Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] [conj] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tonight it seemed to me that Mrs Browning had still not recovered from her fear , and I suggested that I should perhaps stay and see her into bed . |
| 2 | But many hospitals have ‘ built-up ’ pockets of specialisms and she does not think that concentrating them on fewer sites would mean the loss of centres of excellence . |
| 3 | She 'd just laugh and say summat like that . |
| 4 | ( a ) The Agency Principle Section 5 of the Partnership Act ( power of partner to bind the firm ) states that : Every partner is an agent of the firm and his other partners for the purpose of the business of the partnership ; and the acts of every partner who does any act for carrying on in the usual way of business of the kind carried on by the firm of which he is a member bind the firm and his partners , unless the partner so acting has in fact no authority to act for the firm in the particular matter , and the person with whom he is dealing either knows that he has no authority , or does not know or believe him to be a partner . |
| 5 | An act carried out by a partner in the usual course of the business of the firm will be binding on the firm notwithstanding that the partner concerned lacked the necessary authority unless the third party knew of the limitation to that partner 's authority or did not know or believe him to be a partner . |
| 6 | If you were to come yourself Lily or the child 's Father I could not stand in your way whatever my feelings which are strong , but to hand over my Precious little one to a Young and Foreign girl who spoke his only language poorly that I could not do and send him with her on a dangerous voyage most frightening to him . |
| 7 | You can avoid any foods you do not like and replace them with others from these lists so long as you do not exceed your daily calorie allowance . |
| 8 | Is it not true that giving 17-year-olds fines does not work and sending them to prison is counterproductive ? |
| 9 | Even knowing he was finished she would not stop but pulled herself against him , levered and bucked with a grunting intensity which made him look down on her with pity . |
| 10 | If someone very close ( a member of your family , for instance ) were to come into the room while you were in that state , you would be aware of it but you probably would not move or do anything about it because it felt ‘ right ’ . |
| 11 | The Dyaks of Borneo , for instance , have always referred to the orangutan as the " man of the forest " , treating him at least with the dignity accorded to neighbouring tribes , whereas the Europeans , on examining the first Tierra del Fuegans brought back to the West , could not decide whether to classify them as humans or animals . |
| 12 | She cast a quick look towards the bar ; praying that Rune would soon return and save her from his mischievous lover . |
| 13 | All areas of Sema 's business were profitable with the exception of Germany — the company has now purchased the minority shareholding in Sema Group Systems AG that it did n't already possess and integrated it with Sema Group GmbH . |
| 14 | Do you just try and quiet him by are you soothing ? |
| 15 | And as Hotspur turned to face him , in mild but sympathetic surprise : ‘ He can not suppose that allying himself to the duchess of Brittany will either placate or frighten the French . |
| 16 | Did he not go and shoot someone at the clay-pigeon shooting in Ardallt two months ago ! |
| 17 | ‘ Why not go and see him in the proper way instead of lurking around by night ? ’ |
| 18 | DO NOT drink or eat anything at all . |
| 19 | Eunice : Well , why do n't you just go and make yourself at home till they get back ? |
| 20 | ‘ Well , I 'll just go and make one for me and Jake . |
| 21 | ‘ Er — I was wondering if you could just come and help me for a moment ? ’ |
| 22 | We must not disable or marginalise them in a society that increasingly seems interested only in the successful . |
| 23 | ‘ Forgive me , Lady Theodosia , but I could not help but overhear something of what has transpired in this room . ’ |
| 24 | A profane woman , on whom he had committed profane acts ; yet he could not help but see her with the child at her breast as holy . |
| 25 | I do not say that to mislead you into thinking that Australia is a nasty poisonous place and you 're safe in good old Britain . |
| 26 | And I would like to buy two chairs for the favour room , you know chairs to sit on cos at the moment we have to always go and get them from the er cracker room . |
| 27 | I 'll probably go and see it on my own . |
| 28 | A joint press release states — ‘ A major new joint initiative from the two world governing bodies has been formulated , promoted by the recognition that bowls needs a marketing arm to properly develop and promote it as a major sport worldwide . |
| 29 | The blastocyst will now implant or embed itself in the endometrium , losing its membrane . |
| 30 | ‘ I could n't aid and abet you against Susan . ’ |