Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [verb] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further to a letter forwarded to me by my colleagues in the Orkney Seven Action Group , I have now confirmed to my local MP , Jim Wallace , that such representations as he can make on my behalf most assuredly have my consent . |
| 2 | In that way the Court was perhaps the institution which most successfully stamped its imprint upon the ECSC , and in so doing built up a body of case law , an authority , and legitimacy that could serve as foundations for the future . |
| 3 | This would seem to point to the need for more centralised bargaining since a government can most effectively pursue its policy of encouraging responsive bargaining if it can deal with the leaders of unions and employers who represent highly centralised structures , themselves have adequate authority and can expect appropriate support and consent from their memberships ( OECD , 1979a ) . |
| 4 | As she joined him , rather shyly accepting his glance of approval at her slim body in its white bikini , the wind stirred his hair , blowing it out of its rigidly swept-back style . |
| 5 | We do most humbly refer our cause and ourselves to the Goodness of your Honor and the Company beseeching you to consider favourably of our unfeigned hindrance beside the great loss of our own stock laid down on these mines . |
| 6 | Was he furious because she 'd led him on only to change her mind at the last minute ? |
| 7 | The barrel was nearly empty and I had to climb right inside to get my apple . |
| 8 | Both cars spun on to the grass outfield , Senna 's McLaren minus its left front wheel and Mansell 's car damaged badly enough to ensure his retirement . |
| 9 | The activities which seem most obviously to have their point in themselves are what we regard as typically leisure activities — art , playing games , joking . |
| 10 | I think a lot of people are put off computing by the thought that it 's very technical and very difficult to get into , and I think in some ways it still is and there 's a sort of group of experts who rather jealously guard their knowledge , so in that sense , yes , they could short cut and remove skills that perhaps people should have . |
| 11 | Though his father who , in his time , had been coachman , groom , mechanic , chauffeur and handyman , had talked a lot about Dersingham , George could only rarely remember his father actually addressing his lordship . |
| 12 | Walk up and down at her side , perhaps politely take her arm . |
| 13 | In my view the role of the three witches in this play , were to bring to the surface of Macbeth 's character his ambition , and so eventually cause his downfall . |
| 14 | All of these uses of the railway station survive in the oral evidence of many North American villages and townships that have long since lost their rail service . |
| 15 | Captain Robins was a Yorkshireman in his fifties who had long since lost his accent amidst the welter of a dozen dialects . |
| 16 | I 've long since pledged my sword to any who would help rid this borough of the damned Daine . |
| 17 | She had long since realized her husband worked for the government , but he had never discussed it with her , much less told her he was a spy . |
| 18 | The ability to let go of parts of our past , of parts of ourselves , of fantasies , of dreams that are no longer relevant , of pain that has long since served its purpose , is an essential part of our capacity to grieve and to recreate ourselves . |
| 19 | By the 1960s the Regal had long since had its day . |
| 20 | Death had long since claimed her companion . |
| 21 | The Mason had long since spotted his apprentice perched high up in Heaven . |
| 22 | For this is the Tetley Bitterworld of BIVOUAC , slightly inbred young Middle Englanders who would much rather plod their way to the top than dance with Nirvana , learns KEITH ‘ Plodcore ’ CAMERON . |
| 23 | Rob and family are coming for a long weekend , so we sha n't have our usual Christmas Day picnic this year , but we 'd much rather have their company . |
| 24 | ‘ I would much rather forgo your interest if it is to be tempered with interference ! ’ she spat through pursed lips . |
| 25 | Louis then swore in the lingua romana , so that Charles 's men would understand him : For the love of God and for the Christian people and for our common salvation , from this day henceforth , as far as God grants that I know and can , I shall so help this my brother Charles with my aid and in all things , as every man ought in right to help his brother , on condition that he does the like for me . |
| 26 | Only slowly did her heart-rate come down , and she was able to see that no lasting harm had been done . |
| 27 | Caller : Well , I just wanted to ask the manager if it is all right to bring my poodle with me ? |
| 28 | He upset the Tories , who had so vigorously defended his right to the succession , by attacking the Anglican monopoly in worship and education , and then by punishing recalcitrant Anglicans in a specially erected Commission for Ecclesiastical Causes ; he enlarged his standing army , appointing a number of Catholics to prominent positions of command ; and he interfered with local franchises and borough corporations in order to try to secure the election of a Parliament which would be subservient to his wishes . |
| 29 | How do you feel when you hear people like De La Soul so blatantly sampling your music ? |
| 30 | He broke off , apparently only to finish his drink , but then as he sat hunched in his chair contemplating his empty glass some overpowering depression seemed to crush him into silence . |