Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [pron] [vb mod] [be] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She shook her head disbelievingly and I explained the Council 's plan which was to shift one or two caravans — and re-house the families in them — but only so there would be room to make a decent road into the plot . |
| 2 | I read in Acts 1 how Jesus promised the Holy Spirit to the disciples so that they might be witnesses . |
| 3 | So we can put some limits on the project : the chairs must be upholstered ; modern in the simplicity of their lines but not ‘ Cubist ’ for want of a better term ; easy on the eye and bottom ; they should fit in with other existing furniture ; and naturally should be of strong construction so that they will be heirloom quality . |
| 4 | Yes that seems to me to fit that sort of bill , erm to be quite honest I would prefer that we base the promises on a previous paper that T six six one , er you know , sort of er typical success of the fact looking forward cos at least erm that 's not so erm , you know , sort of difficult to erm you know achieve as erm sort of repairing potholes within , when you consider that the reason that the potholes do n't get mended is because government legislation has it that we have to actually erm have lines painted all round them , so that they can be part of the package of er road mending in many cases , I mean urgently erm difficult ones are not that common er so I think that perhaps some of these promises are so difficult because it gives with one hand and takes back with the other , you know , it says we promise , but , I , I would say that 's not much of a promise , you say I promise to erm , you know , erm merge , I forgot about , but if it said but , you know , if it rains I wo n't tell you , er it would be very sad |
| 5 | Dick 's fighter was not without its problems , the primary one being that the fuselage had been modified with a hacksaw so that there would be room to put a second seat in the airframe . |
| 6 | I made a point of saying to the Indian Ministers whom I met that , just as they had announced elections in the Punjab , so it would be excellent if they could start a political process in Kashmir so that there would be people representing the Kashmiris with whom the Government could talk . |
| 7 | To protect the black child we need to develop strategies to enable the white family to become open so that there can be reciprocity between white and black society . |
| 8 | If only because they could be witnesses . |
| 9 | Accordingly , using force without threat is robbery , only because there must be menaces in blackmail . |
| 10 | IT IS not irrational for a jury to decide that the first of two co-accused acted in concert with the second but that the second co-accused did not act in concert with the first , because the case against each accused must be considered separately and there may be evidence which is admissible against one but not the other . |
| 11 | B : ‘ I am worried about my job because it looks as if we are going to be privatised soon and there may be redundancies . |
| 12 | Just if she 'll , you know , just if she could be friends with me still , you know , and that ? |
| 13 | He continued , " they are coming in here shortly and there will be papa , mama and a daughter ; we will go to the Savoy Grill where we will have a little meal " . |
| 14 | There was neither joy nor peace in the house and she found herself wishing the time away until it should be March . |
| 15 | Just because he might be royalty . |
| 16 | ‘ What are you drinking ? ’ he asked , going on to apologise that he would have to leave them shortly since it would be time for his surgery . |
| 17 | They can be grown in a large number of different ways but are typically one or two microns thick though they may be millimetres or even centimetres long . |
| 18 | The clerk inquired delicately if it would be cash or charge . |
| 19 | We can get downstairs all right and there 'll be firelight in the kitchen . ’ |
| 20 | The second requirement is that the EP system should support annotations , and moreover that there should be provision for several sorts of annotation , e.g. the student 's annotations explaining why he has done what he has , and the marker 's annotations commenting on the student 's work . |
| 21 | He 's not been paying , but I suppose , with a business like that it 'd be V A T would n't it ? |
| 22 | Now that is a very awkward word I mean it 's nothing like that it should be A T E should n't it . |
| 23 | All aspects of Music and Movement will be considered and studied individually and collectively and there will be opportunities for working with a physically handicapped group . |
| 24 | Vern said it looked like the owners were coming to use the boat again soon : we 'd better clear off quick before it was light in the morning , specially as it 'd be Saturday . |
| 25 | Er that is very welcome , and also that there will be help at the weekends because as I 've often reported before , that 's often when things escalate at weekends for some unknown reason . |
| 26 | Behind that there 'll be presentation logic which defines the way that the screen behaves based on user input . |
| 27 | DEC says it delayed any announcement until now so there would be meat on the bones , not just promises . |
| 28 | You wo n't be involved in that Fay really cos you 'll be part of the erm procession with the oils you see . |
| 29 | ‘ There have been nuclear accidents in Japan before and there could be accidents again if the government persists in using this technology . ’ |
| 30 | Though the wider wrongs of intimidation and interference with trade by unlawful means may protect mere expectancies , there is no doubt that for the purposes of the tort we are now considering there must be interference with a subsisting contract between B and C. Hence if the contract allegedly broken proves to be void there is no tort . |