Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adj] [verb] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Foreign companies immediately became less ready to invest in the country . |
| 2 | ‘ Their goalkeeper made only one save in 90 minutes , so a lack of quality in the box let us down . |
| 3 | The RCO held a conference to investigate why it is proving so difficult to recruit in this area . |
| 4 | On all sides the air is filled with music and a mixture of languages as young people from all over Europe get together to enjoy the pleasures of this picturesque resort that has so much to offer in such a small space — last year we counted over 15 different hostelries , none more than five minutes walk from each other ! |
| 5 | ‘ And drama has so much to offer in terms of equipping a child for life after school . |
| 6 | Croghan Star ( 2.00 ) and On Tap ( 2.30 ) should prove too good for their solitary opponents , while Wigtown Boy ( 3.05 ) has only two to beat in the Red Alligator Handicap Chase . |
| 7 | Croghan Star ( 2.00 ) and On Tap ( 2.30 ) should prove too good for their solitary opponents , while Wigtown Boy ( 3.05 ) has only two to beat in the Red Alligator Handicap Chase . |
| 8 | However , a recent count found only 250 left in the wild . |
| 9 | His shallow waters were becoming more comfortable to dabble in than Lowell 's dark and turbid sea . |
| 10 | Ideas of Divine Right were , it is true , becoming increasingly difficult to justify in intellectual terms . |
| 11 | I mean I suppose it is the first time , it 's the only film of its type , you , you know what I 'm getting at , it 's exactly the same thing we , we tried very hard to avoid in the access guide , actually being able to say what instead of just saying you know |
| 12 | It 's among the shyer species of Cory and is considered very difficult to spawn in aquaria . |
| 13 | First , the strain of maintaining Martin Luther King 's advice to " turn the other cheek " was becoming too great to bear in the face of continued attacks and insults . |
| 14 | One has very little to offer in an interview and one sits there feeling rather embarrassed . |
| 15 | The report explains that because these farms are ‘ deemed too small to appear in the National Farm Business survey ’ , the government funded research into a sample of 500 holding sin 1986 and 1987 and into a sample of 1000 others between 1988 and 1989 . |
| 16 | Do n't you , do n't you find he 'd rat he 'd much happier sitting in the car ? |
| 17 | The terrain seemed much harder to cross in Golding 's island . |
| 18 | Well , it would depend but I mean there are various of nuisance from noise in the flats , or anywhere where you 've got a lot of people put together all living in a s fairly small area . |
| 19 | And he says oh no , I says no I says it 's a full set so keep your bleeding hands off , he says well all rest in house are mine . |
| 20 | Everything , in fact , which it seemed almost impossible to find in one place in the City before . |
| 21 | There are still blemishes , subtly dished characters show quite visible stepping in the vertical plane but the overall results look excellent . |
| 22 | I 've seen too many end in tears the minute we reach port . |
| 23 | And in many abolitionist minds this would ultimately lead to emancipation ; slaves would not only gradually become more able to live in freedom but better conditions would so enhance the population of labourers in the West Indies that it would be cheaper to employ workers on a waged basis than as slaves . |
| 24 | For example , you begin to ask yourself what would you see as important to accomplish in the next six months , the next 12 months and maybe the next couple of years . |
| 25 | In the meantime , if you 're still keen to keep birds , you can help by buying only those bred in captivity ( many of the common pet species like budgerigars are bred in UK aviaries ) : look out for close-rings fitted to bird 's legs as proof ( above ) . |
| 26 | It 's getting really difficult to drive in London . ’ |
| 27 | This means that publication of excavation reports , as the Frere Report indicates ( 1975 ) , will also have to be transformed , since large pottery reports may now have become too expensive to print in the traditional manner , and may have to be available in microfiche sheets . |
| 28 | Recently the Treasury has become very slow to approve in lieu deals , which has led to this useful fiscal provision being underused ; in 1991–92 , works of art worth £3.4 million were accepted in lieu of tax , when the provision ( although this does not represent a ceiling ) is for £11 million p.a . |
| 29 | put it in the shop window in New York on St Patrick 's Day along with forty shades of green paperweights , the lacquered shillelaghs , and the wonderful world of deedeelee eedeelee eedeelee Irishness ; skipping dancing jolly little leprechauns in bright buckled shoes and battered hatted bow legged bright red drunken faced gombeen men with little devils in their laughing Irish eyes , mischievous gossipy white haired old women with shawls , pure white skinned colleens skipping carefree through green fields dutifully ready to return in an instant to domestic chores , strapping athletic lads with fine belts and sturdy boots ever willing to put in a fair day 's work or hit each other a clout . |
| 30 | ‘ Have you found somewhere pleasant to live in London ? ’ |