Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She treats them like a pair of toy dogs , throwing them little treats when they 're good to make them more dependent on her . ’ |
| 2 | I keep saying when they get sort of quite long that I 'll have them properly shaped and |
| 3 | The white boys admire the cheek of the black lad who nicks their Kentucky'n'chips , as well as wanting to beat him up for it , just as many of them secretly envy and try to emulate the black street style which at another level they experience as so invasive . |
| 4 | Foreign Minister Joaquín Ricardo García was quoted by local radio as saying on July 18 that a total of 13,000 Haitian citizens , most of whom were migrant workers , had left the country " in the last few days " , 2,000 of them forcibly repatriated and the rest having left " voluntarily " . |
| 5 | Thus in Ibrams ( 1982 ) there had been considerable ill-treatment and violence by the deceased towards D and his girlfriend , and this led them eventually to plan and carry out a night-time raid on the deceased 's flat , during which they attacked and killed him . |
| 6 | BRC was contacted and we found them somewhere to live and someone from their own country to look after them . |
| 7 | However , I have used them enough to observe that the properly selected remedy works deeply , quickly , smoothly , and without initial aggravation . |
| 8 | It did not take me long to wish that we Christians might have a similar preparation for confirmation and acceptance as a full worshipping and working member of the Church . |
| 9 | It did not take me long to realize that this was the man I had needed so badly . ’ |
| 10 | Some of them apparently feel that the move flies in the face of the philosophy expressed in the document prepared by the task force which examined the way ahead for BBC Scotland . |
| 11 | It makes me so cross when I see so much imported fruit and vegetables in the shops when we have as good , if not better English produce on hand . |
| 12 | The addition of this weakling to the family of Test nations will seen them merely tolerated as non-profitable visitors , lower on the scale even than Sri Lanka , who are still awaiting a first invitation to play West Indies after 10 years of Test status . |
| 13 | They have twenty six mig 21s and 15 Su 22 , some of them constantly armed and ready for action . |
| 14 | ‘ We can only guess at Allan Lamb 's motives in the Daily Mirror , but we hope they are nothing so base as money or , even worse , our nationality . ’ |
| 15 | We can only guess at Allan Lamb 's motives for his article in the Daily Mirror , but we hope that they are nothing so base as money or even worse our nationality . |
| 16 | Lee lead Meryl towards them only to find that she resisted furiously . |
| 17 | Immigrant rooms should be well ventilated and the interior of them so designed that they may be easily cleaned . |
| 18 | However , the basic concept of collecting and removing filth will not be affected , as any system which does not localise contaminants merely spreads them so think as to make the problem less obvious . |
| 19 | You will find that we have invited three outside lecturers during the year , all of them highly recommended and each covering a completely different area of work . |
| 20 | ‘ I shall not , ’ said Sally-Anne grandly , ‘ reproach you , Dr Neil , for rescuing me merely to ensure that I shall carry on skivvying for you . |
| 21 | Everyone inside knows or speculates endlessly on the politics of power implicit in the most minute gradations of change . |
| 22 | The Shah would gesticulate to him to stop it , but finally the Prince and his younger sister were allowed to perform a spirited disco dance while everyone below watched and the applauded . |
| 23 | I 've never met Sir Brian or Sir Oliver and have only met Sir Bernard a few times , but I instinctively feel that all six would lay down their lives without hesitation for a damsel in distress . |
| 24 | I little thought that fresh intrusions would interrupt and spoil my solitudes . |
| 25 | I rarely speak or am active on guillotine motions and resulting business arrangements on timing , because in general I have long been in favour of timetabling all Bills from the start . |
| 26 | I also removed a Building Society book in the name of Francis Maclean , which I reckoned had about £450 in the account , and an Access card in the same name which I rarely used and certainly had nearly a grand 's worth of credit on it . |
| 27 | Further points were discussed , for example the need for public liability insurance , which I duly went and arranged ; the need for ‘ Caution : Work in Progress ’ signs at each end , which I duly had made ; the need to take care , when working , not to disturb the kicking stones ; and the need to avoid making heaps when distributing the spoil , so as not to impede the grass cutter . |
| 28 | So I duly smeared and squeezed . |
| 29 | I was also given an indemnity form , which I duly completed and returned . |
| 30 | I naïvely thought that we had something special going for us . |