Example sentences of "[adv] [noun prp] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Luton had the best of the chances … should have scored at least one … thankfully Swindon managed to escape with a point … |
| 2 | Presumably Rance wanted to emphasise the ‘ All-Party ’ nature of the group . |
| 3 | Luckily Lloyds has found an alternative insurer — Pinnacle — for its 250,000 homebuyers , although the policy conditions are more restrictive . |
| 4 | But er that 's from now on Neil has got to carry th the responsibility for his own actions . |
| 5 | Would you rather Galatea had remained a cold block of marble after all ? ’ |
| 6 | And while other babies can splash happily in warm baths , little Heidi has to make do with a quick sponge-down in a grubby public toilet . |
| 7 | Eventually Corbett decided to stay there , leaning against the rail , watching the day break above him . |
| 8 | Eventually Nellie got rid of Percy Rimmer and replaced him with Robert Clarke , who did Tiller 's stage effects . |
| 9 | Chilly as it was , it was nothing compared to the day little Rizla came kicking into a snowy world of white . |
| 10 | Luckily Pat had organised insurance before she left her home in Brighton — unlike 30,000 skiers who will head for the snow this season without adequate cover . |
| 11 | Whether Rory is merely loose in the world or ‘ away the crow road ’ ( dead ) only Kenneth seems to know , but Prentice 's uncle has left him a sign and a promise . |
| 12 | And so Felix offered to take over the wheel and drive for a while . |
| 13 | His suicide , in protest at the invasion of Czechoslovakia by the forces of the Warsaw Pact — only Romania declined to participate - seemed to catch at the Western conscience as somehow symbolic of those dreadful days , though it produced no result other than a further deepening of the Cold War . |
| 14 | Perhaps Marcus had read her previous reticence to give herself completely to him as boredom with the scenario of casual individual relationships which were par for the course for their contemporaries , and had laid on a partner-swapping party to titillate her interest . |
| 15 | So Isabel intended to pack a parcel — several parcels . |
| 16 | This publication may encourage other Civic Societies and perhaps CPRW Branches to attempt the production of similar books . |
| 17 | and a cup of coffee and a cigarette , and I always do that but this day I was so tired after the doing the garden , both gardens like and fucking weeding them all and doing everything else and brushing out the back and doing I said to him for fuck 's sake do them dishes for me for a change William would you I said , so I got er got myself in the bath said I 'm away to bingo , so William 's gone out what happened ? eight , I had eight he had one you may get yourself I said ah fuck no wonder I have no fucking luck , so on the settee and said I 'm not going anywhere , I sat for ten minutes then I said ah fuck you why should I sit here so I lifted the car keys and walked out again then , fucking zooming out of and there was John coming up like that |
| 18 | Many people heard that but only Cecilia seemed to have heard that first single clang as Ernest , her brother , in freeing the rope from the cleat , gave it a tug which caused the bell to spring upwards and fall again . |
| 19 | So Fernando had informed them she would be here ; that sounded encouraging . |
| 20 | So Sarah 's got to come ! |
| 21 | Admittedly Dane did throw the odd comment over his shoulder as they drove , pointing out places of interest , but every time he did so Marianne managed to draw his attention back by launching into yet another anecdote which involved only herself and Dane . |
| 22 | Hitherto Victoria had had far more liberal banking laws than the other five states . |
| 23 | They 're beautiful if you 're walking across the Downs and admiring the trees or the open countryside , but erm there are times , and we 've had just a recent spell with easterly winds , and we find with an easterly wind along the south coast , because of the Downs , and because of the , the Dover Straits , these easterly winds tend to erm funnel , as we call it , and therefore they are stronger than they would normally be expected to be , so Brighton does have its disadvantages in , from that point of view , but from the sunshine and the general point of view erm it takes a lot to beat the area . |
| 24 | The date for the joyous occasion was set for the Sunday of the Canon European Masters and so Spence had to find a replacement to carry his bag at Crans-sur-Sierre . |
| 25 | Perhaps Nour had burdened her with noisy , tearing girls who had shattered the afternoon calm with screams of merriment and wild gestures , or frenzied weeping . |
| 26 | so Roger had to leave a note for him . |
| 27 | So Michel wants to marry her — what about your mother ? ’ |
| 28 | Bringing in Baulk has made the agency more businesslike and money-oriented , ’ says an insider . |
| 29 | So Kelly changed to go , but before leaving for London , she wrote a brief letter to Dermot Kinane . |
| 30 | Only DEC has adopted it and was rumoured to be lobbying for its continued development within the framework of the consortium . |