Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paintwork badly needing done , |
| 2 | The American frustration is evidenced by the utter confusion as sporadic resistance slowly starts to rise in defence of the fleet . |
| 3 | Not least of these is the support of grandparents and friends who raise money locally to help finance Graham 's trips to London . |
| 4 | England 's most endearing footballer badly wants to belong again , and I still believe a half-fit Gascoigne would offer Taylor more in mid-field than has been dished up lately . |
| 5 | Me being Miss Know-it-all did go out , and lo and behold I got arrested . |
| 6 | No other wave since has deposited him in the river . |
| 7 | This even applies to listed buildings : there is still a worryingly widespread general belief that listing only covers the facade , or perhaps just the exterior , whereas it is of course expressly designed to protect the whole building . |
| 8 | Thus , threatened for his alleged failings as the king 's minister , the archbishop skilfully sought to lay a minefield of principles — clerical liberties and rights of peerage — before the king and his agents . |
| 9 | Bristol Rovers ( second in the Third ) make their first change this season against Fulham ( fourth ) because of Alexander 's suspension , with striker Sealy set to face one of his old clubs … |
| 10 | And when you overcome the fear of falling , because it really does n't hurt ( honest ) , your enthusiasm slowly begins to build . |
| 11 | Dropping litter might also be linked with the kind of ceremonial spitting and pee-ing that is a demonstration of claim of territory ( old men sitting on bench at village square or park etc. seem to spit a lot/ the marvellous wide-astride attitude of the countryside pee-er claiming that bit of ground as his for that glorious moment — I am aware it 's different for ladies , but maybe the same mentally , given that fright of discovering be removed ! ) . |
| 12 | In the Hebrew scriptures , God is of course overwhelmingly conceived using male figures of speech . |
| 13 | Pursuing an entrepreneurial and demand-led strategy , LDDC claim to have leveraged over £4.4 billion of private investment for an outlay of £440 million of public money predominantly applied to land reclamation and infrastructural provision — a gearing ratio of 10:1 . |
| 14 | So far under this heading ‘ trade union and legislative development ’ , as under the earlier headings , the case effectively stated remains the case for extension , within the existing dispensation , of the role of trade unions . |
| 15 | Parliament eventually agreed to rescind the royal supremacy in November 1554 , but fears that the papacy might renege on the land settlement persisted . |
| 16 | He also cared deeply for his sister , and their afternoon together had proved he had a sense of humour and could be a considerate and friendly companion . |
| 17 | oh my mum literally has had |
| 18 | The blades , twisted like tentacles , were then dumped in the corner of the field , near a hangar , which of course swiftly became known as the Octopus Den . |
| 19 | With the advance of viticultural techniques the volume of grapes produced in Champagne naturally tended to rise and , always provided that they did not over-produce — a responsibility of ComCon which must be ratified by the non-partisan decree of the minister of agriculture — the quality of the fruit yielded also rose . |
| 20 | ‘ … we are of course much gratified to hear of your safety and that your expedition is progressing so prosperously : at the same time the Letter although a long one does not tell us half the things we most wished to know : it does not say ought of your movements , when we may expect you home , how Mrs Gould is , whether your attendants have answered your expectations , how Mastr . |
| 21 | Providing money is generally acceptable , a person will take it in exchange for goods and services he sells since no difficulty will be encountered in using the money so acquired to purchase other goods and services desired . |
| 22 | In this case the user only needs to specify the bucket size required from the alternatives provided , as the formatting and addressing have already been carried out by the manufacturer . |
| 23 | If the user only wishes to produce text on the system and is prepared to restrict this to a few styles and sizes then such a device is perfectly adequate . |
| 24 | If the user only wishes to check the consistency of a predetermined set of contigs then a program contigorder may be used instead . |
| 25 | When the chip is incorporated into a smart card and inserted into a mock up cash machine , the user only has to speak into a microphone to be recognized and given the cash . |
| 26 | Gazzer only had to stand in the middle of the towpath and wait as the man approached him . |
| 27 | Papal implication in subsequent plotting against Elizabeth and financial support for the Spanish Armada only served to confirm this equation , and as a consequence Elizabeth was unable to withstand the growing pressure from her Protestant subjects for the introduction of harsher recusancy laws and civil disabilities for Catholics . |
| 28 | I endorse what the hon. Gentleman says about the responsibility that politicians of all constitutional parties have , and a willingness so to talk has been very much present in recent years . |
| 29 | At this level BIS has encouraged co-operation through its conferences before and after main ALA conferences . |
| 30 | In a flash all has disappeared ’ , as the narrator realizes it was only a vision of his youth , now past ( ex.4 ) . |