Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The generalized conclusion ( first widely popularized by Martinson ( 1974 ) ) that ‘ nothing works ’ became widely accepted less because of its validity than because it was a message suited to its time , and because the disappointment of the high hopes invested in reform led to an over-reaction against the rehabilitative ideal . |
| 2 | More and more armies were becoming reliable though still very cumbersome machines , mechanisms which could be relied on to perform competently on the battlefield the evolutions in which they had been trained , and to stand enemy fire without flinching . |
| 3 | ‘ I just wish clients could always be relied on to behave likewise . ’ |
| 4 | The real McCoy is made up in loose linens , which can be relied on to hang stylishly on even the stickiest of summer days . |
| 5 | He failed conspicuously to do so and continues to side-step any commitment to taking the effective steps which many senior military experts believe could at least limit the damage , by calling from time to time for a mere tightening of sanctions against Serbia . |
| 6 | because they scan on ultra violet light and as one our P C's found out to his cost , he ruined a hundred and fifty pounds worth of compact disc cos he got rather carried away with and of course , it ca n't be cleaned off ! |
| 7 | But Fodor goes on to argue that much of what can be said about reflexes can also be said about processes which we would normally regard as ‘ cognitive ’ rather than ‘ neurological ’ or ‘ behavioural ’ : the parsing of heard sentences , for example . |
| 8 | I believe that a Christian 's position on this matter recognises the necessity for state action but goes on to argue that much of education , health and other welfare services could be quite adequately provided through the private sector , with the result that people would be free to exercise greater freedom of choice and also exercise greater responsibility over their lives . |
| 9 | He goes on to describe very vividly how Caesar was stabbed to death , and as he fell , so did the whole of Rome and all her contents . |
| 10 | He then goes on to refer quite correctly to the fact that apparently they 're using the nineteen eighty one census figures , instead of the ninety one census figures , this could result in er , a reduction in the amount of the cash available , and we should resist that , I personally think that 's less important . |
| 11 | The beggar is plainly moved , and goes on looking curiously at Howard for some moments after he has walked on . |
| 12 | John then goes on to say well of course we 're going to refer this to the Secretary of State . |
| 13 | Goody goes on to make even larger claims about the ways in which the acquisition of writing , which permits man to reflect upon what he has thought , has permitted the development of cognitive structures which are not available to the non-literate ( cf. also the views of Vygotsky , 1962 ) . |
| 14 | The writer goes on to make further points about the picture 's elements . |
| 15 | Of course , little bits of practice help ; but if a child goes on doing exactly the same thing just as incompetently every day for a month , or even three months , it does not necessarily mean that no progress is being made : it is , but inside , where you ca n't see it . |
| 16 | This is all very well , but most of us are interested in not general but personal immortality ; others may come and go , but we ourselves , as individuals , would like to carry on living forever , please . |
| 17 | Rachel too climbed out of the pool , not having the heart to carry on swimming now that the others had finished . |
| 18 | ‘ In such circumstances prospective vendors have chosen to carry on working rather than offer their properties for sale at lower values . |
| 19 | The government is running a large budget surplus and expects to carry on doing so . |
| 20 | I have worked for the Health Service for twenty six years and plan to carry on doing so and I fully expect to finish my work in the Health Service where it 's still in Government hands . |
| 21 | He stroked the side of her face with it , amused by her attempts to catch his fingers in her teeth , teasing her with it , darting little touches here and there on her lips . |
| 22 | Was the Universe destined to go on expanding forever , or might it be that gravity would eventually pull all the galaxies back together again until there was a ‘ Big Crunch ’ — later to be followed by a new Big Bang ? |
| 23 | If the universe is destined to go on expanding forever , the temperature of the microwave radiation will eventually decrease to less than that of such a black hole , which will then begin to lose mass . |
| 24 | And why had he felt the need to go on pretending right up until the very last minute ? |
| 25 | The subordinate females do have one or two ways of retaliating — they tend to go on laying longer and produce more eggs than the dominant female , and they also produce the occasional late egg some time after they have laid the rest of their clutch . |
| 26 | It had been raining heavily — and it was to go on raining heavily for another nine days . |
| 27 | ‘ We 've decided to go on living here at the farm with Poppa , ’ she was saying . |
| 28 | You have to believe that if you and she are going to go on living together . ’ |
| 29 | Augustus Melmotte , the rich entrepreneur hero of the book , feared his debts would not allow him to go on living anywhere , and killed himself . |
| 30 | We lost our home — there was no way Mum could afford to go on living there — and had to move into a little council house . |