Example sentences of "[noun sg] [coord] [pron] [modal v] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So nothing to do with pets really , just put up with the hope or you can always take yourself with you miaow spreading the . |
| 2 | Do not let the bird preen for at least half an hour or it will just pull the feather out . |
| 3 | This base can be the rear seat rail , or another rail fitted above the seat , but if so , no more than 2in above the seat or it would also need to be curved to avoid discomfort . |
| 4 | Flying from London to Los Angeles I could make New York a genuine intermediate target by taking a stop-over or I could simply score the halfway mark on the total journey . |
| 5 | It is very important for the horse to be comfortable in his mouth or he will soon seek evasions of the bit . |
| 6 | It is not like me to lack perception and I can only suppose that my enthusiasm overruled my common sense . |
| 7 | I said , she said it 's got an extra bedroom , Okay I can see that she 's got an extra bedroom and they can perhaps do with one now that they got a boy , but , I said , you know , do n't , what have you got what you 've got , you know at the minute |
| 8 | Norwegian coach Egil Olsen was a side-commentary for the match and he called Spurs play ‘ cowardly ’ — Olsen 's philosophy is the opposite of the south-american style that Spurs play : when you win the ball at the opponents midfield you should come forward with lots of players at great speed and you should always go for the goal — if you have the oppurtunity you should always try to go past your defender — NOT pass to a player behind you or keep the ball in play for minutes at midfield . |
| 9 | A fruit tree is a long-term investment and you should always consult a comprehensive catalogue or fruit guide carefully before buying . |
| 10 | Clearly the presentation of the winding-up petition is a prima facie indication of a company 's insolvency and it would therefore be wholly inequitable for one creditor to be entitled to enforce his debt to the detriment of the other creditors . |
| 11 | All eyes turned towards Rayne , who smiled apologetically and said , yes , that he had asked Vokins to bid on his behalf as he himself would be conducting the auction and it would clearly be difficult for him to put in bids and be auctioneer at the same time . |
| 12 | This , after all , was no ordinary case of murder and they could scarcely have picked a worse example to further their cause . |
| 13 | Perhaps she should try a different club and she would certainly receive a warm welcome should she come to ours here in Maidenhead . |
| 14 | ‘ I am grateful for the support given to me by the London Fire Brigade and I would also like to thank the Fire Brigades Union . ’ |
| 15 | Do you know I 've served in the Army for thirty three years and I 've commanded every thing at every level in the infantry which both these gentlemen have been in , from a platoon right up now to a brig er brigade and I can honestly tell you that I have n't seen more than a couple of incidents of bullying in the whole of that time . |
| 16 | Please note that there is no overture in this programme and it will probably not be possible for latecomers to be admitted before the interval . |
| 17 | As mentioned above , a comprehensive programme should be prepared for the whole job , but when the contractor is appointed he will prepare his own contract programme and there will inevitably be a need to adjust the surveyor 's programme in order to harmonise with the activities of the contractor . |
| 18 | need to bother vacuuming , which takes time , is a pain in the neck and you can never get a vacuum that 's any good anyway . |
| 19 | Our thanks were properly offered to Vince , Geoff , Carol and Sue for their expert demonstration and we shall never see either Kevin or Phil in the same light again . |
| 20 | The reason for this is that the system is so highly structured that there is no question of uncertainty and it would therefore be impossible to impair the efficiency of it . |
| 21 | All I could do was to mumble that I regretted not taking my degree , and , though I could see it was irritating of me to whine , to feel stale and bored was not such a trivial thing ; that though we might have the vote now , meals still had to be prepared and children looked after and since this kind of drudgery was despised by society as not being ‘ real work ’ , we were in the hideous position of being both exhausted and imprisoned by it and also looked down on for doing it ; that I had honestly tried to be the sort of wife Richard wanted — and the sort of wife I felt I ought to be — but it was like being in a kind of airless cell and I could only see Richard as a jailer ; that I saw myself becoming progressively more and more incapable of doing anything , not just mentally , but from some kind of paralysis of will . |
| 22 | Really detailed molecular records at a spacing of a hundred years or less will be necessary to predict the climate change in the future and we 'll really need that information if we 're going to live safely on this planet . |
| 23 | It will increase her anxieties about the future and it will also and it does indeed , cause great frustration , frustration at her terrible disabilities . |
| 24 | Stansted is by the Government to be a major airport of the future and you would therefore assume that the Government would be planning that development but it is now clear that Stansteds future is based on unknown or undisclosed information of genius arithmetic and a desire to listen only to the aviation industry . |
| 25 | Why do n't you hop up on to the examination couch and I 'll just take a quick listen to baby 's heart and take your blood pressure , then afterwards I 'm sure Sister will be only too happy to show you around our labour ward and let you take a look at the facilities we have available . |
| 26 | The latest goal to Brann was given on a dubious penalty in overtime and there should probably have been given a free-kick for handling — for — Lyn just before the last Brann goal — the ref admitted this after seeing the whole situation on video-tape . |
| 27 | you sit here , you sit still for a minute and eat , eat your sandwich and I 'll just put Joseph in the car oh what |
| 28 | And if they fail to find all your information and recommend something and then you say , Well er invalid son or parents and I need that money then he 's at fault and you can then er take them to court for failing to give you best advice . |
| 29 | I sometimes used to go and sit and draw with my Father in his study and he would always encourage my work and often pass on his own useful tips on technique for which I was and still am very grateful . |
| 30 | The sample may be biased insofar as Livingstone and Wilkie used middle management as their study and it may well be that at this level individuals are reasonably well paid and hence money is not as important as other factors . |