Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [conj] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's very , it 's very tempting , especially if it 's something that you badly want as happened to me recently when I 'd set my heart on buying a new erm video recorder . |
| 2 | Athelstan watched the hospitaller suddenly stir and noticed with alarm how the knight now grasped one of his gloves in his hand . |
| 3 | Just speak when spoken to , that 's all . |
| 4 | While it is important to know that your sample size is big enough for safe conclusions to be drawn ( that effects are ‘ statistically significant ’ ) , this is secondary in comparison with the issue of whether a relationship can be given a causal interpretation or is merely the spurious result of the operation of third factors ; the relationship between the number of fire engines and the amount of damage caused could be derived from a sample size of ten thousand and still utterly mislead if taken at face value . |
| 5 | Some-times the ‘ spiritual people ’ have reacted against the institutional church of their day , and broken off to form a ‘ pure church ’ consisting of themselves and likeminded friends and before long this new church has usually become as encrusted with barnacles as the one from which they broke away . |
| 6 | There are more stories about immigration and the alleged evasion of immigration control than about other aspects of race relations , with the possible exception of the recent riots which the media often interpret as caused by ‘ racial ’ tension . |
| 7 | Ricardo Alarcón de Quesada and José Ramón Balaguer Cabrera , who had respectively taken over responsibility for foreign affairs and ideology [ not solely Balaguer as given on p. 39089 ] were elected to fill the central committee vacancies . |
| 8 | Caroline was by now tense and poised over her typewriter . |
| 9 | Males may spar and even fight when confined in a small aquarium without sufficient territory being available to the individuals , but they rarely cause trouble with other species . |
| 10 | How , though , would the method used here perform if applied to a subject right in the middle of complex situational change , where the social formation and the musical culture are characterized precisely by heterogeneity and seemingly transient affiliations ? |
| 11 | He waited for the laughter to die down and then , ignoring Mickey Aronson , he leaned his head out of the window , gave his gravelly laugh and confided to the other men : ‘ A bigger ignoramus I never met ; he does n't even know that ships and cars are always female . ’ |
| 12 | Cast on for 1x1 rib , then transfer as shown in diagram 2 . |
| 13 | Some theorists believe that hydrogen becomes a metallic solid where its electrons freely flow when compressed by two or three million atmospheres pressure ; there have been speculations that metallic hydrogen could be useful as a fusion fuel . |
| 14 | The reduced sand content and high fibre weight offers better underfoot grip when compared to sand filled tufteds and natural grass . |