‘ |
7 | Take your jacket off and let's have a look . ’ |
8 | And let's have a look at this . |
9 | Cos I says put them on and let's have a look |
10 | Bring me the duvet and let's have a look at it . |
11 | Bring on the Pimm 's and let's have a sing-song around the old Hammond because Paul Weller is back . |
12 | ‘ And let's have a round of applause for Mrs Grindlewood-Gryke who has provided this splendid feast for us . |
13 | Let's listen to the difficulties you may have and let's find a way of resolving them together ’ . ’ |
14 | Department stores operate personal service , and may offer a variety of other customer services , including credit facilities , delivery services , lifts and/or escalators and restaurants . |
15 | ( g ) Adjournment The court may adjourn proceedings at any stage and may fix a date , time and place for the resumed hearing or leave this to be determined at a later date . |
16 | Satisfactory explanations for these reductions in mortality from circulatory diseases have not yet been arrived at and may reflect a change in the disease , improved medical care or changes in lifestyle habits . |
17 | It is probable that the economic situation in the industrial countries will deteriorate further in the longer term as some of the constraints upon growth which I discussed earlier take effect ; and there will then be a much greater likelihood of conflict among the rich nations themselves in the struggle for natural resources , markets and some kind of economic growth , while the poorer developing countries will experience increasing hardship and may reach a point of economic collapse . |
18 | Under section I of the P. & C.E. Act the police can stop and search : ( a ) any person or vehicle ; ( b ) anything which is in or on a vehicle ; for stolen or prohibited articles ; and may detain a person or vehicle in order to conduct such a search . |
19 | The difficulty for the vendor is that , as a result of the sale , the vendor may be left with no facilities to perform obligations under such contract and may face a claim from the party to that contract for breach . |
20 | Insurance Companies can provide advice and may send a surveyor to inspect your security arrangements and make recommendations |
21 | The millimetre to centimetre scale alternations , which record periods of more or less intense upwelling , represent time scales of several years to several tens of years and may represent a response to some internal oscillations of the equatorial Pacific such as El Nino . |
22 | Thus , the marked increase in tumours of the cardia may relate to past smoking habits , and may represent a cohort phenomenon as smoking increased between 1915 and 1950 . |
23 | Such triangular set-ups provide a means of regulating distance in a marriage , and may represent a bid to retain freedom and independence . |
24 | Cunnilingus is a marginal case but since it involves genital contact and may involve a form of penetration , there is a case for placing it within the more serious category . |
25 | These tend to be used by very large companies , by companies or organizations where group decisions and committee work are a noticeable feature , and by very small organizations where everybody is regarded as equally important and may want a say in what is going on . |
26 | Leicester lie sixth in the First Division after a midweek defeat at Charlton and may make a change of captaincy . |
27 | Ask Computer Systems Inc warns that it will only break even , and may make a loss for its fiscal third quarter , adding that the poor profit forecast results from its failure to close about $10m in sales in the period but that does not necessarily mean the company permanently lost those sales ; the company said a significant amount of software licence sales it had expected for the quarter did not close in time . |
28 | This activity will tend to put greater downward pressure on sterling and may cause a depreciation to occur which is greater than is necessary to offset the inflation . |
29 | Sir Ranulph , 48 , also has visited a London hospital for medical opinion about his foot , which is severely frost-bitten and may require a skin graft . |
30 | One possibility is to seek a parent company or preferably a bank guarantee , though this will involve the purchaser in some expense and may require a deposit to be made with the bank . |