Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [verb] [pron] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Speich barely restrained himself from grabbing it out of her hand . |
| 2 | Please remember though to ask us before going overdrawn . |
| 3 | Guntram even accused her of wanting to marry one of them ; a suggestion which Gregory found preposterous . |
| 4 | " Why — Martha , girl — I 've always taken it for granted that you and me would — would - " |
| 5 | No , I 've always admired them for doing it their own way and getting away with it all the way to the end . |
| 6 | ‘ There are other investors , and do n't worry , I 've still got plenty of backing for this show . |
| 7 | Yes we 've never done anything about inviting |
| 8 | They 've never seen anything but shooting and death , like those kids in Beirut and South America . |
| 9 | The Taiwanese government passed legislation in harmony with the regulations of CITES ( the UN 's Convention on Trade in Endangered Species ) in 1989 , although environmentalists have since accused it of failing to enforce these laws sufficiently . |
| 10 | A Constituent Assembly was elected in May 1990 but the military authorities have effectively prevented it from convening . |
| 11 | This brings the UK into line with the Danish , Dutch and Swedish authorities , who have already committed themselves to preserving Decca at least until the end of this century , while the positions of Ireland and Norway have not yet been declared . |
| 12 | The other is the note in Appendix F , which says that some hobbit-names have been retained by Tolkien without translation , ‘ though I have usually anglicized them by altering their endings , since in Hobbit-names a was a masculine ending , and o and e were feminine . ’ |
| 13 | Perhaps spotting a chink in Clinton 's armour , the Republicans have further accused him of stirring up feeling against the war . |
| 14 | Pride always restrained her from describing her mother 's attitudes in too much detail , and she tended rather to laugh them off , but nevertheless her friends had some shrewd notion of the situation . |
| 15 | Many of those who voted against Mr Yeltsin in Congress last week have probably deceived themselves into thinking that the hands of the clock can be put back . |
| 16 | The baton is , however , necessary at the Opéra , where large choruses are frequently sung in the wings … it must not be thought that such a distant group of singers can hear the orchestra , however numerous : each person sings in his neighbour 's ear , and I have sometimes surprised myself by singing off the beat and incorrectly conducting [ conduisant ] the chorus surrounding me . |
| 17 | This was the 316th year of the society , but events such as wars with Napoleon , ‘ Kaiser Bill ’ and Hitler have occasionally prevented it from taking place . |
| 18 | He may , for example , have broken into her home or have violently assaulted her before attempting to have sexual intercourse . |
| 19 | Since there has been such extensive research on both systems we have had to be selective : we have therefore confined ourselves to discussing just one line of work in connection with each . |
| 20 | On the other hand , similar statements of mine have never prevented you from writing back in the past . |
| 21 | We have never committed ourselves to meeting it , no matter how high the rate . |
| 22 | If you have never paid anything but reduced rate contributions , you are not entitled to a basic pension in your own right but instead must rely on your husband 's contributions for the married couple 's pension . |
| 23 | These people are specifically given a job of making sure that the rules are obeyed and they have never accused us of doing anything wrong . |
| 24 | But both Mr Major and the recently appointed Irish Prime Minister , Albert Reynolds , have actively committed themselves to moving the Ulster problem forward . |