Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [conj] [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm and again I put erm things about putting details in the post although you , although you did try and overcome that one erm but you , you just could n't , you could n't get Steven to realize the benefit of you actually going round with the illustrations rather than you just sending it and you needed to get , to get the appointment out of him rather than because if he got the illustrations in the post he may never read them . |
| 2 | So the reason was always that people really needed the money rather than they just wanted to work ? |
| 3 | Students received a certificate only if they successfully completed the whole course : partial success was not formally certificated . |
| 4 | Many subtleties of meaning are carried by words in this category , and these meanings have to become attached to the written forms so that they readily convey to the reader what kind of thinking is taking place . |
| 5 | In true pilgrim tradition we prayed and did penance together and we also took our recreation together and we also took our recreation together and so on Wednesday evening we met together for a very happy celebration . |
| 6 | Since few agencies can readily bring such expertise together unless they frequently make different cross-sectional studies , there is considerable demand for the resources of firms providing market research and attitudinal survey expertise . |
| 7 | Deep learning — like knowing how to dress yourself or clean your teeth or ride a bicycle , which you learned to do when young and which have entered your consciousness at a deeper level so that you rarely think consciously about them because you engage in these activities daily and apparently intuitively . |
| 8 | Cranston tightened his lips , blinking his eyes furiously as he always did when the tears threatened to return . |
| 9 | The slits in the sides of their throats which had originated as filtering mechanisms , were walled with thin blood vessels so that they also served as gills . |
| 10 | He did n't know whether Alice ever thought of it , or whether the trauma had erased it from her mind so that she now believed the version he had formulated , had taken the lie into her unconscious and made it her truth . |
| 11 | I got to the printers with my Boy George piece and it was finally time to say , ‘ Look , this is only a thousand words long and I still have n't got to the interview . |
| 12 | He selected Whitehaven as the scene of his demonstration merely because he already knew its waters , though a reconnaissance revealed not a single large ship , much less any naval vessel , in the port , the 250 craft there being mainly small colliers or fishing boats . |
| 13 | ‘ We have reduced our stock so that we now hold only two days ’ inventory . |
| 14 | I must admit I , I really do n't agree with that , I mean I find that many women who have had erm children actually their figure has improved after the children , they look a great deal better and I certainly do n't think that many women in Scotland looked vast after they 've had children , I totally disagree with that . |
| 15 | We can acquiesce in this thought experiment only because we implicitly assume that enough behavioural complexity will be discovered for us to regard tribe members as having beliefs and intentions , even if , ex hypothesi , their very simple language does not permit them to express these beliefs and intentions . |
| 16 | It is , therefore , proven that a combi-steaner is not only an advantage in the commercial kitchen , but an essential ingredient designed and built to make the chef 's life easier and to realise dramatic savings so that it quickly pays for itself . |
| 17 | So mt-2 's purified pili and flagellae were injected into animals so that they rapidly produced antibodies specific to them . |
| 18 | Other registers and sources , such as departmental file cards and reports , can be used to enhance a basic level of data so that it truly constitutes information and , as such , is useful for the production of books , catalogues and as a research tool . |
| 19 | Like most Chinese children unfortunate enough to grow up in the Sixties , Zeng 's education was severely disrupted by the Cultural Revolution , and he had to sit through the shouting matches and brain-washing sessions just as everyone else did . |
| 20 | She swallowed hard , dragging her eyes away as she belatedly realised where her wayward thoughts were taking her . |
| 21 | Staring at the door , Ellie seemed quite unable to tear her eyes away as it slowly opened and Feargal walked in . |
| 22 | ‘ Michel wrote to me sometime ago — not from Paris– that they would be away a good deal longer than they originally planned , complications having arisen . |
| 23 | But Grimm nodded towards Meh'Lindi 's bedroom enquiringly and she too nodded her horse-head . |
| 24 | God forgave my sins yesterday and I still remember them ; does he have amnesia ? |
| 25 | What with all the forms to fill out and papers to file , it looks like the Novell Inc/Unix System Labs acquisition wo n't be formally closed until June , two or three months later than they originally figured : they should have the required stockholders meeting scheduled in the next 30 days . |
| 26 | The driver , from Honiton , Devon , said : ‘ I can see the funny side now but I initially thought I was going mad . ’ |
| 27 | We achieved our goal 18 months ago when we finally bought a 2,5 diesel Ninety , low mileage and in very good condition . |
| 28 | He suspects he is drowning them , but the third plant died some months ago and he still feels bad about it . |
| 29 | That 'll please the BEF … be able to handle 'em in practice even if they never fire 'em in anger . ’ |
| 30 | The party 's decline can best be traced via the decline in the proportion of people who ‘ identify ’ with it — that is , think of themselves as being Labour supporters even if they occasionally vote for some other party . |