Example sentences of "[noun pl] [subord] [pron] [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So he said that they could perhaps take a look round to see were there any secluded windows anywhere or any openings where they might just squeeze through . |
| 2 | It 's wonderful — richer and more unctuous — in stuffings or to flavour sauces where you would normally use lemon or lime . |
| 3 | It is also important to recognise that indirect costs of issue exist in terms of the final issue price being below what the market might have been willing to pay for all of the shares ( and hence the company receiving less funds than it might otherwise have done ) . |
| 4 | ‘ Not the most brilliant thought you 've ever had , Flo , ’ Maria ventured tartly , moving away again , avoiding Luke 's eyes although she could literally feel the weight of his attention on her . |
| 5 | In choosing a kasabat kadilik , then , a student was in effect shutting himself off from the high offices of state and , provided that he intended to stay within the learned profession , dooming himself to a lifetime of service in the kasabat kadiliks unless he could somehow get back into the medrese stream . |
| 6 | There were always grave doubts whether we would ever make it , but we never gave up . |
| 7 | She wanted a church wedding with as many of the trimmings as they could possibly afford . |
| 8 | Milan , one point ahead of Sampdoria at the top of the table , also have teething problems , trying to rotate half a dozen foreigners when they can only use three ! |
| 9 | I want to play as many different roles as I can possibly manage . |
| 10 | ‘ Miss Honey taught it to us in three minutes so we 'll never forget it . |
| 11 | A spokesman for a large nationalised service industry wrote of headhunters being able to provide them with ‘ the feel of external experience ’ and an appreciation of the stature in the market place of their existing staff and the organisation itself , together with a more extensive network of contacts than they could possibly have at their disposal . |
| 12 | So I have a list here now it is n't in the notes so you might just want to make a note of this . |
| 13 | There are more terrors to come , more mysteries and secrets than he could ever know . |
| 14 | As actuaries we are professionally trained to make forward projections so we should also look at the future for our own profession . |
| 15 | and there 's twelve hours so we 'll only need a thousand and two hundred |
| 16 | I mean you can make your your fingers so you can fucking stick a dick down there . |
| 17 | A little boy ran up , face dirty , clothes dishevelled , his breath coming in short gasps so he could hardly speak . |
| 18 | We will now have to concentrate on those areas where we can best create value for our shareholders . ’ |
| 19 | Much more autonomy is given to subsidiary companies although they must still meet key financial and policy targets . |
| 20 | You always need far more dumping/preparation areas than you could ever imagine . |
| 21 | And while the eighties saw fewer closures and many more reopenings than anyone could reasonably have hoped , it ended with thunder clouds of uncertainty about management style , privatisation , how to solve overcrowding , the Channel Tunnel . |
| 22 | Because as I ask him some question about women , wine or wit Dudley Moore is busy chewing his nails until they might well bleed , it does n't seem too rude to mention the ends of his fingertips . |
| 23 | There was some room for individuals and groups to experiment with limited co-operation across factional lines if they could temporarily forget their religious and sometimes political differences . |
| 24 | Some people who have become severely deafened do not wear rubber soles on their shoes because they can only feel the vibration through the floor when wearing leather soles . |
| 25 | Register-shifting , while a possibility in certain sorts of text , is discouraged in academic texts because it can often have the effect of ironising your writing , something which is undesirable if you have to demonstrate clearly your knowledge and ideas . |
| 26 | The nature of the marketing process may have to vary with customer size ; paint manufacturers will for instance have to get themselves onto a list of approved contractors before they can even bid for orders to major customers such as the railways or car manufacturers . |
| 27 | No tourist should be without at least 10 times as many pockets as they 'll ever find use for . |
| 28 | No doubt some will defend the right to march on grounds of civil liberties for they will swiftly perceive that if I were to get my way , all kinds of trade union demonstrations to say nothing of peace marches would fall under the ban . |
| 29 | Yeah , I do n't like the repeats cos I can vaguely remember who did it . |
| 30 | We were determined not to start off with a mortgage round our necks if we could possibly avoid it . |