Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [adv] [conj] [pron] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unlike other family dependants … women are economically dependent not because they need care but because they give it . |
| 2 | The thing I was getting so pissed off cos I 've run it about ten times now , cos you keep coming and do alterations ! |
| 3 | On the other hand , something like walking past a building site in the summer in shorts is much easier now that I 've lost weight . |
| 4 | The consensus it that by four or five strokes it is the toughest course in either county because the battle is only half over when you 've found the green . |
| 5 | All the crew here think the Indians are fantastically primitive just because they do n't have radios . |
| 6 | Perhaps it is because the fishermen have been demonstrating so much recently that they have not been catching so much fish . ’ |
| 7 | Stoppard 's stage directions are so explicit here that we do not have to watch the TV production in order to appreciate the impact of Anderson 's action . |
| 8 | I feel so much better now that I 've written to you , Joan . |
| 9 | He is much better now and I have just seen him walk out of the office unaided . ’ |
| 10 | As I shall describe , the prospects for finding such a theory seem to be much better now because we know so much more about the universe . |
| 11 | do n't think you become entirely vulnerable just because you age , I hope not anyway |
| 12 | It seems that they make so many now that they do n't have the same |
| 13 | It 's been so long now that I see the title as my right . ’ |
| 14 | I 'm so hungry even though I 've eaten I feel like I ai n't eaten nothing . |
| 15 | They look like Bahamas do n't they ? been so hot today if you do n't mi er and it makes you feel you know your age , when er it 's this hot weather . |
| 16 | From my country upbringing I can remember fields of blaggets less common now but I do know of it still being grown in Orkney . |
| 17 | 6.8 The observations above on the behaviour of these adjectives may appear to suggest a surprising degree of linguistic sophistication on the part of ordinary language users ; it may , though , seem less surprising now that we have recognized in the earlier part of this chapter the sense-qualifiers , since these distinctively qualify the property of a noun without constituting a qualification of the corresponding entity . |
| 18 | ‘ Well , she went just for a lark , y'know , but this Mabel , she 's very serious , never got married , y'know — not surprisin' either when you see 'er in a strong light . |
| 19 | It 's just that otherwise when we choose the printer , we erm can I just see your screen , Liam . |
| 20 | They 're not strong enough and they have n't been trained . ’ |
| 21 | But feuding and fighting are not acceptable just because they occur so frequently . |
| 22 | They 're generally bigger so when they fall they fall heavier . |
| 23 | You 're just straight upstairs and you fall into bed . |
| 24 | We are already many here and we do not need you . ’ |
| 25 | But I am not sure now that we seek Surere for this . ’ |
| 26 | I 'm not sure now whether I want to work with adults , or children , or mentally or physically handicapped people . |
| 27 | So it 's not long now as you say . |
| 28 | Women are not vulnerable just because they do housework . |
| 29 | have all the items numbered ( ref. not necessary here if you have it on the preparatory lists ) |
| 30 | Not surprising really since they know they did n't do these things . |