Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] [adv] [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Their bones become fragile and break more easily leading to fractures of wrists , hips and bones the spine . |
| 32 | Still floppy from giggling they were careful to avoid catching each other 's eye , but there was warmth and repose enough there to set against the hardness of the day 's demands . |
| 33 | In the event of my dying before remarriage , I DEVISE and BEQUEATH all of my real and personal estate whatsoever and wheresoever not already disposed of as to my freeholds in fee simple and as to my personal estate absolutely to the issue of my union with JACQUELINE MYRTLE MITCHELL , the property to be held in trust for the said issue , the trust allowing monthly sum of not less than FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS to the said JACQUELINE MYRTLE MITCHELL to pay for the upbringing of the said issue , this arrangement to cease on his or her attaining the age of twenty-one years , whereupon a quarter of the remaining estate — whether in freehold property , stocks , shares or chattels shall be granted in perpetuity to the said JACQUELINE MYRTLE MITCHELL , and the remainder to be granted to the said issue . |
| 34 | But I was there , he had but they never had one before that , and Barry had erm , erm does it all before you and erm cos I try and go up there swing like this . |
| 35 | The inter-relationship of body and dress so self-consciously referred to in many of Kahlo 's most polemical works ( Fig. 12 ) has been strangely inverted by her current popularity . |
| 36 | A knowledge of the Russian language had become more widespread ( over 81 per cent of the population were fluent in Russian according to the 1989 census , up from 76 per cent in 1970 ) ; and the circulation of printed matter had increased considerably and become more evenly distributed between one republic and another . |
| 37 | We can make another baby , Herta and I. If I wept copiously both before and after , she let me do it , or try it , but I am impotent and do n't even go to the whores any more . |
| 38 | ‘ And do n't even think about trying to double-cross me . |
| 39 | " And do n't even think about lying to me , " Katherine whispered , her voice sending a chill through him . |
| 40 | She said there 's these hills where it 's hot and rains all the time , and in the rain forests there are these very tall trees and right in the top branches of the trees there are these like great big flowers called … bromeliads , I think , and water gets into the flowers and makes little pools and there 's a type of frog that lays eggs in the pools and tadpoles hatch and grow into new frogs and these little frogs live their whole lives in the flowers right at the top of the trees and do n't even know about the ground and once you know the world is full of things like that your life is never the same . ’ |
| 41 | And there 's these hills where it 's hot and rains all the time , and in the rain forests there are these very tall trees and right in the top branches of the trees there are these like great big flowers called bromeliads and water gets into the flowers and makes little pools and there 's a type of frog that lays eggs in the pools and tadpoles hatch and grow into new frogs and these little frogs live their whole lives in the flowers right at the top of the trees and do n't even know about the ground and the world is full of things like that and now I know about them and I 'm never ever going to be able to see them and then you , ’ she gulped for breath , ‘ want me to come and live with you in a hole and wash your socks ! ’ |
| 42 | And do n't just look over there . |
| 43 | ‘ It does n't matter whether the customer wants to buy a bus ticket or round the world cruise , ’ says managing director William Shaw , ‘ we offer a complete service to all and do n't just concentrate on packages . ’ |
| 44 | Do n't be grandiose , banal or over-personal , and do n't normally end with a quotation from someone else ( see pp. 95 – 7 ) . |
| 45 | Problems usually arise because many reef species are capable of more than a little antisocial behaviour — and it is difficult to lay down precise guidelines regarding their compatibility because marine fish , like people , are individuals and do n't necessarily conform to generalised behaviour patterns . |
| 46 | It is true in general , in spite of the fact that philosophers by no means speak with a single voice , and do not even agree among themselves about what they understand philosophy to be , since the nature of the subject , its preoccupations and methods , is itself a matter of philosophical disagreement . |
| 47 | What this spirit brought was a confidence that problems can be solved , and do not just have to be lived with . |
| 48 | We take particular care when approached for facilities by young people and do not normally lend to minors . |
| 49 | Those that carry the same names as overseas beers are produced under licence and do not necessarily adhere to the recipe or strength of the original . |
| 50 | This immediately creates some problems , since " codes " for this purpose are social constructs , and do not necessarily coincide with what linguists would recognise as discrete languages . |
| 51 | Theorists such as Nozick , Dworkin , and Ackerman have all addressed major issues of equality , rights , and justice and do not necessarily agree with Rawls 's work . |
| 52 | They can be easily reconfigured between different product lines ( Cohen and Zysman , 1987 : ch. 9 ) and do not necessarily conform to the linear layout . |
| 53 | Er what the gov the British government would like to see is a resolution of these matters er our precise position er and attitude and er erm the assistance we can give in reaching conclusions is much more a matter er for ministers of the foreign office rather than myself so the honourable gentleman er invites me to tread in areas that do n't belong to me and do not actually belong to these orders that are before us , no they 're not , they 're not really relevant to whether we approve or not the orders that are before us , er I 'll give way in a moment but the honourable gentleman er for I believe wanted to intervene . |
| 54 | Typically they are geographically mobile , living relatively far away from kin , work and friends ; they separate work from leisure and do not always socialise with the same group of people who all know each other . |
| 55 | Processions commonly or customarily held , and funeral processions are exempt from the notice requirement , presumably because the police will already be fully aware that they are to be held , and do not therefore fall within the ‘ triggering ’ rationale of the requirement . |
| 56 | They hijack Englishness and do not really speak for most English people . |
| 57 | STABILITY : - The molecules have an extremely stable structure and do not readily decompose into hydrogen and oxygen . |
| 58 | Landslips , earthquakes and faulting are not everyday occurrences in this country and do not usually have to be allowed for in settlement siting . |
| 59 | The crucial difference between the Germans and the Poles who profited from the efforts of the Colonisation Commission and the Polish banks through the sale and resale of farms and estates was that , while the Germans would eventually sell up for good and move away westwards to retire on money invested in Germany 's growing industrial enterprises , the Poles would stay put , use their money to consolidate their farms and purchases , and deposit their savings in the Land Purchase Bank . |
| 60 | With the devoted assistance of several technical wizards we converted my A-frame into an alchemist 's chamber of optical and electronic apparatus with which to visualize the unseen dimensions of sound and form so often described by metaphysicians . |