Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] [pron] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd want to go on seeing you a lot , though . ’ |
| 2 | Philosophy has effectively challenged what the theologian often persists in seeing as the ‘ proofs ’ of God 's existence which he or she must hang on to in order to have an absolutely secure and certain faith . |
| 3 | Thrill-seeking impulses led them to many momentary and immediate adventures , and it was this period of his life he referred to when he said he had never been in an orgy of more than three people , although he tried ineffectively to promote it a time or two . |
| 4 | He is well liked and sticks to his brief come what may — a tactic that has rightly earned him the nickname of the ’ Bardic steamroller ’ . |
| 5 | Even in rugby , the Afrikaners ' passion , the formation of a single non-racial administrative body is imminent ; the octogenarian rugby boss , Danie Craven , has long thought it a game for robust men of all races , and in 1988 angered Mr de Klerk by sending an emissary to contact , among others , the African National Congress — one of whose leaders is now working to dismantle the boycott . |
| 6 | He has only expressed what a lot of other people have been starting to fear for a long time , that unless the commercial manipulators in tennis are careful , they could cook the golden goose . |
| 7 | She comments , ‘ I doubt if my working life has been well organised enough to call it a career , but running various businesses has been very satisfying ’ . |
| 8 | The Government has thus done what no government before has done — it has given an inferior tribunal the power to determine the extent of its own jurisdiction . |
| 9 | ‘ I should be honoured to have your company at dinner , Miss Leonora X. Whenever you 're ready to come downstairs give me a shout and I 'll come and collect you . |
| 10 | ‘ The arrival of another SeaCat vessel in May certainly has not hit us the way some people expected . |
| 11 | If your lecturer has not given you a book list , get one of your larger colleagues to persuade him to do so . |
| 12 | ‘ Do n't you know God has not given you the spirit of fear but of love and a sound mind ? ’ |
| 13 | I also know that your informant there has not told you the truth . |
| 14 | Quite deliberately the storyteller has not reported what the runner told the people of the town . |
| 15 | She watched , round-eyed , as several men-at-arms , pikes in hand , marched by on their way through the gate , and tried not to imagine herself a prisoner in their charge . |
| 16 | I was so grateful that somebody has finally told me the reason why I was miscarrying . ’ |
| 17 | Then he discovers the bar owner doubles up as the town sheriff and that gunman Lyle has just given him a lift . |
| 18 | Jane Daly has just given me a copy of the new Capital Equipment RTP forms . |
| 19 | Thus when the postmistress asks him if he has come from Mars , he answers ‘ yes ’ because she has just told him the story of Merlin that is a local myth . |
| 20 | Unfortunately I am obliged to terminate at this stage , because someone has just passed me a note saying that the band has to depart at 11 pm , and it is now 10.30 . |
| 21 | This is how Chris Symonds earns his sporting glory … riding in the british bobsleigh team … he 's the number two man … and has just won himself a gold medal in the world cup competition … this weekend he competes in the world championships … he 's been back home to get ready to train for his rollercoaster ride on ice … |
| 22 | Then first one , then another and finally eight cabbies all wandered over to see what the fuss was . |
| 23 | So if group captain White has already given you an example of the reduction we 've made in in some of our er scalings of those equipment , er it was also suggested by the contractors that economies could be achieved by reducing the number of bases , the extent to which all squadrons should be fully multi role equipped and by contractualising more of the second and third line support , erm , we and the other partners are still considering these proposals in detail er and have n't actually taken decisions yet but there are certainly some possibilities in that area for er economies against the original cost estimate . |
| 24 | His name has already made him the butt of many jokes . |
| 25 | ‘ Which is why the lady has already promised me the pleasure of her company tonight . |
| 26 | He made the cut by three strokes , and in qualifying for the final two rounds he has already guaranteed himself a place on next season 's growing satellite tour , Europe 's golfing second division . |
| 27 | He made the cut by three strokes , and in qualifying for the final two rounds he has already guaranteed himself a place on next season 's growing satellite tour , Europe 's golfing second division . |
| 28 | She has probably known what the doctor is going to say and may feel she has betrayed the family or patient and her relationship with them by not previously telling them the truth . |
| 29 | Edward York makes him more of a Friar Larry , Romeo 's dishevelled contemporary , one of the lads who has unaccountably found himself a Franciscan . |
| 30 | But it is very unlikely that enough super-delegates , more than a quarter of whom have already endorsed Clinton , would gang up to deny him the title . |