Example sentences of "[adv] [noun pl] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mostly musicians spend their time jerking off in front of others and guitar and bass-playing readers are basically fans of the idea of that , but the truth is that it 's all individual — every neck on every guitar just has to feel a certain way . |
| 2 | However , it must be pointed out that not all monopoly suppliers act against the public interest ( eg it is not suggested even by the most ardent advocate of privatisation — refer to Chapter 3 — that the water supply or sewage disposal industries should provide competitive services to each household ; the duplication of resources in these cases would be extremely wasteful to society ) , nor do all oligopolies abuse their position . |
| 3 | Eat the high-fibre vegetables for their value in health and weight control , but by all means add more variety and colour to your plate , if you wish , with these harmless foods which do n't provide enough calories to slow your weight loss . |
| 4 | Perhaps touts spend their free time mugging old ladies and fencing stolen cars . |
| 5 | So economists spent their time discussing the logic of the subject and the rationality of policies . |
| 6 | SAUCY bosses livened up a party by dancing naked with only balloons to hide their embarrassment . |
| 7 | One West African species not only flicks open its wings to reveal a bright red abdomen but also bubbles out a stinking yellow froth from its body . |
| 8 | So customers spent their money on twelve-inch discs instead , and in fact I have never seen a twenty-inch Neophone record . |
| 9 | ( Only shadows enter my tent |
| 10 | So cats coordinate their hunting expeditions with the activities of their prey . |
| 11 | For example , a senior drugs regulator said that the recent scare over human insulin had led to 100 or so patients stopping their drugs , with predictably disastrous results . |
| 12 | Put together leaflets listing your forthcoming gigs and distribute them around colleges , street markets , other people 's gigs , and trendy clothes shops . |
| 13 | Yet these million or so termites build their equivalent working in a coordinated way in total darkness , each blind , tiny-brained insect knowing exactly where it has to place its pellets of mud to produce nurseries , supporting pillars , living chambers , gardens , flues , defensive walls — and that extraordinary spiral cooling vane . |
| 14 | Donna had only seconds to appreciate its beauty ; she had other things on her mind . |
| 15 | In this way he looked like defending it , though it would have taken only seconds to turn their guns in the opposite direction . |
| 16 | So flowers keep their nectar behind locks to which only a small group or even a single species has the key , which is of such a specialised design that its owner finds it difficult if not impossible to use on any other flower . |
| 17 | Obviously unions have their own traditions and their own ways of doing things in their own organizational structures . |
| 18 | Thus planners see their own jobs as micro-processes whereas other people regard their activities as macro-processes — part of a wider scheme . |
| 19 | Wild talk of intervention — whether by Hungary , or by a War saw Pact which has somehow redis covered its lost unity , or even in a joint operation with Nato — is merely post-cold war romancing . |
| 20 | But perhaps more generally women find their own retirement easier because they have had to organize their own time for most of their lives and have relied more on the small pleasures of domestic life . |
| 21 | But slowly places lost their mystery . |
| 22 | When a politician with an interest to maintain was a member of the House of Lords , the practice of taking appeals from the Scottish courts to the Upper House of Parliament afforded the politician further opportunities to oblige his friends . |
| 23 | Once participants reach their chosen summits they 'll be able to get their world passports , available from Climb For The World , stamped with an official commemorative stamp . |
| 24 | His dad deserves a medal for brushing aside officials to reach his injured son . |
| 25 | Once over-50s lost their jobs it was virtually impossible for them to find other permanent work , and victims of age discrimination faced reduced pension rights and enforced inactivity for the rest of their lives , the report said . |
| 26 | Later still hands loosened her collar . |
| 27 | Alton had further chances to increase their lead . |
| 28 | Still others do their best work when most of us have gone to sleep . |
| 29 | When adzing , wear sturdy footwear ( preferably boots to cover your ankles ) and thick trousers . |
| 30 | There are also plans to turn his last film Hairspray into a Broadway musical , but we Brits can now enjoy it at home : Hairspray , Polyester , and Female Trouble are all out on video at £9.99 each . |