Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] [conj] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was hanging from my wing down the length of the pole , the wind strong enough to pull and toss my body against it , and each time it did the pain at my wing was so terrible that I cried out . |
| 2 | He called on the international community " to come together to extend and co-ordinate its assistance " and warned delegates that although the Fund intended to adapt existing lending programmes to help those most affected by the crisis , notably the front-line states , oil-importing countries and the new democracies of eastern Europe , the costs of such finance were likely to be prohibitive . |
| 3 | What should happen if [ J. ] suffers an episode before then which should require ventilation to be applied mechanically to save or prolong his life ? |
| 4 | But it was n't large enough to button and showed her blouse and skirt , and so when she appeared in the yard again Ben , standing ready by the cart , grinned at her , saying , ‘ That 's nice ! |
| 5 | They too have taken an interest in the ideological and cultural world of the communities but only to facilitate and improve their marketing of so-called popular drugs like aspirin and alkaseltzer . |
| 6 | On the third day , I am strong enough to wash and do my laundry . |
| 7 | If we make an acquisition , it 's just to tune and complement our business , ’ he said . |
| 8 | There 's a lingering smell of machine oil in the room , and I see that Victor got up early to strip and clean his gun . |
| 9 | Blinking her eyes rapidly to try and clear her head , Sarah said , ‘ Come inside and I 'll go and look . ’ |
| 10 | At larger ones , you have to work harder to grab and hold their attention . |
| 11 | Such an immaculately synchronised performance between two figures seeks totally to control and condition our attention . |
| 12 | have hunted , slain and carried away deer , hares , coneys , pheasants and partridges … threatening the King 's officers in life and limb , so that they … for a long while have not dared openly to pass and do their business there . |
| 13 | Byng wrote partly to enhance and prolong his pleasure in ‘ tourism ’ , but also to preserve details of ‘ the manners of our travelling , the rates of our provisions ; and of castles , churches and houses ’ . |
| 14 | In an important sense , Hugh may almost be looked on as the instigator of the Investiture decree of 1078 , for he had gone to Rome for his episcopal consecration four years earlier in order to avoid contact with a secular ruler , who claimed the right both to nominate and to invest his nominee in his episcopal office . |
| 15 | There were large variations in the systems ( Pahl , 1989 ) used by the households both to manage and control their income ( see Gillian Parker 's chapter here ) . |
| 16 | Yeah , that unfortunately the majority of people say you 'll get money in a couple of days , then the person would start to argue , because they need their money now to go and buy their shopping . |
| 17 | His Figures of Plants were appearing periodically to amplify and embellish his writing , the very successful Abridgement had reached its fourth edition and the Garden Kalender its tenth . |
| 18 | Get yourself somewhere to live and gain her respect again . |
| 19 | Sabine is not here to confirm or deny their conversation , and neither can she confirm or deny how much of her work went into the Durances . |
| 20 | JOHN Major will go on the offensive today to try and save his job after the Tories virtually put him on probation . |
| 21 | I have learnt over the years to talk your way , behave your way , and even to think and feel your way . |
| 22 | A One easy way to give naturally curly hair that perfect ringlet look just like you see in magazine pictures is simply to shampoo and rinse your hair and afterwards comb an even amount of conditioner through the hair . |
| 23 | He felt able to offer comfort : ‘ It is no unreasoning or ill-judged confidence which relies upon the force of the truth and wisdom of the old order to hold their own and indeed to extend and deepen their influence under conditions which , after all , will for the most part be only superficially new ’ . |
| 24 | We at first wanted to know each other , then knowing became friends , and every day as our knowledge increased , greater liking , deeper sympathy , and so on to love and feeling our love , knowing it to be true , pure , and everlasting ; then the desire for the perfect life of unity , and then of giving the world the benefit of our love by a little child . |
| 25 | Being critical means that you must question any information , material or statement you come across to test and establish its meaning and truth . |
| 26 | She used to get someone else to go and do her shopping for her . |
| 27 | There are many forms of emission charges which may be used to provide economic incentives to polluters either to reduce or cease their pollution , including sales taxes on fuels or fuel ingredients : for example , Norway introduced fuel taxes in 1971 whereby a basic tax is levied on each unit of oil , together with an additional charge which increases for each 0.5 per cent of its sulphur content . |
| 28 | But Ruth had no heart either to appreciate or to envy her mistress . |
| 29 | A lower profit margin meant that industrialists could not afford to invest enough either to expand or to modernise their plant . |
| 30 | ‘ Oh , no , Ross — this is a terrible mistake ! ’ she cried in a desperate attempt to cling on to some form of sanity , wriggling violently to try and escape his embrace as he almost ran up the steps and entered the cottage . |