Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] [adj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But do n't get so tiddly that you keep hiccoughing , or giggle all the way through , especially at your own jokes before you reach the punchline . |
| 2 | You could always smear sticky treacle on the bit or make sure the bit is always warm before it goes into her mouth . |
| 3 | If and when they work on the tacit assumption or make such a blatant assertion as that , that there is no longer any poverty , because it is not true and unless and until it is true neither they nor we have got any right to be content . |
| 4 | Erm they began the union just before I left Bellany and of course it was cried down and erm they had meetings and the lot , and then all the miners were on strike at the time , and er my father and brother were both miners and er my brother was very friendly with Mr and Mr next door and er anyway er we decided to come out on strike for Bellany 's union and of course erm they , the , one , I think it was Mr said Joey he said er did you know we 're out on strike here and my brother said it seemed to be catching does n't it he did n't say he could n't say I worked there you see but erm it , it caused an upset but still up to a point the unions were good because we 're all badly underpaid for what we did , and the hours we worked they would n't tolerate it nowadays , but erm I forget er I joined the union and if you did n't you were a blackleg you know you , they wanted you to join the union from then I 've been in the union all , until I finished work but erm they , they got us our rises and er as I say the , the money was n't er very good and then the union did fight for the rises and they 'd got to pay it or lose all the er employees but erm I was , I was satisfied with without it , I 've been satisfied with my life you know I 've had , there 's been humorous there 's been sad but erm I 'm still able to get around and that 's the main thing . |
| 5 | We all like to award ourselves a little extra something if we give up smoking or lose half a stone , so why not allow the child who is doing something difficult an incentive ? |
| 6 | You can follow this treatment with a face-pack , or wait half an hour for your skin to settle down and apply your usual moisturiser . |
| 7 | Wild Boar Hamburgers Ingredients : 450g ( 1lb ) lean boar meat from shoulder or loin 50g ( 2oz ) fresh boar or pork back fat 3tbs breadcrumbs 2tbs fresh cream 2tbs fennel seed 1 ½ tsp fine sea salt Freshly ground black pepper Small pinch ground cloves and nutmeg Preparation : Mince the meat and fat and mix in the remaining ingredients , or mix all the ingredients together in a food processor . |
| 8 | Liquidise or sieve half the soup and return it to the pot with the remainder . |
| 9 | Well what 's the good of , of us or hear both the honourary report when they bloody send the report . |
| 10 | Either that , or convert all the bitmaps to the correct resolution . |
| 11 | No man is an island ; no smallholder can possibly find the time or produce all the skills needed for complete self-sufficiency . |
| 12 | The objection , again , is that we do not in our standard causal thinking have or use such an idea . |
| 13 | Elderflowers — These can either be collected as flowers from the hedgerow in the summer ( a couple of leaves crushed and rubbed on the skin helps to keep mosquitoes away from humans ) or use half a teaspoon of dried flowers which can be bought as tea . |
| 14 | Many analyses of the unions in the 1970s suggested that such political power as they possessed rested on their ability to defy incomes policies over time and veto ( as In Place of Strife ) or render inoperable the policies or legislation which they did not like . |
| 15 | But ‘ We do not insist upon , or force such a commitment on anyone . ’ |
| 16 | Some old people living alone , who are very frail , are unable to expend all the energy required to take a bath or shower unattended every day , and if their standards of personal hygiene have always been good this can be a real worry to them . |
| 17 | He had only to go for a spin with Freddie Reynalde or spend half an hour too long in the pub for her shoulders to slump and her eyes to fill . |
| 18 | In that sense , he is no ‘ revolutionary ’ , but rather a deep student of solutions , with a solid capacity for the kind of apparently trivial details that make all the difference between winning and losing , between safety and risk . |
| 19 | It is environmental factors and chemical interference that make all the difference to keeping the skin soft . |
| 20 | Convector heaters that make all the difference |
| 21 | Why could n't Jim see that it 's the little things that make all the difference ? |
| 22 | The aim is to replace the typographical codes with computer-usable codes that make explicit the function of the text . |
| 23 | This combination of speed and close attention may have a lot to do with the narrative thrust and atmospheric coherence and intensity that make this the most gripping of his novels . |
| 24 | ‘ They too will remember that crash all the rest of their lives . |
| 25 | Sir : Nicholas Baker 's perception of adoption ( letter , 10 October ) perpetuates the destructive secrecy and denial that afflict all the people involved in traditional adoption practices . |
| 26 | The Bricklayers ' Arms was one of those modem pubs that capture all the atmosphere of an airport lounge . |
| 27 | Digital Equipment Corp says it today starts shipping its new MT personal computers , a family of vertically-oriented 80486 machines that occupy one-third the space of conventional desktop systems : prices for the DECpc MT series go from $2,350 to $2,800 and fall in the middle of its line , it said . |
| 28 | There are far fewer species in the oceans than on land , however , because there are no marine equivalents of the forest trees ; and it is the trees that provide such a myriad of habitats for land-based creatures . |
| 29 | A reader 's tanks that break all the rules — but work . |
| 30 | The first method is to take out two separate policies that cover half the loan amount ( this can be stretched so that the higher earner of the two parties has a policy covering a greater amount ) . |