Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [conj] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every week she was expected to clean the house right through and make the dinners , while the grandmother had her outing to Edinburgh : ‘ she had jist t'come in and sit doon like a lady . ’ |
| 2 | Iris closed her eyes and began speaking slowly as if reciting a lesson . |
| 3 | For at least another hour he walked on as if to test the conclusion against all the temptations and changes he could uncover . |
| 4 | She sucked in a deep breath then looked up , squeezing her eyelids tightly together as if to clear the fuzziness which clouded her vision . |
| 5 | There are two principal kinds of horizontal press : the hydraulic press ( the simplest of all ) , usually a Vaselin model , which has two flat metal plates at either end that push together , squashing the grapes in between and issuing the juice from a duct in the inner cylindrical sleeve ; and the pneumatic press , of which the Willmes is the most common . |
| 6 | Catherine Moore heads down under and discovers a whole new world on a caving trip in South Wales |
| 7 | TO FIND A BODY , VEHICLE , FOR THAT STRONG SENSE OF MAN 'S DOUBLE-BEING WHICH MUST AT TIMES COME IN UPON AND OVERWHELM THE MIND OF EVERY THINKING CREATURE . |
| 8 | The arguments within the Thatcher administration went on apace over whether to swing the axe fiercely into public spending in the winter of 1980–1 , with ministers like Prior , Pym , Walker , and Carrington arguing the case for maintaining public expenditure and investment , monetarists outside the government like Alan Budd urging far more stringent monetary restraint , and Sir Geoffrey Howe at the Treasury buffeted about in between . |
| 9 | Now this does n't alter for one moment my recommendation of this as a superb performance , but I can well imagine a non-violinist , with less understanding of the extraordinary soloistic skill involved , homing in on and lambasting the accompaniment , giving only an average rating as a result . |
| 10 | Does any hon. Member seriously think that , after Britain has signed up for a single currency , we could go to war on our own and expect the 11 countries who share the same currency to stand idly by and see the value of their currency wrecked , for ever depreciating , just because Britain was in one of its periodic warmongering fits ? |
| 11 | The mahout , as he gives a command , reinforces the order with leg pressure just as if riding a horse . |
| 12 | It 's not as if murdering the Admiral was a sensible course of action . |
| 13 | ‘ Right you are , ’ said Hilary , turning away as if terminating the interview . |
| 14 | An elderly man with a white pointed beard was being shepherded into a chauffeur-driven car by the short rough-haired woman in a thick tweed suit , who had been at Rupert 's house that evening in the autumn ; a little man carrying two heavy-looking suitcases was hurrying away as if to catch a train ; a group of younger men and women was standing on the pavement , talking and laughing . |
| 15 | In other words , the choreographer should set out to create a particular style for the whole dance design , yet within it be free to vary the way of performing a step without breaking away from or distorting the overall rhythmic quality and phrasing of his enchaînements . |
| 16 | can we send somebody away to and do a course . |
| 17 | Benny spoke gruffly as if fearing the invitation would be spurned . |
| 18 | There is always the chance that they could — ’ The Manchu expanded his hands outward as if to indicate the idea that the population of Tarvaras might explode out into the galaxy . |
| 19 | Of modern poets , I had of course spoken to the boys — and to the masters for that matter , for most had ventured no further than Hardy and Houseman , like the Brasenose dons — of Eliot , Pound and the later Yeats ; and I discovered that they lapped this up as if slaking a mental thirst . |
| 20 | On the train I looked furtively at the lock on the carriage door and watched the railway embankment carefully as if assessing the effect of falling out onto it at speed . |
| 21 | Rigid demarcation lines can leave users with no choice at all about who they wish to be treated by , and getting along with and trusting the professionals who are responsible for providing help is a crucial factor in whether a service user will stay in touch with the services and persevere with treatment . |
| 22 | In writing a program , one often has a lot of freedom in the use of bound variables : not only in where they are declared , but also in whether to declare a new variable or re-use an old one . |
| 23 | This approach emphasises the ‘ state form ’ .9 Like most Marxist analyses , this approach still envisages the state as ‘ capitalist ’ : an apparatus caught up in and managing the social relations of capitalism . |
| 24 | Are you also saying that soap operas , in particular — it may be other programmes as well — are picking up on and creating a space for discussing topics that really are preoccupying people , and rendering conscious a lot of issues that are ‘ out there ’ already ? |
| 25 | A ntecedent events are those events that precede , lead up to and set the stage for the disobedient |
| 26 | Even if the primary focus is the needs of an older person , the counsellor can not afford to ‘ take sides ’ , but should instead aim to help the whole family face up to and develop a wider understanding of the problems and difficulties that exist in old age , and in caring for older people . |
| 27 | Intellectualisation : The family members usually have clearer heads than the primary sufferers and use them for even more determined discussion of " facts " rather than facing up to and discussing the emotional pain of their own position . |
| 28 | Gore ( 1978 ) studied the impact of unemployment at five points in time leading up to and following the shutdown of two companies . |
| 29 | And it would have been good because it was per The only thing was he would have had to have gone up to and do a survival course . |
| 30 | In the daytime you can come back and look at the Old State House we 're coming up to and see the cobblestones which mark the place where blood was shed in the great Boston Massacre . |