Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [to-vb] [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has only come to see if we want any meat , which will be coming into the shop tomorrow . |
| 2 | ( c ) When she raised the question of blood transfusions the only response was to lull her into a sense of false security , both the staff nurse , in her express words , and Dr. F. in his demeanour and the obstetrics staff nurse explicitly , all sought to indicate that it did not much matter since there appeared to them to be no prospect of a blood transfusion becoming necessary . |
| 3 | He was somewhat consoled to find that she seemed to be genuinely interested . |
| 4 | ‘ I think , Miss Everett , ’ he cut in before she could tell him that Travis had only called to apologise when he 'd stopped by for his car , ‘ that it might be in your interests not to see him again . ’ |
| 5 | I just wanted to actually sort of mention it to so that he knows cos he 's obviously invited to come if he wants |
| 6 | He considered the opportunity to participate in the project to have tied in well with curriculum trends he had been supporting across the school : This was something I very much wanted to encourage because I have a worry that in spite of everything one does in schools to make children aware of library facilities and how to use them , I think quite a lot of children may still leave school without personally having experienced the whole process of needing to find something out , going to a person who can tell them where to look , going , looking , finding it , and then using it . |
| 7 | He was only allowed to work provided he did so during reasonable daylight hours . |
| 8 | So I went rushing round to a friend of mine who fortunately had some and I said I want to see your walking , and I was much comforted to discover that they do actually use all six legs . |
| 9 | It is not something any pilot would wish to happen on take-off , when power is at full thrust and the plane has only begun to fly as it approaches the end of the runway . |
| 10 | What they had eventually decided to sell before they went to bed that night ( or the following morning really ) were Great-Uncle Hilbert 's do–en Waterford sherry glasses . |
| 11 | The previous paragraph is not intended to suggest that there have been no problems with the allocation of funds through RAWP . |
| 12 | I too , was listening to radio 5 on Saturday and was utterly devastated to hear that we 'd gone 1–0 down with a couple of minutes to go , but at 2.7 million Deano saved the day . |
| 13 | And then , er , I said I 've just come to see if you want any cigs . |
| 14 | With the advances in information technology , answers to many questions could be delivered in minutes , not just on industrial issues , like how cold does it have to be before we stop work , or how heavy a load should I lift , but other questions not related to work that we have not always answered in the past . |
| 15 | This would certainly explain why the midwife finally decided to speak when she knew she was close to death . |
| 16 | Bill thought I 'd died on him the other night cos I was , you know , me breathing and everything , and then all of a sudden I must 've relaxed for a bit and not needed to breathe and he give me a shock he says God I thought you were dead . |
| 17 | Its firms depend on bureaucratic guidance ; clear winners and losers are not allowed to emerge as they have done in , say , Japan 's car and electronics industries . |
| 18 | The patients here were obviously not allowed to feel that nobody cared about them . |
| 19 | Perhaps the mightiest indoor rally ever held in Britain , Mosley had no sooner begun to speak than it became clear that organised Red gangs , each hundreds strong , were occupying positions in every part of the huge arena … with the sole intention of preventing the speech being heard . |
| 20 | Maxim tried to turn his head to see , but Billy Dann had already begun to talk before he came into view , with Dave Tanner limping behind . |
| 21 | On our way we called on the established church minister , who had been the means of our coming to the Island , and with whom we had special business , and were immensely tickled to find that he had actually fled ! |
| 22 | I was also interested in the possible help for tension , worry and lowering my blood pressure which had lately begun to rise and which concerned me greatly . |
| 23 | Good actor that he was , he somehow managed to convey that he had become the dominant figure , that the contest was as good as won . |
| 24 | Lord Oliver was once heard to remark that he had pen-pals in every department of Whitehall . |
| 25 | It was her dad 's favourite piece that he 'd always refused to sell and which had had pride of place on top of the mantelpiece in the parlour . |
| 26 | Over a hundred MPs in the House of Commons hold government posts at the present time and even the humblest of them — the parliamentary private secretaries — are almost always forced to resign if they vote against the government or even abstain . |
| 27 | When Margaret returns once more to Helstone , educated in reality by the industrial north , she is still grieved to find that it has disappeared and that a new one , tidy and respectable , has been built in its place . |
| 28 | She made a face at his back , but her expression quickly changed to concern when she caught sight of his arm . |
| 29 | They are collectively responsible for appointments , making it less likely that one person will be unreasonably held to blame if anything goes wrong . |
| 30 | They were soulless little beings , numerous and uniform , no more than a commercial product bred to a standard , and Reynolds was slightly disturbed to find that they did n't evoke any feeling of sympathy from him . |