Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [vb base] [pron] [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Studies of the impact of the government budget necessarily presuppose what would have been the case in the absence of such a budget . |
| 2 | I buy a cup of tea so thin it could have been made by Rachel 's landlady , and I stare out through a steamed-up café window across the cold empty promenade . |
| 3 | Ian Woosnam came to Augusta National playing , in his own words , like a 24-handicapper , though those of us in that category just wish we could spray the ball similarly around the practice ground or putt it so waywardly . |
| 4 | Why does the Lord Chancellor now think he can cut the free limit by over 25% ? |
| 5 | The holiday is extendible to suit your requirements , and to increase your flexibility even further you may return from a different airport in Switzerland . |
| 6 | In the mid-year we began the preparation for offering a specialist service to food premises , and with the groundwork now complete we can look forward to exciting prospects there next year . |
| 7 | Th'did n't know I could do tricks did thee ? |
| 8 | We disembark , walking down the rusting ramp over white cockleshell sand and water so clear it could have come from a tap . |
| 9 | Even got myself a nice little vacation landward of Seattlefish on Earth — hills , rivers , air you could breathe , that sort of stuff , and the sky so clear you 'd figure you could see forever . |
| 10 | His country still insist he must turn out in an African Nations Cup qualifier against South Africa rather than the televised curtain-raiser at the City ground . |
| 11 | Mr Enright asked : ‘ If a principal duty of government is the prevention of crime , has n't this government failed spectacularly and should n't the Prime Minister immediately announce he will set up a Royal Commission to make urgent proposals to prevent this ? |
| 12 | Mr Gerrish 's family now say they 'll appeal against the verdict . |