Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've always wished that I never came back to this country . |
| 2 | Zander are so easy to catch once the pack has been located that you hardly need worry about any other aspect . |
| 3 | I thought it might be drugged so I only pretended to drink it , putting the cup to my lips and setting it down again full after an interval . |
| 4 | We do have to be a little careful now of the evidence which Mead cited in support of her claim that both gender and adolescence are so culturally varied that they simply can not be biologically determined . |
| 5 | In the Mediterranean coral was so abundant and so easily harvested that it never became valuable , at least in the home territory . |
| 6 | It is claimed that we now know that the world operates in accordance with laws , and so we do not need to bring God in to explain things . |
| 7 | The working party has claimed that it routinely alters MRLs for food . |
| 8 | Dugan has claimed that she never had sex with clients . |
| 9 | It was claimed that he repeatedly called for the ‘ total westernisation of China ’ and incited people to ‘ change the true colour of the party ’ ( China Now , Winter 1986/87 : 6 ) . |
| 10 | In many higher insects the maxillae are so greatly modified that they no longer retain any evidences of their primitive structure . |
| 11 | The increase in flexibility may be conceded , although it should be added that it commonly only extended to the classic texts , most notably the works of Shakespeare , whose assumed centrality continued to be justified in terms both of their uniquely potent literary rhetoric , and their cultural and imaginative force within " the pool of our common experience " . |
| 12 | But also added that he easily became impatient with any intellect inferior to his own . |
| 13 | The boy was so far from being ill-used or closely confined that he apparently lived a normal life , at least within the walls , going and coming much as he pleased , and eating in hall like a member of the household . |
| 14 | ‘ The crews have reported that they actually prefer the air system because it gives them more control over the trains as they come down the hill . ’ |
| 15 | Thus it was n't for many years after the first inhibitor experiments were reported that I actually got around to test their effects myself . |
| 16 | It is reported that he never performed an operation without washing his hands . |
| 17 | In other words the candidates most likely to be nominated if they so wish will be those who were nominated and became TDs at the previous general election . |
| 18 | ‘ The discourtesy shown to me , down to the last detail … was not expected and I profoundly resent it , ’ he wrote to his brother after a visit to the new Prime Minister at Chequers . |
| 19 | ‘ This case has certainly not been forgotten and we still want to hear from anyone with information . |
| 20 | It was quite still for the breeze had dropped and he vaguely registered that the women seemed to have gone . |
| 21 | Turbo-generators were added and it now also generates electricity . |
| 22 | Our objective measures of light intensity would be discarded if they universally gave answers that contradicted our subjective experiences . |
| 23 | The scientific truth is often much more fascinating , but investigating it is stifled if we simply relegate every unusual occurrence to the dustbin of ‘ mystic forces ’ . |
| 24 | But she has eased away and stands right in front of me , as close as you can get without touching , and her teeth are clenched and she almost glares into my face and her fist punches against my stomach as she says , ‘ Listen , you , ’ like it really hurts her . |
| 25 | Unfortunately the outstanding differences have not been resolved and we still have no date for talks . ’ |
| 26 | Suppose your boss asks you for suggestions about how a particular problem could be solved and you immediately respond with some ideas . |
| 27 | and it worked , and it got over to Australia , it got unpacked and it still worked when it got to Australia , and it went on the stand and it stood on the stand for a week or however long it was . |
| 28 | Er it seems to me that erm there are probably quite a few policies in the structure plan that could be omitted if we just took the all the P P Gs as read . |
| 29 | All that might be allowed for in this context was that individual cases might be considered if I particularly pressed " , and it has to be added that this was in full accordance with the AFHQ instruction of 7 March which stated that " it is not the policy of she British Government to encourage any of those persons who become a British responsibility to put forward claims that they are NOT Soviet Citizens " . |
| 30 | Doctor goes on when one considers her potential life in terms of an academic achievement and marriage with a family , one can only say that without a shadow of doubt she has been devastated and her emotionally devastation will I fear , increase over the years , unquote . |