Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 We can not doubt the intention of such a one to mock our normal human relationships and diminish the value which we properly accord to each other .
2 Besides , the biggest disincentive to spend is fear of the dole , and Mr Lamont raised little cheer in that regard .
3 Most Englishmen I know , no one would sleep with , they presumably sleep with each other .
4 Cooking is especially suhject to this limitation , although it is in theory one of the most liked activities .
5 Despite the agreed arrangement between the Russian and American Presidents to have direct contact by means of the hot-line , there existed much distrust between those powers and every possible means was used to spy on the other , including space satellites and high flying aeroplanes .
6 Nuisances and abominations of all sorts are without scruple committed to the streets at any hour of the day of night , to await the morning visit of the scavenger to remove them : and happy indeed is it for the humble pedestrian if his eye and nose alone suffer from these ejectments ; happy indeed if he comes not in contact with them , as they make their unceremonious exit from window or door …
7 You 've done more than you thought you 'd ever get away with and so in a sense it 's all gain from here , in fact it 's been all gain for some time and so you ca n't complain and you do n't intend to if fate deserts you now .
8 Can I thank you for coming today , th th the media often has lots of comments from the chattering classes , saying unhealthy , British democracies , cos they only concentrate on this place .
9 Soon to be all change on this route : the French company , SNAT , pulls out towards the end of April .
10 They perhaps correspond in some ways to those of our new friend , Mr Bodenland .
11 In toto , these constitute an image of a world filled with dangers , human and non-human , known and unknown , which constantly menace from all sides , and against which the lone individual is helpless .
12 Mr Winchester is impressively knowledgeable about all manner of things , from the tectonic plates that inexorably grind against each other beneath the Pacific 's waves to the steamer duck paddling furiously away in Patagonia ( although sloppy editing has the duck paddling at 20 knots on one page and a more believable 12 on another ) .
13 Look through the books and patterns you have , see what 's available at your local knitting centre , perhaps send for that book you never bought earlier and have a really fun time with the wealth of designs from Iris Bishop or Wendy Phillips or whoever you like best .
14 Yeah , so listen to this Nanna , Adrian and me
15 Her argument was that it had offered the women of rock ‘ much worship with little esteem … choosing their image from among the already available fantasies and maybe undercutting it with a little irony . ’
16 If you would count yourself as one of them , can I suggest that you reflect on the fact that as Christians we are not only welcome in this home but we belong here .
17 British concerns do not of course merely consist of such generalities .
18 Yet , in practice , students in Western countries only protest about these things if they can detect them in their own , or allied , cultures .
19 Volunteers constantly tug in all directions while others bewail the imminent end of the organization — just as they did last week , last year and ( in a few cases ) last decade .
20 Gently ease into this position and repeat with your left leg out to the side .
21 The compassion and sympathy which the victims of these offences naturally cause in all policemen can sometimes be complicated by the anger and emotional hatred felt toward the perpetrator , and the tough type of policeman may find it difficult to distance the one reaction from the other .
22 Education regarding the potential dangerousness of the drug in overdose may prevent accidental deaths , but it is not clear that this alone will prevent death among those who impulsively overdose with this drug .
23 So beware of any promises to the contrary .
24 So beware of this deception , and look for a forecast with freezing levels of 3,500 metres or lower before tackling mountains with serious snow descents .
25 The eye-witness accounts of what happened in those few minutes naturally vary in many details , but one of the most reliable descriptions of the actual eruption of the cloud was that of Monsieur Roger Arnoux , a member of the Astronomical Society of France , who was observing from a vantage point well above and away from the town .
26 Although the terms have continued to be remoulded and made more sophisticated , they basically emanate from that period .
27 So indicate at that point that you 're gon na exit there .
28 Recording studies are not entirely exempt from these problems .
29 ‘ Not much demand for that sort of business .
30 Better tidy up that game before we play snakes and ladders
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