Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [adv] [adv] [to-vb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dr Tom McManus of the IIRS got up again to say that an assistant to Dr Selikoff at Mount Sinai had told him they were unable to associate any increase in asbestos-related disease to exposure below 100 nanograms , while 100,000 was considered tolerable in a factory ! |
| 2 | The Bank of England stepped in yesterday to signal that a drop in UK interest rates would be premature and longer-dated gilt edged stocks gained as much as £1 . |
| 3 | There 's a lingering smell of machine oil in the room , and I see that Victor got up early to strip and clean his gun . |
| 4 | Willie peered gingerly outside to see if he could catch a glimpse of the strange boy from the Post Office . |
| 5 | Jesus came not just to forgive and to cleanse , but to break the power of sin |
| 6 | The passing of a jade emblem served not merely to denote but to validate authority . |
| 7 | Mrs Brooks went back downstairs to wait until she was called to take their breakfast away . |
| 8 | The Secretary of State sought earlier today to suggest that this comparative survey ’ Youth and work : transition to employment in England and Germany ’ somehow backed up the Government 's record . |
| 9 | This was Eilean na Roin , the Island of the Seals , and the grey seals came ashore here to breed and to bask . |
| 10 | It took long moments before Caroline calmed down enough to remember that she had not sprung the little trap she 'd set . |
| 11 | These are industrial processes carried out only to order unless the use of ‘ treated ’ timber in the rebuilding is specified from the outset . |
| 12 | Her hands trembled too badly to cook and she sweated as if in the tropics . |
| 13 | An English interior designer flew out especially to plan and make the curtains for this one room , and the heavy silk drapes with thickly ruched pelmets , magnificent tassels and braid trims cost several thousand pounds , exceeding by far the means of most of her customers . |