Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [noun pl] [subord] [pron] [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They do n't know the language so their choice of jobs is limited to the worst and least skilled ; they do n't know their rights so they can be intimidated , they do n't have much information about other , better off workers so they can be paid poverty-line wages . |
| 2 | Sir Frank , who had earned his knighthood by making house calls only at houses where there might be photographers waiting outside , had once told George he drank too much . |
| 3 | The obvious method is to use a Fair Isle pattern — not in stripes if you can help it . |
| 4 | Essays will be a central part of your work , both during the course and finally in examinations where you will need to use them to demonstrate historical knowledge , skills and thought . |
| 5 | People were run over by trains because they would stretch themselves out on the rails for a quick nap , or because they were drunk . |
| 6 | Then I imagined Lewis , boots tied round his neck , for some reason suddenly resembling Shane MacGowan , skinning her jeans off , not me , and he turned into Rodney Ritchie , at home with his parents , unpicking the individual stitches of her jeans with a tiny knife , and the Ritchies all wore badly-fitting jeans and had denim curtains and denim carpets and denim light shades and denim wallpaper with the little rivets left on like poppers so you could just press paintings and photos onto the wall … except that Mr Ritchie looked like Claude Levi-Strauss , which is when I think I started to get confused . |
| 7 | Uncashed cheques can be cancelled , but not without your bank or building society making a hefty charge — make sure you 're not paying more in charges than you 'd lose if your cheque was cashed ! |
| 8 | And I guess the DIA felt , well , go up in flames if you must but keep away from us . |
| 9 | Clearly , whatever system we have , councils will want to squeeze as much money out of payers as they can and they will justify this in the same tired way : preservation of jobs and services . |
| 10 | These collars give pigs a computer key to let them in and out of stalls where they can feed unmolested . |
| 11 | I know Steve asked if we could go back to Thursdays cos he ca n't make a Wednesday night . |
| 12 | Gloria was always telling Dot she should try to hold on to things so she 'd have them as keepsakes for ever . |
| 13 | The mirror 's failing , which spreads starlight around in haloes when it should be concentrated in a point , has masked the effect of the jitter . |
| 14 | But the impact of any national advertising for books — either by publishers when you could find it or by others — contributed little to sales . |