Example sentences of "[adj] they [vb mod] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Approaching the fabliaux with a mind prepared to find moral instruction in the texts , however unpromising they might superficially seem to be for such interpretation , is something that we can reconstruct as an authentic medieval mode of reading — " " All that is written is written for our doctrine " " as St Paul has it — although there is little direct evidence for the application of such literary theory to vernacular literature as well as the classics before the fourteenth century , and even then the extent of such application is difficult to assess . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm afraid they 'll just move onto the public pavement and keep up their din . |
| 3 | You do n't want to go to the police , because you 're afraid they 'll simply get involved in another siege — if you can make them believe you in time , which seems doubtful . |
| 4 | Had things been different they could even have gone together . |
| 5 | But that had been seven months ago , a chill morning in mid-February , when the bushes which screened the canal walk from the neighbouring council estate had been tangled thickets of lifeless thorn ; when the branches of the ash trees had been black with buds so tight that it seemed impossible they could ever crack into greenness ; and the thin denuded wands of willow , drooping over the canal , had cut delicate feathers on the quickening stream . |
| 6 | The couple said some of Timothy 's bandages had been removed and they had been relieved they could still recognise him in spite of his severe facial injuries . |
| 7 | I told them I had no intention of budging an inch from this place , and if they could n't be civil they could both keep away . |
| 8 | ‘ You ca n't read too much into early season form but I 'm convinced they will only get better . |
| 9 | The Asaimara were thereby convinced they could successfully defy the Government . |
| 10 | Much of the way things would happen depends on the sort of girls there were ; if some were more robust and tom-boyish they would probably have explored the island , but would be unlikely to cause damage unnecessarily while exploring , as the boys did . |
| 11 | The recruiting sergeant told them all to disembark , stretch their legs and grab another cup of char , and added that if they were lucky they might even get something to eat . |
| 12 | But it 's the war , ’ she added without guile , and because the chief had taken a liking to the woman with the thick Liverpool accent who met her gaze without flinching , she told them to cut along to the galley ; if they were lucky they might just make standeasy . |
| 13 | In that year the electricity bill for one of the winter quarters was just over £25 but before today 's Society Stewards become too wistful they should also reflect on the fact that the average Sunday offering then through the envelope system was below £17 , or about 7p for each subscriber . |
| 14 | A final demand from the Gas Board and a threat from Glasgow Public Libraries if I did n't return The Maltese Falcon and pay my seventeen-and-six fine they 'd permanently withdraw my ticket and cut my left hand off . |
| 15 | ‘ George Best ’ had confirmed the group 's status as a major outfit and it became inevitable they would soon move on from their Reception Records . |
| 16 | Most of the top sailors start here , so be careful who you position yourself next to since if they are fast they will soon take your wind . |
| 17 | Erm er so er you know it may be that you would need to work , and I 'm sure they would probably expect you to have worked with offenders erm |
| 18 | ‘ I 'd make sure they would never do this again , ’ said the still fit 58-year-old . |
| 19 | ‘ Brian particularly has had a good run in the reserves , but I 'm sure they 'll both do well . ’ |
| 20 | I 'm sure the , I 'm sure they 'll all go away very when you , before you came . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm sure they 'll always keep the houses filled with flowers . |
| 22 | I 'm not being unkind , I 'm sure they can also see the funny side of it . ’ |
| 23 | I was sure they could hardly wait , but then to be fair to Fenella she was the only woman under fifty I knew in London who made her own damson jam . |
| 24 | Nurses you care for , sisters who never tire , doctors who are so tired they can hardly focus , consultants who hand out hope , pharmacists who hand out dope . |
| 25 | The growers are unhappy they 'll soon have to travel a lot further than the Vale of Evesham to get help . |
| 26 | ‘ I am confident they will now show their support for working together with other unions through the TUC . |
| 27 | Our yacht courses enable people with no sailing experience whatsoever to book a Flotilla or Villa-Flotilla holiday , confident they can then skipper their own yachts , a most rewarding experience . |
| 28 | When we consider the essential role of susceptibility it becomes plain that the people who caught a cold in the bus were ‘ ill ’ before they ever stepped onto it , for if they had been healthy they would never have picked up the bugs in the first place . |
| 29 | Many works give initial impact through colour , but in order to remain substantial they must also have a physical quality and that means texture . |
| 30 | ‘ Well , you do n't , really — but if anything was fatal they 'd probably tell you . ’ |