Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [adj] [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The carpet gets turned round , your favourite chair feels all wrong , and yet it only takes you an hour or two to wonder why it was obviously never done like this before . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've got an hour or two to fill in before my train . |
| 3 | The Americans have n't allowed the Saudis , or the lower Gulf states , or the Germans or Japanese to say how they should run the war , or what the objectives should be . |
| 4 | It is unrealistic to expect one side or other to put forward a constructive proposal that is immediately acceptable to the other side . |
| 5 | But Mr Kohl , usually underestimated in his eight years as chancellor , has never looked more firmly in command or keener to carry on . |
| 6 | Especially when you 've only an interview or two to go on . |
| 7 | After a wee dram or two to ward off the winter chill , hardier types venture forth carrying lumps of coal to pass on to others as good luck tokens . |
| 8 | Homes became a speculative investment which bubble and burst , leaving thousands without homes or unable to move home . |
| 9 | There is first a movement inward by which , instead of living in our surface mind , we break the wall between our external and our subliminal self ; this can be brought about by a gradual effort and discipline or by a vehement transition , sometimes a forceful involuntary rupture — the latter by no means safe for the limited human mind and accustomed to live securely only within its normal limit — but in either way , safe or unsafe , the thing can be done . |
| 10 | It will be very strange for Rangers to perform without their passionate supporters and fascinating to see how they cope in that alien atmosphere . |
| 11 | Bereft of the supernatural assistance previously offered by the Catholic priest and unwilling to rely solely on the petitionary prayers favoured by Protestants , they resorted to time-honoured magical charms and remedies to cure sickness , improve the weather , or ward off evil spirits . |
| 12 | Shinwell had been heard to declare that " he held the seamen of the Clyde in the hollow of his hand " and that English ports were also dissatisfied with Wilson 's autocratic methods and ready to break away if he did not tell them what he had done with their money . |
| 13 | The root is least tenacious in early spring and easiest to dig up completely , and if removed at this time , will prevent the further problem of spreading by seed later in the season . |
| 14 | Light and easy to move about |
| 15 | In the first week after the birth , she can safely leave her litter of up to six cubs , though more usually three , hidden in the den and helpless to move around on their own , while she hunts . |
| 16 | Among other changes that have recently been announced by Lloyd 's are : a new arbitration scheme to deal with disputes between members and their underwriting agents , starting next year ; a new scheme placing a ceiling on future losses sustained by underwriting members , to commence from 1 January 1993 ; and the establishment of a support fund , financed by contributions from Lloyd 's brokers and underwriting agents , to help members suffering from underwriting losses and changes in the guidelines , and members willing to meet their underwriting losses but unable to do so immediately . |
| 17 | There is something strange about a subject in which its research workers are willing to dabble at the application of the jargon of thermodynamics but unwilling to apply even the most rudimentary aspects of mechanics to these problems . |
| 18 | Back in the days when he 'd lived in a hole in a bank , Masklin had spent far too much time cold and wet to turn up his nose at a chance to sleep warm and dry . |
| 19 | The kitchen door stood open revealing a strip of bumpy grass and yellow sandy gravel wide enough for a coach and four to turn in between the House and the stable block . |
| 20 | Separate studies by the Roper Organisation , a research group , and DDB Needham , an ad agency , have found that the proportion of shoppers seeking out particular brands and willing to pay more for them has fallen sharply since the late 1980s . |
| 21 | That was presumably his stage debut , because although his teacher Marjorie Sturman started the Johannesburg Festival Ballet Society about that time , it did not give its first public performance until the following year , when he was already in Cape Town and unable to get away . |
| 22 | At one time sharing the old Norn language , even there we had been forced to diverge , because while Shetland became absorbed into Scotland and obliged to take on the Scots/English language , the Faroese managed to retain and develop their own language , using that of their ‘ parent ’ country Denmark as the second tongue . |
| 23 | His determination and stubbornest to carry out the bond is also regarded as immoral . |
| 24 | Once again his innings ended disappointingly , with another slash through point finding Chris Lewis , at a time when the South Africans needed some gutsy determination and level-headedness to get close to England 's 252 . |
| 25 | There is nothing worse than playing two superb shots to get within spitting distance of the green on that monster par five , then fluffing two chips and three-putting to end up with the dreaded double-bogey . |
| 26 | She put her request prettily , asking for peace and quiet to study in , more space for books and plants . |
| 27 | ‘ I was a child and unable to understand why he rejected me . |
| 28 | The following day Gould visited the Catamaran River area again , but by now he was running short of fresh collecting sites and desperate to get back to work in earnest . |
| 29 | Under the window was deep porcelain sink stained with the detritus of seventy years ' washing-up and impossible to clean adequately . |
| 30 | As a journalist having a career break I do get itchy fingers and long to turn out something that will look good but not cost the earth . |