Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv] [adj] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tried very hard to think about something , anything , that would help me keep my head clear . |
| 2 | Perhaps she will read this book and at last understand what I tried so hard to tell to her . |
| 3 | ‘ The company had a very cosy club atmosphere , which I found quite difficult to cope with in terms of what I saw as a lack of professionalism . ’ |
| 4 | The second variant I find more difficult to account for than the first , for which there are both specific and general explanations today . |
| 5 | ‘ Maybe I took too long to prepare for each jump . |
| 6 | If if they 're doing the business on they could be pulling off , that 's what I do n't like cos the airport 's are too so close together , like it 's too you know too er Right , shall we revert , I think more sensible to talk about this in the beginning of February yeah ? |
| 7 | It was a courageous policy , which became increasingly difficult to sustain in face of the violence to which southern blacks were subjected . |
| 8 | This phrase , which appears sufficiently comprehensive to apply to any visible image , was not included in the original Public Order Act 1936 , but was introduced only when incitement to racial hatred was first made a criminal offence . |
| 9 | A system of management must be put in place for the new firm which : ( a ) does not diminish the influence over the firm 's affairs which individual partners have formerly enjoyed ; and ( b ) which ensures that particular attention is given to those matters which proved most difficult to agree during the course of the merger negotiations . |
| 10 | At Edgbaston , in his early days , it is hard to recall him as the skinny lad in wire spectacles who tried too hard to bowl at medium pace , and when he became depressed at his form , came out in eczema rashes and asthma wheezes . |
| 11 | But it will make you feel better able to cope with what the world is throwing at you and it will give you a better feeling about yourself . ’ |
| 12 | Another example of the importance of having time to say goodbye to the person who has died is that of a client I was working with who seemed quite unable to talk about his wife 's death and seemed totally unconcerned that she had died tragically . |
| 13 | Anyway , after I 'd introduced her to a few different locations and got her over the initial newness of the experience , she seemed perfectly willing to come to me . |
| 14 | Well you sound pretty organized compared to some of them . |
| 15 | For example , you begin to ask yourself what would you see as important to accomplish in the next six months , the next 12 months and maybe the next couple of years . |
| 16 | ‘ You know all about me , yet you seem curiously reluctant to talk about yourself . ’ |
| 17 | you know more likely to worry about work , more likely to feel that they 're , they 're not quite coping , more likely to feel erm you know that , that somehow everybody else is getting on with it and , and , and , and they ca n't , I mean that 's just , you know , going from what people have told me so |
| 18 | The soloist is brilliant , and she is superbly accompanied by Sandor Vegh , who gets vitally responsive playing from the orchestra , with no feeling of hurry or strain . |
| 19 | Until you feel more able to cope with your new situation . ’ |
| 20 | If you feel more comfortable having at least a visual dividing line between sitting and dining areas you could make a dividing ‘ wall ’ with a low storage unit . |
| 21 | ‘ Have you found somewhere pleasant to live in London ? ’ |
| 22 | The General Accident will insure you for all sums which you become legally liable to pay for loss of metered water resulting directly from accidental damage to water pipes and apparatus providing service to the buildings described in the schedule . |
| 23 | She felt too uptight to embark on cooking her chicken dish that night , so she organised a simpler meal of terrine , followed by an omelette and fruit . |
| 24 | From 1940 to 1945 Winnicott was psychiatric consultant to the government evacuation scheme in Oxfordshire , and here he became directly involved with children who proved too difficult to place in foster homes , and in the setting up of hostels to house and care for them . |
| 25 | She was trembling , perhaps because she 'd suddenly remembered that the origin of the toast she had just drunk lay in the Viking custom of saluting each other by drinking from the skulls of their enemies . |
| 26 | I mean I suppose it is the first time , it 's the only film of its type , you , you know what I 'm getting at , it 's exactly the same thing we , we tried very hard to avoid in the access guide , actually being able to say what instead of just saying you know |
| 27 | We seem increasingly able to talk about sex , but wholly unable to talk about our own ageing and our feelings about it . |
| 28 | This table shows that those whom we predicted as unlikely to remain at home for long without project support were in general relatively expensive to care for at home . |
| 29 | While recommending this tip for storing your favourite magazine , we feel commercially obliged to bring to everyone 's notice the binders which Woodworker sells for £6.95 . |
| 30 | If what we regard as real depends on our theory , how can we make reality the basis of our philosophy ? |