Example sentences of "[verb] [noun pl] [conj] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it may well be that , like Whistler , Mr Rocke did not make notes but simply took a steady look and remembered . |
| 2 | We aim to make and broadcast programmes that accurately reflect all parts of society and appeal to all communities in a fair way . |
| 3 | ‘ He was drinking a lot , eating loads and still losing weight . |
| 4 | Such systems are excellent for producing maps and currently contribute to the management of geographic information but their analytical functions are weak . |
| 5 | For the next three minutes they experienced sensations that only requited sexual lust can bring . |
| 6 | Keith Mills and Mike Timothy took to the water , made waves and generally splashed out for charity when they took part in the BT Swimathon in March . |
| 7 | It is logical in so far as Scotland , in pacing themselves in a World Cup context , have already given caps when deliberately fielding understrength XVs versus the like of Japan and Zimbabwe . |
| 8 | In the following years , scientists discovered the biochemical codings by which cells produced proteins and exactly replicated themselves ( the information ‘ packets ’ in DNA ) , and the mechanisms of random mutation which had allowed life to evolve to its present complexity and variety . |
| 9 | The youth could n't have been an inch over five feet three , skinny with dark curly hair and flashing eyes that never seemed to be still , as if he were always on the lookout for trouble . |
| 10 | This paraphrase of Paul 's words in Ephesians 4:26 guaranteed they not only resolved conflicts but also gave and received forgiveness . |
| 11 | Systematic evaluation and forecasting can minimize risks but never eliminate them . |
| 12 | It is the detailed , etched pictures that really tell the tale ; the text serves to reinforce the story but suggests rather than dictates the plot , with different monkeys taking over as narrator . |
| 13 | Welfare as a discretionary standard contains contradictions and thus provides little guidance to the disposition of trouble cases . |
| 14 | However , the Government do not appear to be currently giving any commitment to provide funds or even to give British Rail the necessary borrowing authority . |
| 15 | far back in my life so I can recall my first piece of actual writing , I have a scrapbook at home and I look at it regularly , it had my first pieces of work in it , I usually drew pictures and then wrote things , my first piece was on A four and I have drawn a table , my mum and myself , I was holding a , I wrote one sentence and it was surprisingly literate this is what I wrote , it is my party and I wait for my friends to come , I did many pieces of work |
| 16 | Within a week of the sad news , they had organised whip-rounds and even staged a charity rock concert at a local club . |
| 17 | The current version within LIFESPAN supports process modelling of modules and allows individual modules to follow different lifecycles or process models and thus behave in different ways . |
| 18 | To many Churchill was not so much a buccaneer as a straightforward pirate , a political outcast who skated on thin ice deliberately to keep himself in the public eye , a man who polished brilliant and wounding phrases that tacitly suggested himself as the alternative should his jeremiads turn out true . |
| 19 | Bankruptcy is assumed here to be a most unlikely event in non-profits , regulated companies and publicly owned companies , though this may be influenced by the action of the regulatory agency . |
| 20 | How should , and how do , managerial " emoluments " differ between public liability companies , regulated companies and publicly owned companies ? |
| 21 | He makes himself available to meet guests and also provides cover when necessary , particularly in reception and in the restaurant . |
| 22 | He rejoiced in the large numbers becoming Christians and carefully recorded them . |
| 23 | ‘ They told us they do n't trust banks and always keep their life savings with them . |
| 24 | These were not quack ideas that never made it in practice . |
| 25 | Nowadays , we are well used to this switching back and forth , and cutaways are used not only to hide jump-cuts but also to telescope time by making it possible to remove uninteresting parts of lengthy actions . |
| 26 | The sufferer genuinely believes that he or she is normal and that the world has problems and so do the people who " run " the world . |
| 27 | But his latest ‘ papal bull ’ — that is what planning guidance notes are , announcing changes and yet stressing tradition as they do — emphasises that ‘ town cramming ’ is to be frowned on . |
| 28 | He caught males and either shortened or lengthened their tails . |
| 29 | I am not one who believes that extra resources necessarily solve problems or necessarily smooth the way to their solution . |
| 30 | Moreover the armies of all West European States tended to be slow-moving , tied to fixed magazines and supply depots and further restricted by the ever-present fear of desertion . |