Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb -s] [v-ing] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Except the brain is screaming for more dopamine , so you overdose because you ca n't accept that the drug is n't working any longer , and it 's then that cocaine starts doing its other things to you . |
| 2 | A side-effect of this is that if your mail starts showing your long address as opposed to the short address given for your name on the list , the dopey list software rejects it . |
| 3 | In the early days at least , being your own boss means sacrificing your social life , forgoing a salary and traipsing out in the rain to post your own letters . |
| 4 | This post involves ringing our regular advertisers and some new ones to sell our advertising space in the newsletter . |
| 5 | Branson 's recession-hit rivals will be waiting to see if the response justifies lowering their own prices in the leanest booking period of the year . |
| 6 | That in turn means concentrating our limited resources on fewer and carefully selected targets where we can , over the years , bring about change and effect medium and long-term and far-reaching improvements , as opposed to merely and inadequately propping up the status quo . |
| 7 | Connery goes visiting his old school in Edinburgh , which is not in the prettiest part , and the kids ask him how much he earns and whether his mam wanted him to be an actor and whether he was good at school . |
| 8 | Anyway , the crux of the problem involves coaxing your reluctant body around the arête , while attempting to keep as much of it as possible crammed into the now less-than-accommodating horizontal break . |
| 9 | One company recommends laying its own make of cork lining paper or roll cork below the planks for better heat installation , and most manufacturers recommend a sheet of underlay below their wood floors ( to be tucked in behind the skirting boards ) if there is any possibility of dampness occurring . |
| 10 | Grendon starts doing its best work after 18 months , but it 's hard work getting there . |