Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] and [verb] [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's not always possible in London but a short walk might well get you away from the crown and give you a chance to loosen up your legs , contemplate the last few hours and consider how your body is feeling in general . |
| 2 | He walked a few paces and took off his bowler hat … |
| 3 | Could I stay with you for a few days and learn how you manage without magic ? " |
| 4 | Pick out a few terms and decide how they are best defined . |
| 5 | I 'd like to see him have a few failures and see how he handles that . ’ |
| 6 | Always look for such omissions and state how your answer will be affected by the presence or absence of the fact in question . |
| 7 | We can speculate that there is a psychological motive for this switch , with Adele using a change of code to indicate that she is only reporting these words and does not herself " stand behind " them or vouch for their validity . |
| 8 | Of course , you 'd read of these places and screwed up your nose in disgust and said such things should n't be permitted , and why did n't someone else do something about it . |
| 9 | The idea is gradually to introduce one or two of these ideas and see how you get on . |
| 10 | ‘ The government could save itself billions by hiring a few wide-eared gents to ride these trains and find out what new rip-offs are being planned . |
| 11 | Now they tended to find their victims , and the loot for which they came , locked behind strong walls ; if they ventured too far , they found garrisons sallying from these fortresses and cutting off their escape . |
| 12 | This technique has been used by salespeople for many years and consequently should be used with care , especially with professional buyers who are likely to have experienced its use many times and know exactly what the salesperson is doing . |
| 13 | The king wrote to his bride-to-be : ‘ I promise to take you as my only lover , banishing from my mind and heart all others and serving only you . ’ |
| 14 | I asked myself that question on many occasions and wondered how I was supposed to refresh his and other people 's memories without risking the accusation of going on about it all the time . |
| 15 | All you have to do is identify those plants and send in your answers on a postcard together with your name and address . |
| 16 | " Let's just put on those links and see how they look . " |
| 17 | But now I just think of those vultures and carry on my predatory way … ’ |
| 18 | Lawrie , who is unemployed , planned to put her home on the market to pay back her former bosses and pay off her own debts , the court was told . |
| 19 | If we know what to do we can all look at our own houses and decide how we can alter them in not too expensive ways to make it a bit harder for the criminal . |
| 20 | He said the committee was potentially a very important counter to ‘ that very curious British disease of talking down our own prospects and talking down our own country ’ . |
| 21 | The pathologist looked at his own hands and stripped off his surgical gloves , dropping them into a plastic bag . |
| 22 | Since the standard housing of towns and cities has been unable to provide shelter , urban populations have been compelled to take the situation into their own hands and put up their own homes . |
| 23 | For a long time there were few specialized tradesmen : most farm workers made their own tools and carried out their own running repairs , until the spread of cheaply manufactured iron began to displace wood , and more sophisticated craftsmanship was called for . |
| 24 | Athelstan took his courage in both hands and blurted out his invitation . |
| 25 | He gripped the sheet with both hands and threw back his head gulping air . |