Example sentences of "[adv] [coord] [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As an academic critic and university teacher specializing in modern literature and literary theory , I spend much or my time these days reading books and articles that I can barely understand and that cause my wife ( a graduate with a good honours degree in English language and literature ) to utter loud cries of pain and nausea if her eye happens to fall on them . |
| 2 | The people could n't have been working well enough or my plan was too optimistic . |
| 3 | She had been assisted on humanitarian grounds for long enough and her allegations ‘ came forth when the assistance ceased ’ , it said . |
| 4 | ‘ If it was big enough , attractive enough and our viewers would like it , ’ he added . |
| 5 | It was true enough and my mother 's only response was to criticize the Swans for getting married and having no children because they were selfish . |
| 6 | Make sure that your mattress is firm enough and your pillow comfortable . |
| 7 | That village looked harmless enough and your horse must be thirsty . ’ |
| 8 | Margaret had been coping a little better and her sleep pattern had returned to normal . |
| 9 | The wind rose suddenly and her foot began to feel the cold . |
| 10 | He looked up suddenly and their eyes met . |
| 11 | I laughed suddenly and his expression relaxed . |
| 12 | He tried to move one of his hands to touch and soothe it but a great weariness engulfed him suddenly and his hand never reached its destination . |
| 13 | He shouted suddenly and my fingers pricked with fright . |
| 14 | Several fires were burning inside and their smoke stung his throat and eyes . |
| 15 | ‘ When I came out , all my friends were inside and my family did n't want me . |
| 16 | Everything happened agonizingly slowly : it took an age , or seemed to , for the ship 's boat to be brought alongside and its passengers to be embarked . |
| 17 | His knees ached gently and his eyes watered with tiredness and the smoke of his own cigarette . |
| 18 | I love Saeed very much and his sister is missing him . |
| 19 | They will receive written reports annually and their children 's schools will be inspected every four years . |
| 20 | The formula is given below and her conclusions where applicable are followed here . |
| 21 | The use of graph paper makes accurate plotting possible — compare the tabulated results below and their plot in figure 14 . |
| 22 | The 12-year-old hero of Home Alone and My Girl is taking ballet lessons to prepare him for the role of Prince in Tchaikovsky 's Nutcracker Suite . |
| 23 | Felipe was there alone and his face tightened as Mitch and Ana came in together . |
| 24 | The main target was clearly ‘ Marxism ’ and the Weimar ‘ system ’ , and the main message that he alone and his Movement offered the hope of salvation from these and from the disaster which they had brought upon Germany . |
| 25 | I appreciate that greatly and my heart goes out to them , ’ he said on BBC Radio 4 's Today programme . |
| 26 | It 's fairly obviously and her heart 's not in it . |
| 27 | They do n't rate freedom especially highly and their drinking habits are the most modest in our sample . |
| 28 | They complained that , with the Georgian media in the hands of Round Table-Free Georgia , they had been maligned personally and their platforms ignored . |
| 29 | It was only then , when her heart leaped alarmingly and her pulse quickened in immediate response , that she realised she 'd been half expecting he would n't keep the date . |
| 30 | Under the Chester scheme , landlords pay £50 to register , but if they fail to do so and their houses contain more than the permitted number of occupants , they face fines of up to £1,000 . |