Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] [adv] [adv] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Home Secretary should think much more carefully about the concept of a safe third country . |
| 2 | She must have sensed that one day I would be leaving her again , and that nearly broke my heart , knowing the sadness she must feel all too well in my experiences with lovers who never stayed long but left me feeling as if part of me had been torn from my body . |
| 3 | Both bodies believe the Government must look much more closely at the environmental impact and risks associated with further prospecting before any new licenses are issued ( 2 ) . |
| 4 | Therefore the total water volume of your aquarium ( 100 litres ) should be turned over a maximum of once every hour , and the water should flow very gently back into the aquarium , avoiding strong currents and surface turbulence . |
| 5 | ‘ Now I have said all that I wish to say to you girls except , Mildred , that you will write one hundred lines which will say , ‘ I must try very hard not to be quite so silly . ’ |
| 6 | It is difficult to avoid the impression that we , as a profession , and the Institute in particular , have so far been too willing to accept unwarranted criticism in the past and that we must respond far more effectively in future if we are to limit the damage caused by corporate failures . |
| 7 | That is to say , credit should figure far more prominently in education than it has done in the past . |
| 8 | Sadly , manufacturers of more modern machines save themselves a few pennies and if it is ‘ user ports ’ or analogue to digital converters that are required then the customer must dig even more deeply into his or her pocket ! |
| 9 | THERE is a degree of planetary turmoil to contend with in November although , because much of it is focused in a sign entirely compatible with your own , you may do rather well out of the situation . |
| 10 | When I say we will invest in the young , I mean , for example , that we 'll invest far more effectively in education and training . |
| 11 | The British sales rep might do even better out of this system than the current one — and grandees would do worse . |
| 12 | I just hope I 'll do half as well on stage tonight . ’ |
| 13 | You 'll see far more clearly on the enlargement . ’ |
| 14 | The group discussed ways in which the four organisations might work more closely together in the future , including preparations for the WACC-sponsored Consultation of International Christian Communication Organisations which was postponed earlier this year . |
| 15 | twisted , warped , it 's in a sense it 's exactly the same as the circle , you know you draw the circle it 's a line that starts there and goes perfectly round and comes back to the starting point , it 's exactly the same as that , but it 's been pushed out at the edges , it 's been dented in here , it 's not recognisable now as that same circle , although it 's what it is , and you see what , what has happened is although we 've sinned , although we 've come short of God 's plan , God has n't destroyed the whole thing , he could so easily just taken up the human life and crumple it up and thrown it on the heap , said finished with them , ca n't be bothered , I 'll start all over again with new people , I 'll have a new creation , well he did have a new creation , but he kept that same creation , he said I 'm gon na work on it , I 'm gon na do something with it , I 'm gon na restore it , I 'm gon na ransom it , I 'm gon na redeem it , I 'm gon na make it again , not just like it was , but I 'm gon na make it even more wonderful and more beautiful . |
| 16 | I 'd make obviously straight away after nine a.m . |
| 17 | If for any reason I had to spend the night in town and my friend Wilma could n't have me , I could stay there very cheaply with the girls . |
| 18 | Kingsley adjusted his dogcollar meaningfully and replied that he was an expert on the English language who could speak authoritatively not only on the matter of ‘ bollocks ’ but also on ‘ shit ’ or ‘ fuck ’ if required . |
| 19 | The archers loosed blind in the darkness , but could do so only once without imperilling their friends , for after the shock of meeting it was stark hand to hand work without any daylight art about it , first a hacking and swinging ahead at any flesh that moved , then body to body fumbling where everyone panted out words in his own tongue to be safe from his comrades , and even swords were of little use . |
| 20 | ‘ And no one warned me I could drown just as easily in the army . ’ |
| 21 | The content of these remarks she could guess all too easily from the pin-ups that were displayed on walls and pillars everywhere , pages torn from soft-porn magazines depicting glossy-lipped naked women with bulging breasts and buttocks , pouting and posturing indecently . |
| 22 | But from somewhere she heard a calling that whispered the sacred word ‘ Callanish ’ and said that no Callanish eagle could die here so far from home where no eagle ever flew . |
| 23 | Here he envisaged that the state apparatus could operate much more autonomously from direct control by capitalists , where the class struggle is equally balanced , creating a temporary history-making role for political leaders and state bureaucracies . |
| 24 | In some other cases , for example in national liberation struggles , armed conflict may lead even more directly to the emergence of strongly reform-oriented or revolutionary movements , and to changes of political regime which go beyond the attainment of national independence . |
| 25 | Without such works of grace the world would rush even more rapidly towards the abyss . |
| 26 | The arguments against putting through Parliament a blatant twisting of the general law , which would smell only too strongly of a corrupt bargain , were overwhelming . |
| 27 | And a British F C C would fit much more naturally into the Department of Trade 's portfolio , than into that of the department of national heritage , which currently looks after broadcasting . |
| 28 | Prior to 1910 it was by no means clear either that Labour would replace the Liberals or that it would move So far ahead of these rivals as to reduce them to marginal sects . |
| 29 | There are two reasons for this : it would take far too long for the calves to reach working age , and their mothers would be off work while rearing very young calves . |
| 30 | He would get right away out of the town , blow the cobwebs out of his brain . |