Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [vb mod] [adv] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The brake and clutch are too close together for my modest size sevens , and there 's a huge foot-rest where I would normally expect a clutch pedal . |
| 2 | Where I could also spend a great deal of time talking about our common enemies , our mutual friends and some of the similarity and our aims for world peace and again , I 'm gon na leave that for the statesmen and the politicians . |
| 3 | ‘ Things are starting to get much easier for the business person , although there 's still a big difference between setting up in Budapest , or Warsaw , or Prague , compared with somewhere in the country , where you may still have a long wait for a telephone connection . ’ |
| 4 | They are available from L. Cornelissen & Son , where you will also find a full range of back-up materials for the serious pastel artist . |
| 5 | In the next chapter we will deal with perspectives on interest groups , where we will also offer a concluding assessment of the ideas and theories discussed in both Chapters 2 and 3 . |
| 6 | for each unoccupied row , r , say nr is the number of positions in this row where one might still put a piece . |
| 7 | On the personal computer front , ICL says it intends to progress relationships with the world 's top 50 PC software suppliers to an extent where it will effectively house a PC software distribution business in its stable , and will be able to offer almost any PC solution to customers . |
| 8 | USAAF memorials have received much coverage in Fly/Past so I shall only mention a few . |
| 9 | USAAF memorials have received much coverage in Fly/Past so I shall only mention a few . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'd like to get an early night , so I 'll just grab a sandwich back at the hotel . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Of course not ! ’ she replied , and even found a cheerful note from somewhere to add lightly , ‘ I ate a huge meal at lunchtime , so I 'll probably have a snack sent up , ’ and , making for her room before her emotions tripped her up , ‘ You 've been more than kind as it is . |
| 12 | Let dear old Miguelito charm a new generation of English roses — Shelley had outgrown him , although she would always keep a special place in her inner being for that lovely evening when she and only she had had his sweet and undivided attention … |
| 13 | Although she can now refit a car by herself , she wo n't qualify fully until she has worked for two years and passed her City and Guilds ‘ hand on ’ course . |
| 14 | They also do n't like wind rock so in a , an exposed position young plants do really need more staking than you 'd probably give a bush because they tend to rot off at the roots if they grow around a lot . |
| 15 | Well er firstly , he can , even if it 's his money give it to his wife as his partner , and she could then invest the money , and because she 's not paying any tax , er she could get a ten percent return , so she could actually get a thousand pounds on that ten thousand and that would be payable gross . |
| 16 | I mean you can make your your fingers so you can fucking stick a dick down there . |
| 17 | If you came to this country after 1948 as an adult , your working life still started at 16 , so you will probably have a reduced pension . |
| 18 | It was a cake you never got in England , because there the milk did not have to be boiled and so you could never collect a bowlful of creamy skin from successive goes . |
| 19 | ‘ That 's when some start taking chances , so we would definitely advocate a ‘ P ’ or ‘ R ’ plate . ’ |
| 20 | and there 's twelve hours so we 'll only need a thousand and two hundred |
| 21 | Most of my friends will buy this album and we usually waste a lot of time discussing the merits of whatever record we have recently bought , so we may well have a few arguments on whether to eat meat or not . |
| 22 | Looking after the status quo is rather more their tendency , so we can perhaps expect a greater emphasis on defence with rather less activity from the operatives up front — the strikers . |
| 23 | For example , although they may initially over-extend a word like dog to a variety of different four-legged mammals , they cease to apply it to any part of the domain newly taken over with the acquisition of a new word . |
| 24 | The receptors are linked to the same area of the brain as the eyes , and so the fish can probably visualise these electric patterns , although they would only form a crude , shadowy image . |
| 25 | erm Somebody on this morning 's course said that they quite like answering machines , they use them like note pads , and they ring up people they know have got an answering machine so they can just leave a message , they say it 's quicker than writing a letter , and it 's easier than talking to them for hours , you can just ring them up and leave a message on their answering machine like a sort of note pad , which I had n't thought of , but I suppose it 's rather good , is n't it ! |
| 26 | He learned to play golf one-handed , although he could also use a two-handed grip sometimes if he controlled the left hand carefully with the right . |
| 27 | He loved it more than anything , more than he loved me , more than he could ever love a child … |
| 28 | He thought that it would be Tessa who 'd yell , so he 'd already put a hand across her mouth . |
| 29 | Before returning to the Cape , he had written ‘ I have been idle so long that I doubt if I shall ever do a single grand battement in my life again — I crack when I move . ’ |
| 30 | Italy 's a really wonderful country , I wonder if I 'll ever get a chance to go back . |