Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pron] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thinking that if he ignored her , did n't show even a whisper of interest in her , she would give up and go home under her own steam , thereby allowing her to rescue some of her dignity . |
| 2 | And it struck me straight away that although the twentieth century as it marched on made us look more and more like Americans , we are Europeans , we always have been Europeans , our roots are there , our culture 's there and of course in the late twentieth century our economic needs , and the geographical links , the electronic links mean that we are there whether we like it or not . |
| 3 | Hang on , hang on Has anyone got some spare money I could pay 'em back ? |
| 4 | Someone suggested she touch up her lipstick , but make-up only made her look more than ever like the Spitting Image puppet of Bette Midler . |
| 5 | As markers , we would be happy enough to see you argue either way as long as you recognized that there is indeed room for argument over this point . |
| 6 | Fred apparently thinks we initiated this policy , and resents the fact that he will no longer be able to produce a certain number of high-quality meals . |
| 7 | The first was over the board 's decision to close the senior staff dining-room and require staff to eat in the staff canteen : Fred apparently thinks you initiated this policy , and resents the fact that he will no longer be able to produce a limited number of high-quality meals and thus ingratiate himself with the senior staff . |
| 8 | I would accept , however , that this court 's appellate jurisdiction is wide enough to enable it to entertain such an application . |
| 9 | The fact that manufacturer B produced a safer razor after the razor in question had been supplied by manufacturer A is not enough to enable us to say that manufacturer A's razor was defective . |
| 10 | Now how long has she left that sitting there ? |
| 11 | Right so has anybody got any sort of strong opinions about who should go ? |
| 12 | So has anybody got any com any other comments about the individual sectors in the light of that ? |
| 13 | and they thought , they said then it was connected with the accident , erm because it , you know , she was in such a bad way , and , the other fellow was to blame , I think he 'd been drinking , I 'm not sure , but they 're claiming off the insurance and they reckon she 's gon na be entitled to around a hundred thousand pounds compensation , because , not only has she had these physical injuries , but because she had a knock on the head it 's also affecting her mental state |
| 14 | Not only has she attracted more publicity than any other naval vessel since the Mary Rose , but she was n't even entirely British . |
| 15 | One moment there was glass , and the next there were bits of glass , drifting out like a jigsaw puzzle where every piece had suddenly decided it wanted some personal space . |
| 16 | The three leading parties have all said they favour such a move . |
| 17 | The hunt only made one kill that day . |
| 18 | Sometimes I hear something and I think it 's really different and exciting , and it inspires me to perhaps do something like that on the next record . |
| 19 | ‘ I 've played for Utah Jazz against the very best in America — including Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan — in front of 40,000 fans and I only hope I put that experience to good use . |
| 20 | I only hope I get another chance either this season or next season . |
| 21 | I 'm afraid I 've hurt you , so perhaps wanting you to do this will somehow make amends . |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't know if it should be that important if everything we do is based on good sound scientific principles , because if people perhaps in the same industry are situated in different places in the estuary , y'know , if one was to point the finger at the other and say ‘ But you allow him to discharge such and such and you only let us do this ’ , then we should be able to turn round and say , ‘ Ah yes , but you 're discharging in a different place and the river quality in this different place needs different treatment . ’ |
| 23 | Right so let me make that clear again . |
| 24 | So let me do this for you instead . |
| 25 | So let me put that vote to the hundred , do you think every woman has a right to have a child , or to try to have a child ? |
| 26 | So let me begin this discussion then of of channels by er pointing out the methods that have been used for studying channels , and for some of you who 've done the er neurophysiology course this will er be revision but nevertheless it will be pertinent to today 's discussion . |
| 27 | my granddad yeah , yeah but my granddad , he 's Scotch my other granddad was a German , me grandma were Jewish and I were born in London so let them fathom that out . |
| 28 | So let us examine this problem of ‘ force feeding ’ more closely . |
| 29 | His statement implies that we are not yet out of the recession , so let us borrow some more , increase the PSBR , and do the Keynesian thing which , a few years ago , we did not think we should do , and perhaps that will get us out of the recession by the time of the election . |
| 30 | It so happens I spent most of mine at the cinema . |