Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [conj] [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was rather devastated when she told me she was moving to Crieff , as she made major contributions to the work of the Library here ; she had a long-term future , and her personality made many friends for the Library among our users . |
| 2 | The grant payable depended upon the number of children who could read , write , and do arithmetic to the satisfaction of the individual inspector , and therefore it was not unnatural that every effort was made by the managers of the school , to see that the inspectors ’ tastes in such other matters as food and drink were duly considered when he visited them . |
| 3 | The wind must be blowing from them to you , since this not only minimises the noise you may inadvertently make but it prevents your scent blowing towards the rabbits and giving them advance warning that all 's not well . |
| 4 | Leanne 's her name … that 's her car there ; does n't look old enough to drive if you ask me … ’ |
| 5 | We are better placed than anyone to do it . |
| 6 | Blanche drove on and three hours later she was safe in Dornaway Castle , where she seemed so shaken that they put her straight to bed . |
| 7 | I can only think that I mean it sticks to the sides of the bin at the bottom |
| 8 | That day , she only realised that nobody wants their special enemy , chosen with care and attacked with force , to renounce the role and throw down arms and instead bare their breasts for an embrace . |
| 9 | It had n't taken her long to discover that they had nothing whatsoever in common . |
| 10 | Erm I mean I I have some concerns , like Cynthia , about the number of careers officers who suddenly appear when you say there 's a visit to , Hull University , and we 've got people coming from all over the county and it 's costing us a fortune . |
| 11 | ' ’ I trust to have word from you by this messenger , and delay only to know that you wish me to proceed . |
| 12 | And , anyway , she was n't so deluded that she thought they might make a life together . |
| 13 | Plenty long enough to discover whether you find it intolerable to live with her . |
| 14 | I 've tried it sometimes , never long enough to know whether I did it successfully or not , but I found there is absolutely no way of telling because even if it changes in a way one can predict , what one can predict is the way oneself changes or the world changes at the same time . |
| 15 | For example one woman set fire to her kitchen accidentally and the carer , her neighbour , realised that it would not be safe for her to remain at home ; another carer , a husband , found himself becoming so stressed that he struck his wife ; he then requested institutional care . |
| 16 | ‘ Fired — dismissed , ’ she offered a couple of alternatives — only to find that he found her first offering of more interest . |
| 17 | You make a cup of tea for a friend who has called around to express their condolences only to find as you pour it out , that there is no tea in the pot . |
| 18 | He told me this gaily , as if it did not much matter whether I believed it or no . |
| 19 | With other feelings we may be burdened by their strength , yet still be free enough to choose whether we express them to others by word or action , indulge them or keep a tight rein on them . |
| 20 | Meanwhile judging from the way today 's auction went , the breweries and banks could have a long wait before they get their money back from pubs that close . |
| 21 | He had dark eyes , thickly lashed and they regarded her steadily almost as if he knew her . |
| 22 | She knew why he sounded so strangled when she saw herself . |
| 23 | So she kept her doubts to herself , merely remarking that everyone knew what Frenchmen were like and turning the whole thing into a rather laboured joke in which Iris eventually joined . |
| 24 | Beside her , the lamp suddenly rattled and she felt her hair lift . |
| 25 | ‘ But you 'd better do as he tells you . |
| 26 | The performances on this new disc are first-rate ; indeed they are so polished that I found myself occasionally longing for something with a little more humanity and which more faithfully reflected what were in all probability the more rough-and-ready sounds of the Kürbs-Hütte clientele . |
| 27 | This bird is so named because it incubates its eggs in a mound of rotting vegetation . |
| 28 | I can only repeat that we esteem his son 's achievements , that we wish him well in his future and that his family has good cause to think kindly of a school which has provided an excellent education , many opportunities and much success . |
| 29 | ‘ But you were looking so absorbed that I guessed you were admiring that wonderful bureau . ’ |
| 30 | Patrick climbed out first and them helped Jane down ; Collins was the last man out , and Patrick heard him murmur to the driver , " Around the block the long way , only stop if you see us on the street . " |