Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv prt] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , these were now too low and my prospects too poor for me to continue along that track . |
| 2 | Local authorities to a very great extent are responsible for the present ‘ grant control ’ which is exercised by Central Government for , whenever in recent years the Central Government have asked them to carry out some new function the local authorities have countered the request by a demand for a Government grant to assist with the new service . |
| 3 | Local authorities will be given a ‘ general power of competence ’ , which will allow them to carry out any beneficial local action which neither duplicates the work of other public bodies nor breaks the law . |
| 4 | My God , George thought , cringing , he wants me to kill off more of that fossilised brain . |
| 5 | Oh erm let me slow down this bit , erm no it 's twen , oh it is twenty six ninety nine anywhere else , I 've seen it but in Argos , Wi , well William looked in the catalogue on Tuesday for me , but he said it was nineteen ninety nine in Argos |
| 6 | ‘ You ca n't possibly expect me to carry on this sort of charade — not for that length of time ? ’ |
| 7 | Their overall fuel policy role was also to give them influence over more central aspects of BEA decision making on the choice of fuel for power stations , particularly when oil and nuclear power began to look like attractive options to add to the industry 's coal-fired base . |
| 8 | Give them a really good soak in aquarium disinfectant before you add them to kill off any fungi which may be present . |
| 9 | After all , it 's the care assistants who really know the details , so we like them to pass on that knowledge . ’ |
| 10 | This was followed by four further weeks which trained them to pass on these new skills to other villagers . |
| 11 | The experience of working for a number of American executives , who were too busy protecting their jobs and the inflated salaries that went with them to pass on any responsibilities to me , made a move imperative after about a year . |
| 12 | Similarly , the therapist should help the family formulate a step-by-step approach to problem-solving with regard to a particular problem , and then encourage them to try out these steps at home , reporting back at subsequent sessions on their progress and any difficulties that they have encountered . |
| 13 | It was at this point I decided to modify the router fence with two aluminium blocks which allowed me to work off that face but beneath the area I wanted to machine away . |
| 14 | Do you think they would allow me to pass on this ultimate truth ? ’ |
| 15 | I do n't think there 's any need for me to spell out any more at this point what that may mean but the responsibility in as churches to ensure that we care for the under eights . |
| 16 | You have run after me to find out this thing as if it were just an answer to a riddle , or a joke which you remembered half of . |
| 17 | Squire Trelawney , Dr Livesey , and the others have asked me to write down all I know about Treasure Island . |
| 18 | If I write one digit per second , how long will it take me to write out all the numbers from 1 up to 1991 ? |
| 19 | The physics baffles me , the philosophy bores me — but I know that I would take about seven years for me to write out all the digits in a statement of the odds against encountering another ship in Highlight . |
| 20 | He told her to fetch a pencil and paper and when she brought them scribbled down several sentences in capital letters . |
| 21 | Toying with that idea started a train of thought about some of the other activities probably open to super-beings , which led me to conjure up some images of myself with Sergia , the Ardakkean , minus her costume , in the Orgitunnel . |
| 22 | Do you want me to come back another time , I — ’ |
| 23 | So when we were there in London I asked around several centers for rehabilitating women and I struck lucky . |
| 24 | mum , I read out all these school names , see if you know what they are , |
| 25 | After I 'd done that I made up some new bombs to replace the ones I 'd used the day before , and a few extra besides . |
| 26 | The forecast from Livorno has spoken of increasing winds and I laid out all the chain before we rowed ashore ( feeling curiously British and eccentric using oars among so many outboards ) for the pasta and wine we had been promising ourselves since mid-morning . |
| 27 | From the loaf I have taken with me I tear off several pieces of crust and toss them one by one into the current , which carries them over the spot where the chub surfaced . |
| 28 | The ways in which I lived out this my own appropriate identity within this vocation were diverse . |
| 29 | I round up all the suitable containers in the house — china , glass and plastic , plain and coloured — and on U-day , I sneak out first and put them in strategic places all round the garden . |
| 30 | If I round up all these criminals and trouble-makers , no one will say , ‘ What a clever man is Colonel Stok to grab these people before they could cause our country trouble . ’ |