Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [pron] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Little or nothing escapes his eye and that makes any book he writes doubly valuable to the serious students of railway history . |
| 2 | ( Nothing to do with mice or holes but probably a corruption of the Cornish Moweshayl , young women 's river — perhaps where they did their washing . ) |
| 3 | So where you have your potage erm meat , vegetables such as they are , and sweet . |
| 4 | place of the All where she had her dwelling . |
| 5 | John wrote these words : ‘ God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son , so that everyone who believes in him may not die but have eternal life . ’ |
| 6 | She had already known , half consciously , that she liked her grandmother better than she liked her mother , and loved her mother more fiercely than she loved her grandmother . |
| 7 | Her gown looked expensive , Ruth thought , but it would have suited her mistress better than it did its owner . |
| 8 | ‘ In five days , ’ said Harvey when we were outside the cubicle , ‘ we can indoctrinate a man so that he really believes his cover story better than he believes his own memory . |
| 9 | She knew her limitations better than she knew her worth , and she taught in a private school because it gave her a little more latitude to come and go as she wished — an important point , since she cared for an old mother whom eighty years had made exacting . |
| 10 | She had already known , half consciously , that she liked her grandmother better than she liked her mother , and loved her mother more fiercely than she loved her grandmother . |
| 11 | What , why have you put down that you have your regional accent and I have an Irish accent ? |
| 12 | Some others — the best ones — Donald the smith , and maybe Iain Logan , the real sterling men — they can join in once we have their agreement . |
| 13 | Absolutely not , I think there 's a strong sense in the Party that moving forward with our traditional values , that what we have to do is to apply those traditional values to a very changed world , things are very different now from when the Labour Party was formed , or even from when the Labour Party was last in government , so that we keep our sense of values , they are what grounds us , but what makes us an effective government in the future is the fact that we are moving forward with the times , and the increasing representation of women is one of the things which is about moving us forward , and moving with the times . |
| 14 | To respect and love ourselves , to be confident and powerful , to achieve our goals , to develop ourselves so that we realise our potential , to gain insight , to use our creativity . |
| 15 | ( ii ) They should have continuing opportunities to write for formal or public purposes so that they increase their command of the structures of written Standard English . |
| 16 | Every Buttermere neighbour and old wrestling foe would be given a free mug of beer as his first drink and throughout the day Joseph would ask a little — often useless — favour here , another there in order to keep them within his ken : so that they kept their eyes , he would say to himself , on the signals coming from the flagship . |
| 17 | Tie the beef and lamb into compact rolls or squares so that they retain their shape during cooking and will be easy to cut . |
| 18 | A child darted out in front of the striding troopers so that they checked their pace . |
| 19 | Thus ruling groups are likely to attempt to ‘ engineer the consent of the ruled ’ so that they accept their own subordination and disadvantage . |
| 20 | The bag moved , so that they lost their balance again and fell over . |
| 21 | A considerable amount of effort may have been expended on the design of such items and their components so that they perform their intended function efficiently or are visually attractive . |
| 22 | If she went out it was at night and she would arrange her veils so that they covered her face four times . |
| 23 | The purpose of this chapter is to help you to deal with any injuries which you may pick up , so that they affect your fitness as little as possible . |
| 24 | ‘ Look at me , ’ he ordered , giving her a sharp shake so that she raised her head . |
| 25 | Many children need to spend much of their time with the group in physical activity out-of-doors , and a teacher supervising them can help to develop their experiences and language , so that she feels her time is being used just as profitably out-of-doors as within the confines of the classroom . |
| 26 | He was terrified , and his fear began to obsess her , so that she felt her own body begin to knot up with tension again . |
| 27 | His voice was deep and soft with memories , so that she felt her heart dip , then beat crazily as she remembered the last time she 'd been involved in his research , when he 'd kissed her that morning . |
| 28 | When he turned to look at her , the firelight cast shadows across his body , so that she saw his arms not as arms , but as wings … and they will enfold me so strongly and so sweetly that I shall never want to be free … |
| 29 | He leaned down so that she saw his whole face was alight with a slightly satirical amusement . |
| 30 | The universe inside her mind exploded her out from its centre of I and other beings poured into her so that she knew their inner selves . |