Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] [conj] [pron] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When something goes wrong , I find the quickest way to make matters worse is to launch in with my own fury , or insist that they repair the damage MY way . |
| 2 | If , when you do , the neighbours think you are being anti-social explain or say that you have a passion for climbing roses or clematis , or make some other excuse if you wish to be polite . |
| 3 | Of the water which infiltrates into the soil , some is taken up by vegetation and is transpired and the rest either flows down-slope through the soil as interflow or throughflow until it reaches a stream channel , or sinks through the soil to become part of the groundwater . |
| 4 | possess any secret official code word , or password , or sketch , plan , model , article , note , document or information which relates to or is used in a prohibited place or anything in such a place , or which has been made or obtained in contravention of this Act , or which has been entrusted in confidence to him by any person holding office under Her Majesty or which he has obtained or to which he has had access owing to his position as a person who is or has been employed under a person who holds or has held such an office or contract — [ and who ] ( a ) communicates the code word , pass word , sketch , plan , model , article , note , document , or information to any person other than a person to whom he is authorised to communicate it , or a person to whom it is in the interest of the State his duty to communicate it , or ( aa ) uses the information in his possession for the benefit of any foreign power or in any other manner prejudicial to the safety or interests of the State , or ( b ) retains the sketch , plan , model , article , note , or document in his possession or control when he has no right to retain it or when it is contrary to his duty to retain it , or fails to comply with all directions issued by lawful authority with regard to the return or disposal thereof , or … |
| 5 | Now we used to clean the bottom up cos used to be a big boiler in the dredger and erm we used to close down every six weeks , which they used to call blow the boiler down , that mean that they open the valve and the heat used to take all the water into the river , so er , that used to be blown down Friday night , come Saturday morning we 'd start at six o'clock and chip all the fur off inside the boiler , cos the boiler was made with all and what we call the crown , that used to be the two furnaces , cos they 're double the big boiler were a double furnace and we had to chip all that fur off them , well it used to take us now from six o'clock in the morning or say seven when we got there had to go down the tug and er go down the tug and erm , then we go aboard and strip off . |
| 6 | What you 've got to take into account is that , an all , there 's an awful lot of things that you get when your unemployed that stop when you find a job . |
| 7 | Tchaikovsky was the first to break that mould when he gave the Sapphire Fairy ( now one of Florestan 's sisters ) a solo to a 5/4 time signature . |
| 8 | Choosing this date also allows Balboa and his company a little breathing space : they can spend two full days marching from the unpleasantness in Quareca to the summits of the coastal range — rather more reasonable a period than the few hours that elapse if we believe the earlier date . |
| 9 | It is , as we saw clearly during the Gulf war , the very sophistication of America 's procurement and the new technology of weaponry that demand that we count the Americans as friends and allies rather than trying to go it alone . |
| 10 | You have to pay them and they can be pretty steep , but they are standing costs that arise because you own a car , whether you ever use it or not . |
| 11 | Since the above experience we four men always go down when we hear the bombs whizz , and perhaps we remember that experience when we hear the plane above droning overhead and we wonder where those bombs will drop this time . |
| 12 | You catch both balls and repeat until you have a very smooth action when you will be ready to insert the third ball . |
| 13 | Other such terms , for example free , as in ‘ then we were free ’ , certainly had reference to the past , but carried direct contemporary reference : a man would say of another , ‘ he is a free man ’ , and mean that he took no orders from a superior ; and a man ( asked about his own occupation ) might say with some pride that he was a ‘ free Zuwayi ’ ( zuwayi hurr ) , and imply his condition was closer to the old days than that of most of those he saw around him . |
| 14 | The fire was so small and mean that it gave no warmth at all . |
| 15 | Anne was angry and upset when she heard the news , and found that many of the women at work agreed with her . |
| 16 | I was going to make a song and dance when we got the 100th subscriber , but 98 's near enough . |
| 17 | Conversely , because very little substantive empirical work has been based upon the Marxist model , it is not clear from a relatively small-scale study such as that by Sankoff and Laberge whether it offers a potentially more insightful way of analysing variation . |
| 18 | Those aspects of the context which are directly reflected in the text , and which need to be called upon to interpret the text , we shall refer to as activated features of context and suggest that they constitute the contextual framework within which the topic is constituted , that is , the topic framework . |
| 19 | ‘ What do you bet she does n't come marching in here and suggest that you have a strong dose of Syrup of Figs ? ’ |
| 20 | That is quite a lot ; but why be more ambitious and say that it makes the place of mind in Nature more intelligible to us ? |
| 21 | Afterwards he got in touch , not to sign me but to offer encouragement and say that he liked the album . |
| 22 | I think I would go along with Lesley and say that there comes a point where erm government initiatives need to be taken . |
| 23 | Lentils coming from Ethiopia , you get wheat from the States , rice from the States , ap apples from France , tea from India , coffee from Brazil and Columbia , sugar from the Windward Islands , bananas from all over the place , you know those are the things that keep us alive , no , you know , whether we one think they are or not , but I mean them things are what keeps the economy alive for one , it 's also what keeps us personally alive if you do n't know why we take an interest in Third World issues , I would say that it 's that , we 're dependent on these countries , we could produce enough foods for our own needs , but we would n't have oranges , coffee , tea , sugar , you know cos we ca n't grow them in this country we , we really depend on those things to stay alive , and for that reason alone we should have some kind of interest , if you went to Kenya for example they would be staggered at how little you know about their country given how much they know about yours they know a lot about this country , a lot of it is a bit loopy , but then what you know about their country is probably a bit off centre as well , and you know I hope that this is something that we 're reversing in this section , our perceptions of the Third World or the south or whatever we choose to call it , colour a lot of the things that we think and do and say and it increases the amount of racism that there is around us all , all those kind of things , erm and I think that it is really important to look at what a perception is , you know , for example what 's your perception of this ? |
| 24 | ‘ Hold this tiller and steer while I operate the lock . ’ |
| 25 | This directory will start at just under 3500 blocks , and grow as you use the process . |
| 26 | Landlords are continuing to issue occupiers of their property with " licence agreements " ; only a very small proportion will appreciate that they are not bound by the agreement they have signed , and realise that they have the right to a fair rent and security of tenure . |
| 27 | Sweet Molly , who he was about to take out for the day and seduce if he got the chance . |
| 28 | His hand wavered , and she noticed the steel discipline which made him drop the phone back in its cradle and wait while she sipped the water . |
| 29 | Should I give up the unequal struggle and wait until I reached the age of 16 ? |
| 30 | Phil : Well I would say that if I had my life over again I wish and hope that everything happens the same , and I think at the end of the day Becky had been the cream on top of the cake … |