Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [conj] [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was rather devastated when she told me she was moving to Crieff , as she made major contributions to the work of the Library here ; she had a long-term future , and her personality made many friends for the Library among our users . |
| 2 | She was seeing Hector Henderson , and more and more as the days went on found that she needed him , his simplicity and his jolliness . |
| 3 | The grant payable depended upon the number of children who could read , write , and do arithmetic to the satisfaction of the individual inspector , and therefore it was not unnatural that every effort was made by the managers of the school , to see that the inspectors ’ tastes in such other matters as food and drink were duly considered when he visited them . |
| 4 | I think I mean it was interesting cos someone said earlier about people coming in I mean once you get them in I mean I always feel it 's like the pantomime each year which is an amateur pantomime yet the actual people coming in to see that I mean it 's well in the ninety per cent 's and you talk to people when they come to see the pantomime and ver invariably the the mum 's or dad 's say no I do n't normally come to theatre but I come to the pantomime and they enjoy it very much and when you talk to them they can say well what you think of it ? |
| 5 | The wind must be blowing from them to you , since this not only minimises the noise you may inadvertently make but it prevents your scent blowing towards the rabbits and giving them advance warning that all 's not well . |
| 6 | Leanne 's her name … that 's her car there ; does n't look old enough to drive if you ask me … ’ |
| 7 | We are better placed than anyone to do it . |
| 8 | Blanche drove on and three hours later she was safe in Dornaway Castle , where she seemed so shaken that they put her straight to bed . |
| 9 | I can only think that I mean it sticks to the sides of the bin at the bottom |
| 10 | That day , she only realised that nobody wants their special enemy , chosen with care and attacked with force , to renounce the role and throw down arms and instead bare their breasts for an embrace . |
| 11 | It had n't taken her long to discover that they had nothing whatsoever in common . |
| 12 | Erm I mean I I have some concerns , like Cynthia , about the number of careers officers who suddenly appear when you say there 's a visit to , Hull University , and we 've got people coming from all over the county and it 's costing us a fortune . |
| 13 | ' ’ I trust to have word from you by this messenger , and delay only to know that you wish me to proceed . |
| 14 | And , anyway , she was n't so deluded that she thought they might make a life together . |
| 15 | Plenty long enough to discover whether you find it intolerable to live with her . |
| 16 | I 've tried it sometimes , never long enough to know whether I did it successfully or not , but I found there is absolutely no way of telling because even if it changes in a way one can predict , what one can predict is the way oneself changes or the world changes at the same time . |
| 17 | For example one woman set fire to her kitchen accidentally and the carer , her neighbour , realised that it would not be safe for her to remain at home ; another carer , a husband , found himself becoming so stressed that he struck his wife ; he then requested institutional care . |
| 18 | ‘ Fired — dismissed , ’ she offered a couple of alternatives — only to find that he found her first offering of more interest . |
| 19 | You make a cup of tea for a friend who has called around to express their condolences only to find as you pour it out , that there is no tea in the pot . |
| 20 | He told me this gaily , as if it did not much matter whether I believed it or no . |
| 21 | With other feelings we may be burdened by their strength , yet still be free enough to choose whether we express them to others by word or action , indulge them or keep a tight rein on them . |
| 22 | Meanwhile judging from the way today 's auction went , the breweries and banks could have a long wait before they get their money back from pubs that close . |
| 23 | He had dark eyes , thickly lashed and they regarded her steadily almost as if he knew her . |
| 24 | She knew why he sounded so strangled when she saw herself . |
| 25 | So she kept her doubts to herself , merely remarking that everyone knew what Frenchmen were like and turning the whole thing into a rather laboured joke in which Iris eventually joined . |
| 26 | Beside her , the lamp suddenly rattled and she felt her hair lift . |
| 27 | ‘ But you 'd better do as he tells you . |
| 28 | The performances on this new disc are first-rate ; indeed they are so polished that I found myself occasionally longing for something with a little more humanity and which more faithfully reflected what were in all probability the more rough-and-ready sounds of the Kürbs-Hütte clientele . |
| 29 | This bird is so named because it incubates its eggs in a mound of rotting vegetation . |
| 30 | I can only repeat that we esteem his son 's achievements , that we wish him well in his future and that his family has good cause to think kindly of a school which has provided an excellent education , many opportunities and much success . |