Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] [pers pn] [modal v] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So he said that they could perhaps take a look round to see were there any secluded windows anywhere or any openings where they might just squeeze through . |
| 2 | So nothing to do with pets really , just put up with the hope or you can always take yourself with you miaow spreading the . |
| 3 | I have to have the full eight hours or I ca n't do a thing the next morning , not a single thing . |
| 4 | As he landed heavily on the linoleum , the doctor called to him : ‘ Tell her I 'll be paying the ten shillings or she wo n't come . ’ |
| 5 | Do not let the bird preen for at least half an hour or it will just pull the feather out . |
| 6 | They are , Hemingway writes , ‘ doing coolie labor for a top wage of $45 a month and they have been put down on the Florida Keys where they ca n't make trouble . |
| 7 | Also , more is understood nowadays about the balance of life within a pool , so the much quoted passage of the father of English gardening , William Robinson , in his classic The English Flower Garden ( 1895 ) scarcely applies now : ‘ Unclean and ugly pools deface our gardens ; some have a mania for artificial water , the effect of water pleasing them so well that they bring it near their houses where they can not have its good effects . |
| 8 | Whatever the outcome , this is one play where you can truly say it is n't over till the fat lady ( or in this case , the fat man ) sings . |
| 9 | When the Little Gidding community was set up , Nicholas Ferrar declared , ‘ Since the great things of the earth vanish and come to nought , let us set our desires and designs where they can not fail . ’ |
| 10 | It 's wonderful — richer and more unctuous — in stuffings or to flavour sauces where you would normally use lemon or lime . |
| 11 | They certainly do n't know that they 're bidding against a phantom bid or they would n't bid ’ , he said . |
| 12 | This base can be the rear seat rail , or another rail fitted above the seat , but if so , no more than 2in above the seat or it would also need to be curved to avoid discomfort . |
| 13 | Perhaps the only occasion suggested in this chapter where you would n't want to press the flowers immediately is on Valentine 's Day . |
| 14 | ‘ That is not what I thought , ’ said Ellen , ‘ but it must have crossed your mind or you would n't have brought it up . ’ |
| 15 | Close friends and family — those who really care about you — will be happy to comply but you must remember to tell them that you would like them to indicate what they think are your weaknesses as well as your strengths or they will simply say nice things about you . |
| 16 | The technique in Scale 1 is to fuel the recluse 's imaginative understanding of a condition where she can freely maximise her spiritual potential and , at the same time , promote the discipline which allows her to do so . |
| 17 | The doorkeepers study her slip of paper like either it 's a forgery or they ca n't read , then give her a room number and send her upstairs . |
| 18 | He was her sole reason for getting up at all , the only incentive to clothe and feed herself and drag herself from her bedroom where she would much prefer to stay . |
| 19 | I mean you might decide you wo n't save anything if you only got a pound or you wo n't buy any presents or you wo n't buy any sweets . |
| 20 | I mean you might decide you wo n't save anything if you only got a pound or you wo n't buy any presents or you wo n't buy any sweets . |
| 21 | Continue on to Solva Harbour where you can still see eight of the original 12 lime kilns built there . |
| 22 | I kept telling myself that it was n't likely , that the man who shot at me could n't have known anything about my boat or he would n't have asked about my car , that I 'd met no one else on the entire expedition , and that if ever a place could be described as lonely and unvisited , it was Winter Marsh in mid-October . |
| 23 | The complete list taken from those early writers allows us to see that the low vowel appeared in environments where it would not appear now — for example , before voiceless fricatives and voiced stops . |
| 24 | Other animals described in this book have occupied a specific ecological niche where they can quietly pursue their own speciality without embarking on any spectacular radiation in the manner of the ammonoids . |
| 25 | Flying from London to Los Angeles I could make New York a genuine intermediate target by taking a stop-over or I could simply score the halfway mark on the total journey . |
| 26 | Martin Woodcock 's paintings of all known cotingas are generously proportioned and The Cotingas is an inspiration to any adventurous ornithologist looking for areas of study where he might still contribute to science by straightforward observation . |
| 27 | It is very important for the horse to be comfortable in his mouth or he will soon seek evasions of the bit . |
| 28 | I made an offer to the hon. Member for Alyn and Deeside that he may well recall . |
| 29 | Now , is it the intention of the people who asked us to take this action that we should just boycott Nestles products , or we should do the whole range of the conglomerate that owns all these people like Rowntrees and Cross and Blackwell , and many other companies as well . |
| 30 | Are there songs when when you er are in concert as you are tonight , are there songs that you could not miss out ? |