Example sentences of "[vb -s] [conj] [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If not , and he 's picking the frog out of everyone who has or is still playing for the team , surely Strachan 's contribution far outweighs anything done by the Frog . |
| 2 | Slowly add the 1:1 nitric acid to the mercuric nitrate with constant stirring until the milky precipitate just dissolves or is just about to — approximately 8 drops of acid is usually sufficient . |
| 3 | Bill supposes that is how these things are done . |
| 4 | It has cushion covers that are easily removable for dry cleaning and the sofa comes complete with two matching scatter cushions . |
| 5 | The South American and the African weakly electric fish are quite unrelated to each other , but both live in the same kinds of waters in their respective continents , waters that are too muddy for vision to be effective . |
| 6 | Five hundred and thirty pounds in cash and a gold buckle ring of sentimental value were also taken by the heartless thieves , but it is the wedding rings that are most important to the woman and her fiance . |
| 7 | Butter knives that had no handles , Copper keys that fit no locks , Rings that were too small for fingers , Dried-up leaves and patched-up socks . |
| 8 | She left him to prowl restlessly through the family photographs that were prominently displayed as she first took a shower then dithered over what to wear . |
| 9 | This , I have found , is mainly due to lighting chokes that are only fitted with twin core flex with no earth . |
| 10 | Do n't wear perfume when sunbathing — even skins that are n't usually sensitive may develop a rash or brown marks when exposed to the sun . |
| 11 | A new home for the museum exhibits that are seldom seen . |
| 12 | Species of Class III , such as , which can be regarded as a dimer , show sharp IVCT bands that are not affected by solvent , whereas Class II species such as give broad IVCT bands whose energy is sensitive to solvent . |
| 13 | He succeeded by dint of the radical policy of booking bands that were vaguely contemporary , at least moderately interesting and which common sense along suggested would pull a respectable crowd . |
| 14 | Commenting on the rather storm-damaged third quarter figures , Sun Microsystems Inc chief financial officer Kevin Melia said ‘ profitability was below the year-ago level due to gross margin declines that were partially offset by tightly controlled growth in operating expenses . |
| 15 | Commenting on some rather storm-damaged third quarter figures ( see opposite ) , Sun Microsystems Inc chief financial officer Kevin Melia said ‘ Profitability was below the year-ago level due to gross margin declines that were partially offset by tightly controlled growth in operating expenses . |
| 16 | Almost 100 new companies had been formed , and Schach had been able to secure over a million pounds in bank guarantees to finance not only such expensive disasters as Dreaming Lips , Love from a Stranger and The Marriage of Gorbal , but even films that were never made . |
| 17 | There may well be all sorts of deviations and fluctuations here ; the whole system expands and becomes complicated , develops and is continuously in motion and oscillating but , taken as a whole , it is in a state of equilibrium . |
| 18 | but it cuts across , no there there comes a point where the of this world say oh am I allowed to do this , am I allowed to do that if you 've been here for more than three years right and it 's particularly prevalent in Scotland , oh are we allowed to do that , oh I did n't know and that 's old that is. old to a certain extent you know , she 's been around longer than has and been around but influenced by who 's been around a long time you see that 's where we get it , you see we do n't get the initiative coming in that area we get we get the oh Christ , bloody hell let's shove that one out the way that 's a national account . |
| 19 | He failed to win in three starts and was particularly disappointing when runner-up here back in February . |
| 20 | However its old belfry still stands and was most important to us as we navigated our way south . |
| 21 | The Hindus believe also that the universe periodically dissolves and is then recreated . |
| 22 | Orcs and Goblins almost overwhelm the remaining Dwarf holds but are finally beaten back at the Battle of Black Water . |
| 23 | It is emitted by electrons and positrons as they are guided by magnets on curved paths round synchrotrons , or storage rings as are often used today ( New Scientist , vol 87 , p 305 ) . |
| 24 | You see , four of us going up and down twice a day , morning and evening , makes sixteen times altogether , and Mr Evans thinks that 's quite enough traipsing . |
| 25 | Perhaps the Prime Minister thinks that is too modest . |
| 26 | Think about the mark points that are most likely to be indicated on the map : village churches , tumuli and ‘ castle mounds ’ , stone circles and standing stones , wayside crosses and beacon sites . |
| 27 | In this discussion it has been hard to draw the line between issues that are essentially ‘ characteristics of policy ’ that affect implementation , and points that are really observations about the characteristics of either the relationships between central policy makers and local implementers , or of the organization of the implementing agencies . |
| 28 | In other words , small flaccid penises tend to expand to a much greater degree than penises that are already quite large when resting , so that both will reach the average erect size of six inches or so . |
| 29 | Also it was n't exactly pleasant right here , with a November sharpness in the air that had arrived almost as a response to the Christmas lights and store displays that were just about everywhere now . |
| 30 | So horses that are n't fed grain when they are young , may not only grow less than their genetic potential , but may also suffer other disadvantages when they are older . |