Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] [pron] [modal v] [prep] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of the people who went to Virginia or the West Indies were clearly looking for an opportunity to do better than they could in England , and if they made fortunes they would probably go back to England to enjoy their wealth , but the Massachusetts Bay Company was more concerned with escape from England or with the creation of a society that improved on its better aspects and rejected the worse . |
| 2 | The leader takes account of these responses in choosing its output and is able to do better than it would under Cournot reactions there is a ‘ first mover ’ or precommitment advantage . |
| 3 | I suggested as gently as I could to Jean-Claude that he give Chaillot a ring . |
| 4 | We only brought you and the boy as swiftly as we could to Andernesse . ’ |
| 5 | By contrast to the moods of Faldo and Ballesteros , Ian Woosnam , who was defending the title in New Orleans just as he will at Augusta , was close to despair after his final round of 74 . |
| 6 | Gifts made prior to the introduction of inheritance tax will not be assessed more harshly than they would under CTT , had it continued . |
| 7 | The British opinion , for what it was worth , was that by no stretch of the imagination was Bao Dai 's régime in de facto control ( they also warned the Americans that Schuman would claim that the French had gone as far as they could in Vietnam without creating trouble in French North Africa ) . |
| 8 | She turned her face as far as she could towards Marie . |
| 9 | Alice fulfilled the orders , then sat down as far as she could from Alfred who had just arrived . |
| 10 | I think you would draw a different picture of it here than you would in Manchester or the Derby area . |
| 11 | Corydon , speaking as well as he can in Mira 's defence , observes : |
| 12 | On arrival at Edinburgh Airport , two Landrovers awaited us and our luggage , and we drove as fast as we could to Gleneagles , to try to be in time for the Moët et Chandon reception which is the first party of the Rolex-Jackie Stewart Challenge weekend ; this was timed for 8pm ! |
| 13 | We crossed Holywell Road , Deep Ditch , and travelled as fast as we could around Charterhouse and Clerkenwell , keeping well clear of the city before taking the road south to New Cross . |
| 14 | Once they had left the shop and collected their horses , Athelstan and Cranston rode as fast as they could up Piper Alley back into the main thoroughfare . |
| 15 | Can you wonder that Virginia , the Elf Second , used to put her head down , keep her eyes fixed straight in front of her , and pedal as hard as she could past Wardle Wood and the old woman who lived in the cottage in the middle of it . |