Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a sense of urgency about proceedings now ( the fifteen minute assembly time was more than half over already ) so everyone duly dropped bags , coats and shoes where they were , filed into the sports hall and sat on the floor for the assembly . |
| 2 | It is essential therefore that bodies manage their finances efficiently and apply them effectively to maintain development . |
| 3 | The crisis can not be interpreted in terms of independent action by the commons ; the magnates too petitioned for reforms , and a group of them vigorously supported Archbishop Stratford in 1341 . |
| 4 | One of the most successful ways of giving a different quality to the steps and poses of classical dance and of transforming them into demi-caractère style is to relate them intimately to appropriate music . |
| 5 | He was Arthur Wharton , a Jamaican about whom little recorded evidence exists apart from his sprinting achievements . |
| 6 | ‘ That seems to me rather to reinforce suspicion that Amy killed Hereward , ’ Laura said . |
| 7 | All of them endlessly finish spaghetti . |
| 8 | The platform had summoned them in to give thanks to God , and to pray for wisdom . |
| 9 | ‘ I sent them in to retrieve Christine LaFayette , the female offspring of the woman who now … manages … your Earth . |
| 10 | It did n't take them long to reach Kenilworth . |
| 11 | It was a disappointing performance by the Bears for whom only Mark Lemon and the determined Odom took the chequered flag . |
| 12 | Take the case of the thirteenth Earl Ferrers , a man to whom all drinking folk have reason to be grateful . |
| 13 | Nothing only making hats . |
| 14 | Never put flavoured drinks in a bottle and give them only to quench thirst . |
| 15 | ‘ They have issued personal protection weapons to construction workers , yet most of them only face danger for the short-term duration of their contracts , ’ he said . |
| 16 | At its extreme , they may even be reluctant to warrant the audited accounts on the basis that the auditors could certify them only following representations from management . |
| 17 | In wet weather hand them inside to deter mould . |
| 18 | Then someone dragged me along to learn meditation , which I found did most of the things advertised for it — you feel more focused and it reduces the interminable mental chatter that stops you getting to sleep at night . |
| 19 | He was late because ‘ the police pulled me in to form part of an identity parade . ’ |
| 20 | Being certainly lost an opportunity by not being it 's only body there is an editing element in the book publishing section from the P G B and there are elements relating to us in the S P G of the Periodical Training Council and there will be bits of them in the public relations in the marketing one of which I 've got a copy of the draft , but you know there is nothing all embracing B T E C do graphics and journalism but there is no single forum , I mean that 's what so astonishing and interestingly somebody at B T E C told me the other day there 's been a bit of a problem about the the book editing part of the editing level three element um , and that 's partly political as to editing versus production because production 's level four and editing is level three , and that has made some problems apparently |
| 21 | Yet if not all of them necessarily regarded Cnut with disfavour on his accession , it is likely that there were quarters in which he had to face considerable initial hostility . |
| 22 | She , Esther and Alix had known one another since their Cambridge days , and often met , but an evening with them necessarily excluded Charles : Esther and Alix did not much care for the world that Charles represented , and his presence inhibited all three of them . |
| 23 | In his widely cited study Delinquent Boys , Cohen questions whether delinquent behaviour is caused directly by the desire for material goals . |
| 24 | Michael Grimmitt in his widely read book , What can I do in RE ? |
| 25 | The final straw , according to inside sources , was when Mr Zhivkov tried to bring his widely disliked son , Vladimir , who has a reputation as a drunkard and a womaniser , on to the politburo . |
| 26 | With his party winning 20 seats — two fewer than in the previous parliament — Mr Ashdown conceded that the high hopes generated by his widely praised campaign had not been fulfilled . |
| 27 | With his party winning 20 seats — two fewer than in the previous parliament — Mr Ashdown conceded that the high hopes generated by his widely praised campaign had not been fulfilled . |
| 28 | His discovery of a new freedom both theological and psychological was not easy for him to articulate though his widely circulated letter Ad Amicos revealed his absolute devotion to the search for God . |
| 29 | ‘ Eh bien , my friends , ’ he said , brushing a crumb of cheese straw from the lapel of his immaculately pressed suit , ‘ it is time to make the beginning . |
| 30 | In my own drama teaching I rarely use games with a class that I know well , but when I 'm working with a class that I 've not met before I often begin the session with a short concentration exercise and then a simple game . |