Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During the 1980s , there has been a marked decline in the proportion of secondary students who gain the Sudan School Certificate which enables them to go on to higher education or enter the civil service . |
| 2 | ‘ Still want them to go home in one hour ? ’ |
| 3 | There was nothing to go on at all . |
| 4 | Everyone goes out on longer boards with the biggest sails they can handle , either sailing around the windsurf bay till the winds become gusty , or sailing upwind for lunch at the long beach . |
| 5 | Everyone goes out on longer boards with the biggest sails they can handle . |
| 6 | Type Report on Yugoslav Spitfires by Peter Arnold in the April issue ( p70 ) evoked many memories for me and caused me to rummage around for some half-forgotten photos of nearly half a century ago , and there it was , Mk VcJK808 ‘ B ’ with yours truly in attendance . |
| 7 | When the time comes an' I ca n't lift a hundredweight of sugar or me old black pan , then it 'll be time for me to retire upstairs for good . ’ |
| 8 | And if they come out with that line : ‘ Oh but mum , everyone else 's mum lets them stay out until three in the morning/hitch a lift home from Glastonbury/take the short cut across the meadow at night/ride a bike without wearing an orange band … ’ then find out what other parents really think . |
| 9 | It will be mainly concerned with pensions , education and health care , because there are well-developed private and occupational services in all three areas and because state services in them make up about three-quarters of state welfare spending . |
| 10 | D' ya want me to go round to that school and beat the crap out of them ? |
| 11 | Just the two of them hanging on in that decaying old house , ’ Schellenberg said . |
| 12 | ‘ But it does n't seem right for them to drive about like that , ’ said Sister Dew . |
| 13 | Gooch , manager Keith Fletcher and England chairman Ted Dexter all praised the Whittingdale sponsorship which has allowed them to gather together for two days in each of the last six weeks . |
| 14 | The nicest thing about Duckhurst Farm 's clear round afternoons is the atmosphere : they are meant to encourage horse and rider and the owners were happy for me to trot round for five minutes before we faced the first fence . |
| 15 | And most of them moved down to Green as soon as it was built . |
| 16 | The easiest way I have found to assess the strength of this group of goals is to give individuals a single sheet of paper and to ask them to write down in five minutes what they hope to achieve in the next five years . |
| 17 | The softness of the Schmincke pastels allowed me to work confidently in this way , knowing that no matter how subtle the marks , they would clearly show . |
| 18 | And , of course , the scientific approach through general laws and formulae has nothing to work on in this sort of context . |
| 19 | ‘ Now , will everyone act sensibly for five minutes ? ’ he said . |
| 20 | Did George suggest you got me mixed up in all this ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Fine by me , but wo n't Bryant smell a rat when he sees me walking out with all this ? ’ |
| 22 | Our grateful thanks to everyone listed below as this year 's donors to the Appeal . |
| 23 | However , if one shift performs better ( and ‘ better ’ might refer to the quality or quantity — or both — of product that is made ) is it because it consists of more conscientious workers ; their conditions of working are better , or they have less distraction ; they are supervised more closely and the conveyor belt moves faster ; or their body clock enables them to work better at some times of the day than others ? |
| 24 | This was the essence of the problem : the press could only be managed by someone who knew their methods and who would not expect them to come round to Central Office to search for news . |
| 25 | I know I should n't really cos I should n't expect them to come back at all , but it annoys me when |
| 26 | My educational colleagues are a hard-bitten lot and I had not expected them to come out as complete ‘ quality ’ converts . |
| 27 | If you are encouraging them all the time to consider propositions or arguments and then what evidence has been marshalled in support and the like , then you want them to come out like that … . |
| 28 | In addition , there may be too few children in each age group for them to benefit fully from some of the recommended classroom activities . |
| 29 | In those days no-one ventured out with dirty footwear no matter how poor they were . |
| 30 | They are generally thicker and harder-fired than wall tiles , to enable them to stand up to heavy wear without cracking . |