Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [to-vb] [conj] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was imprisoned and held captive by the very forces I had so long sought to perfect and that I had honed and polished until they were stronger and more glittering than anything ever known at Tara . |
| 2 | The C E C has no difficulty with the principle to restrict numbers of full-time officials er , that are required , however erm , I think we also want to take into account er , the developments that are referred to in the motion with respect of the Labour Party and if these developments take place we will obviously have to examine that before we come to any decision on the matter . |
| 3 | Ascott , there 's a race meeting there tonight and the Police tell me that it 's chock-a-block , so obviously try to avoid that if you can . |
| 4 | Is it not enough to have to endure that when one is alive ? ’ |
| 5 | It only remains to add that although I have no doubt that Hugh correctly identified the ‘ search ’ of the Canterbury monks with the process of forgery , it is quite possible , indeed probable , that at various times during the previous fifty years individual members of the community had made experiments in altering the documents to make them more effective . |
| 6 | Yet the government has long managed to appear as though it was teaching Pythagoras to four-year-olds . |
| 7 | They 're bringing it in tomorrow so just shows just goes to show that if you put a plea out on the radio , you prayers can be answered sometimes . |
| 8 | But it is nice if they are asked , sometimes it 's sometimes they are just expected to do and if they have n't been officially asked . |
| 9 | Erm I just want to say if if it was an animal who was like chained up , would it still be in bad taste . |
| 10 | We are only just beginning to recognize that if we take this attitude , we are denying to arts and letters , and to the criticism of them , any bearing at all on public life — including , for instance , public education . |
| 11 | Well sometimes if I 'm doing er say a sixty year old , to sixty five , he 's got his state pension to come in at sixty five , so even if the P E P has n't quite recovered , he might just decide to leave that where it is , and then his state pension comes in , his income is then made up , and off we go again . |
| 12 | Pahdra Singh has just called to say that while he was at the funeral his house was burgled and a number of valuable antiques were stolen . |
| 13 | However , he was soon allowed to re-open and when he died in 1769 left a thriving business for his son and nephews to manage . |
| 14 | People always seem to assume that if you work in a library , you should know all there is to know about books . |
| 15 | Ministers are reluctant to believe that Your Majesty 's resolve is irrevocable and still venture to hope that before Your Majesty pronounces any formal decision Your Majesty may be pleased to reconsider an intention which must so deeply and so vitally affect all Your Majesty 's subjects . |
| 16 | But there were loads of spaces and I also happen to know that if you do n't stay long the hotel management does n't mind . ’ |
| 17 | He also managed to look as though he were in shock , in pain and in hysterics at one and the same time . |
| 18 | The psychologist commented that Balbinder had liked having a reading book and clearly wanted to read but when it came to reading he did not understand what he was doing but relied on guessing . |
| 19 | Had she really managed to look as though she were still holding together ? |
| 20 | I fetch them all in , stick them on clothes horse , they 're all round fire while I 'm on lollipop and then nip to shop and when I come in within half an hour they were bone dry . |
| 21 | Feeling in no way threatened by Ven , or anybody else , she then began to realise that if she was going to be assertive about anything , then it was about Ven Gajdusek answering one or two questions . |
| 22 | The two rows of upholstered seats facing each other were like a pair of matching beds , one for each so they would not again need to share except when they wanted to . |
| 23 | There is an assumption that at some stage the child will marry and that he will either cease to contribute or that his contributions on marriage will be greatly reduced , and therefore it is usual to apply a low multiplier in cases of this kind . |
| 24 | It is difficult to know whether this is due to there being little need to fly or whether it is due to lack of opportunity . |
| 25 | There are some targets which we never expect to achieve but as we move towards them they give us a sense of direction . |