Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.

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1 The third John Booth provided much of the capital for his partners , Samuel and Aaron Walker , when they established the business that eventually made them the leading ironmasters in the North of England .
2 The strategy effectively neutralised what the Conservatives had hoped would be a vote-winner with an electorate wary about an upsurge in union power under Labour if it could be made an issue .
3 In other words , he was still developing the characteristics that would eventually make him a character actor .
4 I 'd want to go on seeing you a lot , though . ’
5 Come on make me a nice cup of tea .
6 The TA course 's patrolling is coming on well and the visitor has moved on to see What the junior intake is doing .
7 We relaxed for an hour with a cup of tea and Otley switched the magic box on to see what the world was up to .
8 The terms sound harsh , not to say positively feudal : Benjamin was to serve his master faithfully , keep his secrets , gladly obey his every word .
9 ‘ That meeting with Ken and his decision to make Ken 's part big made it a sort of broken-back type of play .
10 The king had himself portrayed on the last coinage of his reign , issued c. 1485 , wearing the closed crown of the emperor , at much the same time as Henry VII introduced the style into England ; but James went one better by having himself shown in a realistic three-quarters face portrait , thereby producing what the numismatist Ian Stewart has described as ‘ probably the earliest Renaissance coin portrait outside Italy ’ .
11 Remortgaging can effectively deliver you a cheaper deal .
12 Helen 's ability to enjoy herself and express her objections effectively make her an easy person to help , although she is sometimes criticised for being demanding .
13 While she was ponderously explaining what an LOA presentation was , they could n't probe at him .
14 Music became the voice of opposition to the war and its senseless waste of life , and effectively found itself a conscience .
15 Music became the voice of opposition to the war and its senseless waste of life , and effectively found itself a conscience .
16 Less than a year later we got married and I moved down here and eventually found myself a job .
17 Adjuring Theda , in the prettiest way , to wait for her here , Miss Merchiston then escorted Mr Quatt to the front door , presumably bidding him a fond farewell in the sickeningly sugary tone she had chosen to adopt towards him .
18 HAVING finished second to France , and thereby won what the footballers used to call the Home International championship , Scotland can hardly be grudged the eight players they have in the British Isles task force for the invasion of New Zealand this summer under captain Gavin Hastings .
19 Somebody had apparently given her the matchbook and she had been carrying it around with her ever since . ’
20 Natural aptitude and a career in radio , film and television had helped him become an outstanding communicator — a strength chat not only made him a formidable campaigner , but also equipped him for the business of government in the television age .
21 Its proximity to another , larger , Binns store in Middlesbrough only made it the obvious candidate for the axe .
22 That 's correct Chairman I think erm , we will be looking obviously to see what the prospects were within er the urban area and er sites do and surprisingly do continue to arrive and come up and we some other uses , erm they would make some contribution obviously erm , the other options would as you say be to look beyond beyond the greenbelt at the opportunities that are available there .
23 After the operation , her surgeon dropped in to see her every day , often twice a day .
24 You 've really got to be one to appreciate the spirit of the place but pop in to see what a real pub should be like .
25 I popped in to see what the form was , and to find out if I 'd been fired as a house-sitter .
26 They obviously hate you a great deal . ’
27 Even in gallery , he wrote , it will disturb no one , merely make it a little more difficult to get from one side of the room to the other .
28 The couple were taken to police headquarters for questioning where they admitted they had picked up a man on the night of 10 July by the harbour but did not know him and had only given him a lift into town .
29 I thought it was very unfortunate that Catherine had only given him a daughter , not a son .
30 Yes , but I 've , I 've only given him a lump figure you see .
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