Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [art] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dadda only smoked when he was contented and then he would get through forty or fifty a day , bringing on a cough and staining his fingers yellow-brown . |
| 2 | This is a major problem in Namibia , where almost all the private media are urban-oriented , reflecting mostly the interests and viewpoints of the urban elite while wittingly or unwittingly neglecting those of the rural inhabitants who constitute a greater percentage of the country 's total population . |
| 3 | For registry staff to monitor effectively the accuracy and completeness of this operation requires detailed record-keeping and effortless access to data . |
| 4 | The various fusion machines that a had been built were producing neutrons-supposedly a sign that fusion was taking place but the neutrons had nothing to do with thermonuclear reactions . |
| 5 | Huh , he 's a good , good lad , but he 's er he drinks rather a lot and suffers quite a lot from hangovers , he comes in dries up and goes |
| 6 | He faced a prison sentence , and in his eagerness to keep his client out of prison , defending QC Mr Christmas Humphreys claimed that Trevor had been overworking and was drinking ‘ to give him the energy to carry on a task that was almost more than he could bear ’ . |
| 7 | This argument was rejected on the basis that , from its formation , Newco 's wider purpose was to carry on a trade and that was why it was acquiring the business . |
| 8 | Mr Patten played Cinderella last night and cancelled a private engagement to carry on the polishing while Margaret went to the Blue Ball . |
| 9 | One , however , was the decision to establish a European Movement which would have a National Council in each country , to carry on the debate and pressure governments . |
| 10 | But he died rather young , leaving his widow to carry on the farm and bring up their three children . |
| 11 | ( d ) To acquire or undertake the whole or any part of the business , goodwill , and assets of any person , firm , or company carrying on or proposing to carry on the business or any part of the business which the Company is authorised to carry on and as part of the consideration for such acquisition to undertake all or any of the liabilities of such person , firm or company , or to acquire an interest in , amalgamate with , or enter into partnership or into any arrangement for sharing profits , or for co-operation , or for mutual assistance with any such person , firm or company , or for subsidising or otherwise assisting any person , firm or company , and to give or accept by way of consideration for any of the acts or things aforesaid or property acquired , any shares , debentures , debenture stock or securities that may be agreed upon , and to hold and retain , or sell , mortgage and deal with any shares , debentures , debenture stock of securities so received . |
| 12 | ( d ) To acquire or undertake the whole or any part of the business , goodwill , and assets of any person , firm , or company carrying on or proposing to carry on the business or any part of the business which the Company is authorised to carry on and as part of the consideration for such acquisition to undertake all or any of the liabilities of such person , firm or company , or to acquire an interest in , amalgamate with , or enter into partnership or into any arrangement for sharing profits , or for co-operation , or for mutual assistance with any such person , firm or company , or for subsidising or otherwise assisting any person , firm or company , and to give or accept by way of consideration for any of the acts or things aforesaid or property acquired , any shares , debentures , debenture stock or securities that may be agreed upon , and to hold and retain , or sell , mortgage and deal with any shares , debentures , debenture stock of securities so received . |
| 13 | And if all these should flicker out like candles , still his young , lusty brother Edmund , strong as a stag , and ripe for marriage , capable of getting more sons , more Mortimers to carry on the line and the claim to eternity . |
| 14 | And as I arrive at the university , Martin Stephenson is well into a meandering anecdote about Hoovers , the capacity audience hanging on every word as he does what he does best . |
| 15 | Some were hanging on the brambles and a few flat , wet clots were lying well out in open ground beyond the clump . |
| 16 | ‘ By this time I had waited about 15 minutes hanging on the phone and the clerk had not confirmed any booking . ’ |
| 17 | He walked as far as the cart , took a packet of cigarettes from his jacket that was hanging on the tailgate and stood , sullenly smoking . |
| 18 | We left our belongings hanging on the handlebars and |
| 19 | And it 's an end to the client hanging on the line whilst a despatcher finds out how long that cab will be . |
| 20 | Berowne 's towel is presumably the one hanging on the chair and that looked dry enough . ’ |
| 21 | Those blacks were hitting the deck as soon as it moved , and in the reverberating seconds when we all look to see who 's been hit , the suede nips down the alley and into the car . |
| 22 | Novotna had looked well in control , always seeming to guess correctly whether Seles was going to hit down the line or cross-court . |
| 23 | track down the histories and fate of the 903 Norseman aircraft built , in order to compile a complete history of the type and its service . |
| 24 | Journalists rarely investigate , tending to report only the words and actions of others . |
| 25 | Is a house being erected only a building when its roof is on ? |
| 26 | In Wagner himself , at all events , he continued to see only the image that Wagner wished to project : an " idealistic cast of mind " , an " incredible seriousness and German depth " in his view of life and art , an epitome of " our German mission " in every way . |
| 27 | He wore a baggy tracksuit with what looked like a jam stain down the front and egg yolk all down the sleeve . |
| 28 | do n't let's , do n't let's try and assume the , all we 're , all we 're trying to do is to gather together the bit that we can put into the pot , and to present it in a logical fashion , to say , if this , then we belief that , and if that , then we believe the other , |
| 29 | It may slow down the discussion but improve its quality . |
| 30 | We have as many lovely things here as on the Mountain of Butterflies but we lack only a prophet and the eyes and emotions to see them . |