Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [adv] [pers pn] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | There was nothing that could be used for a cradle so obviously she intended keeping it in bed with her , but Sarah had heard tales of babies being smothered like that and she was surprisingly anxious that her newly expected brother or sister would n't end up that way . |
| 2 | They believe in family values so much they 've had more than one family . |
| 3 | In this chapter so far we have focused on specificities in your argument — the presuppositions in your sentences , the specific things you can say about particular texts , the setting of something in its context , and so on . |
| 4 | So if your if you 're an elder it 'll be very difficult to get up those very steep steps etcetera so it 's got disadvantages now it 's been run all sorts of ways it 's was run you know it was run as a as a wine wine bar it was run as a restaurant it 's been run as a bar it 's been run as a stage door club but all this all these ways have been run by private individuals it 's not always been the trust that 's run it it 's been run as franchise all these people have great problems actually making profit out of it and making it suitable . |
| 5 | His wife turned without a word , and went to open the door ; and presently ushered in Detective Chief Inspector George Felse , mild , grey-haired and ordinary , a tired middle-aged man who would have been inconspicuous and among his peers almost anywhere he cared to materialise . |
| 6 | cos you got one stitch there then you 've made one so , one , two , three . |
| 7 | But if we are going to meet expectations of clients then really we have to know exactly what it is the client needs and would be happy with . |
| 8 | Sharing with relatives after divorce So far I have concentrated upon two situations in which people may live with relatives , both of which probably would be regarded as a predictable part of the normal life cycle . |
| 9 | The county 's own er developments have included , , , , , and and of course particularly in other areas especially within we 've worked with the existing voluntary organizations in developing their centres rather than necessarily developed our own , and I think that mixed pattern has been very helpful . |
| 10 | I stand clutching the receiver while he lets out a sigh so long I have to feed another ten pence into the meter . |
| 11 | In the illustrations of projection so far I have suggested that broadly speaking there are two kinds : ( 1 ) where the participants are allowed to be passive observers becoming more actively engaged as and when they wish , and ( 2 ) where from the beginning the participants are required to do something . |
| 12 | We 've all been told we 've got smelly armpits so now we have to buy the stuff . |
| 13 | They 're in the hotel business in America and love Crystal Springs so much they want to buy it . ’ |
| 14 | Well we 've only got binary decoders here so we have to cope we have to change something . |
| 15 | ‘ Finished it , ’ he concluded for her , and Leith knew then that if Naylor Massingham had been looking to find fault with her work then plainly he 'd left no stone unturned . |
| 16 | The tights , very long in the leg , were quite a problem , hanging round her ankles in great folds however hard I tried to keep them up , and settling into the enormous-seeming bedroom slippers to make walking dangerous . |
| 17 | I know what that means it means if you get ten times further away you 've got ten times the acceleration but it 's pulling back in towards |
| 18 | So I 'm gon na be back , like a week , you think they 'd make it a bit more so I 've done most of |
| 19 | Meetings once again I have to say the old , old chestnut please can we start at eight o' clock er we 're getting new members who get a bit discouraged when we have a late start . |
| 20 | Erm so what I 've done is said , Are these for use in U K or export ? and these are for use in the U K. Right so I 've said well we 'll probably give you a price relating to that then . |
| 21 | Philip Bond gives a wonderful and moving portrayal of jaded professor Frank , who does his tutoring job so well he has to watch the once passionate and sentimental Rita turn into a trendy talker whose empty phrases contain nothing of the real her . |
| 22 | At a news conference later yesterday he declined to speculate about a cancer cure . |
| 23 | Oh , I 've been down here about twenty years though so it 's faded a bit |
| 24 | And I do n't think , I think we 've reached the point now where we 've got to really take stock in our society and change things . |
| 25 | But I mean , it 's getting to the stage now where it 's gon na become counter-productive , well , for me cos it 's got to such a point now where I 've got exchanges going through , I 've got erm sales going through , details to be typed , canvassing going out , instructions , appointments to make , the outcomes |
| 26 | If , as you say , your sister will come and bring Oreste then surely you have achieved your dearest wish ? |
| 27 | you know maybe I am the sort of person they 're looking for who 's already done a little bit of surveying erm to join as a dogsbody and then over the two years or four years however long it does take erm you know slowly presumably you just get given more responsibilities . |
| 28 | Two squares every centimetre okay so we 've got twenty nine so it will just fit on nicely |
| 29 | In considering priorities so far we have considered the priorities involved in choice . |
| 30 | WHEN Alex Ferguson joined Manchester United as the new boss he wanted me out of Old Trafford so badly he tried to make me redundant . |