Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [pron] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite this , there are instances of visually handicapped pupils who do much for themselves in overcoming their limitations because they are really interested in taking part in sport . |
| 2 | I am distressed enough about it without having you people coming here , interrupting my work . ’ |
| 3 | She did n't know how to clarify and quantify her anxieties , and she wished that her husband could do so for her without revealing his paucity of intellect . |
| 4 | That was why he had it in for you for putting him away . |
| 5 | It seemed a funny sort of freedom to me when all you saw was poor people working like crazy and getting poorer and rich people not appearing to be doing much of anything except remaining quietly rich |
| 6 | Some of the oldest river craft on the Thames are being auctioned this weekend , along with lots of boating paraphenalia . |
| 7 | But they 've gone along with it without recognising that there will be a cost and members opposite have consistently criticised the European parliament for having a number of buildings from which to operate . |
| 8 | If that was the impression she was giving , then the fault lay entirely with him for disturbing her usual equilibrium with his unexpected behaviour . |
| 9 | So , of course you might be running into trouble by doing too much , by being over-zealous and when you do things , or you may also be inviting criticism and inviting the , the great fickle hand of of bureaucratic power down upon you by doing too little too late , and that 's often the , that 's often the criticism which people in your profession and several other professions get accused of . |
| 10 | Getting through this evening would be hard enough in itself without driving herself crazy over deciding what to wear . |
| 11 | Intel Corp is said to be talking eagerly to anyone with cooling technology that could prevent its Pentiums turning personal computers into desktop microwave ovens . |
| 12 | For a moment I wondered if I 'd brought the bad luck down on us by pretending the planetaries were n't working , at the Vadinamian Valve . |
| 13 | I 'm not going to bring the whole world down on us by telling my mother and father that I feel like a big spancelled goat going to college and having to come back here every night as if I were some kind of simpleton . |
| 14 | Far off on the horizon I could make out tiny figures : galloping beasts , scurrying men ; and faint sounds came down to me of barking dogs , irritated bellowings and shrill cries of " Haow , haow ! " |
| 15 | Writing a hundred years before Eusebius , he states that , after the deaths of Peter and Paul , in the course of the persecutions in Rome : ‘ Mark the disciple and interpreter of Peter also handed down to us in writing the things preached by Peter . ’ |
| 16 | At one time I would buy a bottle of whiskey and pour it all over me before going home because I knew she would n't try to argue if she thought I was drunk . |
| 17 | Yesterday , the shadow Chancellor said on the early morning news that Britain should fall into line with its partners — in other words , that we should give in to them without bothering to do anything to secure the best deal for this country . |
| 18 | I went up to the door , meaning to look in on her before going , but there seemed to be an argument going on and I decided not to interrupt . ’ |
| 19 | If what we look like can influence how we feel about ourselves and influence other people 's attitudes , then let us cash in on it by taking an interest in appearance . |
| 20 | Once inside he removed his shoes and trousers very slowly then drew back her mosquito net and smiled lopsidedly at her before lowering himself unsteadily onto her cot . |
| 21 | ‘ It was n't immediately obvious to me , ’ Jenna said demurely , and he grinned down at her before looking seriously into her eyes . |
| 22 | Her father stared down at her before taking hold of her arm and pulling her to her feet . |
| 23 | Many hours of work have been put in by them in tracklaying and modelling to scale the station buildings , engine sheds , goods shed and signal box as they were . |
| 24 | Admittedly , dealing with a woman as dominating as Catherine de Medici and a family as powerful as the Guises , which all three had to do , would have put strains on personalities far stronger than Francis II , Charles IX and Henri III ; but the fact remains that while , unlike Mary , they did not show indifference to their kingdom , they were exactly like her in failing to assert their control of it . |
| 25 | Eventually the Bomb Disposal took it away with them after making certain it was harmless . |
| 26 | Not only that , as men of power , pillars of the community , they are most likely to believe that they can get away with it without getting caught . |
| 27 | in fact erm we only managed to get away with it by having the one |
| 28 | I seem to remember he got away from her by locking himself in his flat with friends for the weekend and they had a jolly good party . |
| 29 | She accused the widow of stealing her husband 's love away from her by dosing the milk of the dead cow and giving it to him to drink . |
| 30 | Troy jumped in surprise , but kept his face turned away from her before replying , ‘ I do n't know . ’ |