Example sentences of "[adj] [coord] [verb] [adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do you want to keep that child alive or do n't you ? ’ |
| 2 | The guitars are crystal clear and know where they are going , and the Gears are not afraid of changing paces , enjoying a rambling slower section in Ninety Nine Per Cent while Fear is 100pc power-driven complete with ‘ wooh , woos ’ from Sympathy for the Devil . |
| 3 | The water of the pool was still muddy and heaving where they had swum . |
| 4 | Maybe to lift guilt from bowed shoulders ; to put light and hope where there was deep-seated despair ; or to so simply and yet so vitally make them know that like any other human being , they are entitled to ‘ choice ’ — and actually have it . |
| 5 | She was a scold — whenever she was near him he felt in the wrong and wondered anxiously what it was he ought to have done . |
| 6 | His blond hair was n't short cropped like the others , but was curly and fell over his collar . |
| 7 | He had searched the corridors but found only tools that were so old and rusted together they fell apart if he tried to use them . |
| 8 | Be brave and list out your recent failures . |
| 9 | Damp and stretch out your backing paper onto a drawing board , tape it round the edges with gummed tape and let it dry . |
| 10 | Perhaps the people were in the van and found the beds wet and said well we ca n't sleep here and they slept in the sit with the fire on . |
| 11 | I got to be more careful and watch where I 'm walking . |
| 12 | I found it odd that Robert had chosen to distinguish me alone as English and wondered how he saw himself and Lili and I found it odd that Lili had chosen to lay claim to Englishness . |
| 13 | The various parts of society are seen to be interrelated and taken together they form a complete system . |
| 14 | He had , in fact , had a very pleasant breakfast with his father , eating a third bowl of cornflakes and toast , without for one moment feeling uncomfortable or wondering why his father should be so gently considerate and butter his toast for him . |
| 15 | It was warm and ran down their bodies in rivulets . |
| 16 | Students should be asked to consider particular items of costs that are traditionally classified as variable and fixed and to comment how they would expect them to behave over activity levels in reality . |
| 17 | The LCD screen was bright , colourful and scrolled smoothly which is unusual for colour LCD screens . |
| 18 | In constructivism we view the organism-environment dyad from the outside and ask how it might be possible that an organism which has input systems and which is active could ever come to know that the environment exists . |
| 19 | And as a result of that David Phillips who as I was saying in the first half has proved himself to be a very valuable all-rounder already to Forest has slotted back in at centre back again and that Garry Crosby has come on as substitute and taken up his usual position and Phillips ' first half position on the right wing . |
| 20 | Creggan grew nervous and glanced over his shoulder and up towards the trees above . |
| 21 | I came in by the south door as usual and locked both it and the door in the grille after me . |
| 22 | I went to him and said I was sorry and held out my hand , but he would n't take it . |
| 23 | By moving the feet around the board try and get your wake to be as quiet as possible and watch how it differs as you move your weight around . |
| 24 | I thought you 'd on we 'll do a reset and see how it goes , and just leave it if it , if it clears it erm that 's fine |
| 25 | You can change the tension on either or both of the carriages , though I tend to be lazy and change only one ! |
| 26 | you see , I mean what they do is soon as they 've kicked them out in the mental homes they 're having to put them in to erm , I mean erm , there are people who are not able to be on their own , I mean the ones they 've kicked out are people that have been depressed and say well you 've got to find , get your family to help , I mean , when you 've got somebody depressed in your family you try and help them |
| 27 | It 's no good sitting down and moaning and , and being depressed and saying well I wo n't do that I wo n't do that . |
| 28 | Then why are so many black kids allowed to let their wilder notions run rampant and dictate how they structure their ambitions and careers ? |
| 29 | All we wanted was proof that John was alive and to know why he was being held , but government policy was so rigid that there could be no contact , no discussions . |
| 30 | He says because straw is a bulky material it 's expensive to transport — also it 's very inflammable and deteriorates once it gets wet so must be stored in big , dry storehouses . |