Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the recent research selectivity exercise , major contributions to computer methods and the creation of publicly available datasets which emanated from within history departments across the country , counted for little if anything . |
| 2 | The Amiga 's technical superiority counted for little when there were hardly any games for it , and hardly any of them used its facilities . |
| 3 | Colleague solidarity counted for little when there was a chance for one of the few organizational carrots — that of promotion . |
| 4 | We can not bring that about successfully until we know what is to happen with the GATT agreement . |
| 5 | I had two when I first came here , but erm , one came as a stray but this one I 've got is a lovely little er ginger and white one he 's , he 's about somewhere but he 's just gone out I should imagine been on the si sitting on the sideboard |
| 6 | You 'd go for somewhere where you ca n't be seen . |
| 7 | There are units in some parts of the UK where you and your child can be cared for together when one or both of you are unwell . |
| 8 | Give the horse plenty to think about so that he concentrates on his work rather than other exciting stimuli . |
| 9 | Caroline would give me hell for evermore if she thought I 'd ill-treated her best friend . |
| 10 | It would n't fool them for long but it would do for a moment . |
| 11 | It played for a little while , I did n't play it for long but it did play . |
| 12 | For long before my camera had been stolen I had noticed the unhealthy reliance people had on photographs , and their ability to take them , to make sense of what they saw . |
| 13 | They tell you to go on with artificial respiration for ever , for long after you 've given up hope . |
| 14 | Here and there a regular path of some animal helped them but it rarely ran in one direction for long and they were unwilling to lose contact with the water which they would eventually have to cross . |
| 15 | ‘ But not for long and I never came over to the Yamacraw . |
| 16 | The warrant officer was speechless , but not for long and he thundered at him as he had on me a few minutes before . |
| 17 | You see , I did n't know her for long and it was a privilege to meet her at all . |
| 18 | This is proved by a letter from one Mr. Wildhagen to Sir William le Fleming and dated the 19 October 1721 : " hellip ; your honr know it is impossible for the men to work att your Fells of Conistone in the winter season for long as their houses are unbuilt , they haveing so far to come and go to thir lodgings … |
| 19 | But unfortunately this did not last for long as we came to a narrow , shallow strip of the river . |
| 20 | Peace did not reign for long as he provoked the ultimate chop for himself by one day taking his scissors to all of the models ' heads and cropping them . |
| 21 | Modigliani and Miller argue that this situation can not persist for long as it offers arbitrage profits to the individual investor . |
| 22 | He did not sing for long because he was old , but it was enough . |
| 23 | But I wo n't be off for long because I 've to follow Marcus . ’ |
| 24 | For only where there are seams of Belemnita quadrata chalk , covered by a layer of Tertiary debris , will the vines produce radiant crops on the Falaises , and grapes that can be turned into champagne which has champagne 's unique , inimitable flavour . ’ |
| 25 | Every castle mustered its defences and stood by to repel the normal sharp and brief attack ; for only when they were insolently sure of their supremacy did the Welsh assay a siege . |
| 26 | Nor can we fundamentally question the rules of logic , for only when we assume them can we ask a question at all . |
| 27 | For only when one is able to discriminate between what must be discarded and what still remains as valuable for the future will one also be able to decide whether one is ready to strike out in the new direction consciously and positively . |
| 28 | Overseas markets too are affected , for only if they can reach ports at reasonable cost and efficiency can goods be readily exported . |
| 29 | In other words , Laura 's idea of the working woman was one who worked at home , and her needs should be catered for so that she could look attractive in the environment in which she naturally flourished . |
| 30 | He might be hangin' on , but it wo n't be fer long if we do n't git ‘ im to Dawson County Hospital PDQ . |