Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [pron] [adv] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 31 | The point is rather that we now have a strong data base from which to operate , and that the technical means are now available which would reveal precisely what our signals do mean ; perhaps to show that there are monsters , perhaps to find , at least beyond reasonable doubt , that their existence is too unlikely to warrant further study . |
| 32 | He listened so politely that I perhaps talked a little too much about my dear country . |
| 33 | It naturalises itself so easily that it almost becomes a weed . |
| 34 | He said that several players dragged John Newton away and he never had a chance to kick Mr Hallam in the face or punch him . |
| 35 | It 's not cos she only gets a little bit . |
| 36 | Colonial tribunals were popular largely because they provided Sri Lankans with opportunities to use the power of the state , not because they efficiently enforced a widely-recognized concept of justice . |
| 37 | Thus the religion is adhered to , not because it fully meets a need , and can provide a source of actual enjoyment in worship and other activities , but because it provides a lifeline to be used in emergencies , when all other hopes of help have failed . |
| 38 | ‘ I 'm told this war could be all over before I even get a shot at them . ’ |
| 39 | How typically vexing that there should be a rotten crop of films on , just when he really wanted a good one . |
| 40 | As soon as we fully experience an emotion , it changes . |
| 41 | I 'm sorry I 've actually asked that question and while we 're discussing it , unfortunately we can not do so , as soon as I actually get a figure and I 'm quite prepared to release it to you . |
| 42 | Well I was a bleeding age but I had n't got a job and erm I decided to keep on and we actually used a lot of our August summer holidays to help move the stuff from to School . |
| 43 | And then that 's another thing he always got something to eat which was a great help of those days , and especially if there was If mother was baking or anything like that he always got a scone or something , mhm . |
| 44 | Still if you already have a spreadsheet machine adding a coprocessor is one of the few easy things that you can do to speed it up . |
| 45 | Twenty years later , her collecting bug has paid off and she now has an unusual collection of antiques , most of which were bought for her previous home . |
| 46 | A BANK clerk was praised by police yesterday after she calmly locked a masked gunman inside the branch he was trying to rob . |
| 47 | Moreover when I once tried a word-association test with a class of college of education students , the word " library " for quite a large minority of them meant " fines " ( although there was no fines system in the college library ) . |
| 48 | TRADE union bosses warned the TUC to ‘ change or die ’ yesterday as they unanimously backed a survival drive to recruit more members . |
| 49 | Any way Sunderland came out pumped up and we hardly got a touch before Goodmans strength made an opening from which he scored in the 6th minute . |
| 50 | His research work has been published extensively and he recently led a team of representatives from Britain , Germany , Switzerland and the Netherlands to create the first European master 's degree in biotechnology . |
| 51 | The vet wrapped it up but he also had a little thing on his ear so he cut that out as well and he 's gon na wear the collar to stop him scratching his ear and |
| 52 | How can anyone dream up a handicap system whereby my handicap can go up because somebody else scored a net 65 ? |
| 53 | Probably because she never had a father at home to look up to — ’ She broke off , biting her lip , knowing she was saying too much and ashamed at her loquacity . |
| 54 | We should n't forget either though that we already have a Social Chapter from the ni nineteen eighty seven Act , it 's not to be sniffed at , it 's given us the directive on the protection of pregnant women at work . |
| 55 | The Americans do it much better having Thanksgiving to space it out so they only have a month of Christmas though they do seem to let their elections creep back just as we do with football … ’ |
| 56 | He saw the crew bail out and he also felt a sickening feeling as he watched the rear gunner , petrified , trying to escape from his rapidly descending prison , plummeting towards a certain death . |
| 57 | Yeah , she 'd got a boyfriend and , with her school work as well , like she 's doing her A levels now and she just got a little bit , you know , because it is a big you know you 've got to be dedicated have n't you ? |
| 58 | Britons join pasta set BRITONS are eating more pasta than ever before but they still have a long way to go to match their continental neighbours , according to a survey by pasta makers Buitoni . |
| 59 | A mixture of series and parallel , which you 've done before but you probably need a bit of revision . |
| 60 | However , tests have been carried out at Manchester University , England , to find out whether we also possess a natural magnetic sense . |