Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] [coord] [adv] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1987 , when she entered the House of Commons as the MP for Norfolk South West — a safe-as-houses rural Tory seat — she was already 46 , with none of the outward trappings of a high-flier , merely a proven ability to work swiftly and effectively and an unthreatening charm . |
| 2 | ‘ I had to come sooner or later and I thought it 'd be easier with someone else here . ’ |
| 3 | This , in effect , ensures that all ferrets are ready and willing to work fully and properly and there will be no unnecessary delays or complications that could have been prevented . |
| 4 | to go backwards and forwards and I 'll try this I think yeah and the last time you say was in September |
| 5 | However , existing publications on France , Spain , Portugal , Germany and Italy continued to sell modestly but steadily and it may be possible to commission further studies in due course . |
| 6 | I have n't done , I 've been invited to go once or twice and I |
| 7 | In other words they 're going to ask their body to do less and less and less . |
| 8 | I wanted to cry there and then but I was in the ward surrounded by people who would want to dam up my tears , so I stood up , put my jacket on and walked out . |
| 9 | Spurts of flame began to flicker here and there and presently leapt up to redden the fringes of the great smoke cloud which hung above them .... |
| 10 | In the Store there was always something to get behind or under or wriggle through … . |
| 11 | Rose began to rub faster and faster and started to pull down her knickers with her free hand . |
| 12 | Where once he felt like giving up , he now has the zeal and determination to push further and harder and keep on going until there is real change in the way mankind behaves . |
| 13 | It is up to local authorities , but I believe the extra grant , the extra spending permission , means that a good quality education can be delivered to children in Wales er without it in any way being jeopardised by these proposals and I would illustrate later on in my speech that local government does have considerable flexibility to spend wisely and well and it has resources at its disposal to do a good job . |
| 14 | Molly tried to speak slowly and rationally but the calm which had sustained her in the villa seemed to have drained away . |
| 15 | Whereas in a spoken interaction the speaker has the advantage of being able to monitor his listener 's minute-by-minute reaction to what he says , he also suffers from the disadvantage of exposing his own feelings ( 'leaking' ; Ekman & Friesen , 1969 ) and of having to speak clearly and concisely and make immediate response to whichever way his interlocutor reacts . |