Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] [adv] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's probably why she got through so many women . |
| 2 | He lives , still , in the same Chelsea fiat with its pink and white striped wallpaper , geranium-filled window-boxes , elegant chintzy furniture , and the myriad of expressive original paintings which Joyce and he shared for so many years . |
| 3 | In the ‘ bit plane ’ method , Fig. 4 is , in effect , duplicated for as many bits as are needed for each pixel . |
| 4 | And she loved his body , the astringent unsweaty cleverness of it , that gave with delight and asked for so little back . |
| 5 | The room , reached this time from the veranda , was just as lovely as she had remembered , and after folding some clothes neatly in drawers and hanging the rest on satin-padded hangers in the wardrobe she fussed for quite some time with the scanty collection of knick-knacks she had brought , trying to arrange them so that they harmonised with the tranquil simplicity of the décor . |
| 6 | It is all the more surprising , therefore , that the DC-10 was to fall victim to the same hazard when the Turkish Airlines DC-10 crashed with so many fatalities near paris . |
| 7 | Yet , however extended , the basic process of writing and printing retained at least some elements of mediation . |
| 8 | ‘ Yes , I like horses , ’ she agreed lamely , then , unable to think of anything intelligent to say about them , asked something that seemed of far more importance . |
| 9 | It was no good , her brain seemed like so much candy-floss . |
| 10 | His friend vows steadfastness in friendship , but repeats his warning : his illness came from too much study , and he should n't do it again . |
| 11 | Kine Weekly suggested that Vidor 's realistic and delightful presentation of ‘ the intimate domestic side of suburban married life ’ revealed ‘ his extraordinary knowledge of humanity ’ and this was the quality that appealed to so many critics . |
| 12 | This is no elaborate , townie 's re-creation , overburdened with fancy aesthetics , but a living , breathing original — a mixture of plants for use and beauty , like those that appealed to so many artists around the turn of the century . |
| 13 | Started in 1979 as an amateur effort to amuse and impress his friends , Viz 's lavatorial schoolboy humour appealed to so many people that the Newcastle-based cult comic grew into Britain 's third highest selling magazine . |
| 14 | World sales in 1980 of custom-built logic chips came to only some £100000 , about one twentieth of the comparable figure for ‘ standards ’ . |
| 15 | In 1933 , the Hungarian exile , Brassai , published his album of photographs , Paris By Night , and Doisneau recognised at once that beauty could be found in his own workaday surroundings . |
| 16 | Although all but 20 library authorities noted at least some courses offered by central units , not all of these libraries perceived central training staff as having any responsibility for their staff . |
| 17 | Arnold has hinted to pals that Mona 's friendship with David Mellor played at least some part in his marriage break-up . |
| 18 | Most people who have looked at the matter have concluded that deterrence played at least some part in the process . |
| 19 | The Geurrero Centre apparently made every effort to ensure that all the inmates received at least some form of educational tuition during the period of their sentence . |
| 20 | It 's still a hot air story , and we give most hot air stories — some dignitary with no power to do anything to change the situation has ‘ called for ’ , ‘ demanded ’ , ‘ warned ’ or whatever — but the issue is so serious that it deserves notice : we have frequently highlighted the manner in which US — and European — anti-dumping measures that supposedly benefit a tiny minority are to the detriment of the vast majority , and there is now a groundswell of opinion at the US Department of Commerce that the International Trade Commission 's brief in considering charges of dumping should extend to a review of the impact of duties on consumers ; the current issue is the anti-dumping duties likely to be made permanent today on memory chip imports from South Korea , which are sought by Micron Technology Inc but opposed by both all memory chip users and by the US chip capital equipment manufacturers that sell to the South Koreans . |
| 21 | Moreover , said Clive , twice a week was less often than was normal and other men boasted of far more frequency in sex with their wives . |
| 22 | Although the scores of The Sleeping Beauty and The Nutcracker followed Petipa 's explicit orders that each item consisted of so many bars of one tempo and time signature and as to what it was supposed to represent , Tchaikovsky did demonstrate how ballet music could be developed symphonically by using the leitmotifs . |
| 23 | ‘ Of course , ’ she replied with far more confidence than she actually felt . |
| 24 | Gina capitulated with as much grace as possible as her companion padded across the room towards another door , beckoning her to follow him . |
| 25 | Small wonder , then , that Marcus Judge was still feared and hated by so many men in the Isle of Dogs . |
| 26 | painting the kitchen once and I got into so much trouble it took him so long to rub it all off and start again , he made me promise I 'd never touch a paint brush again but he I mean , he would definitely be able to tell you what paint he used and |
| 27 | erm and bearing in mind Mr 's comments about er could he have thought we translated into rather more layman 's language and say well the capacity of the roads do actually deliver and extract people from Gatwick mathematical modelling is pretty suspect stuff but erm but at least it would er if that is true if it is not capable of actually er sensibly erm er allowing arrivals and departures er onto our road network without causing I think all they 're doing is pushing the problem onto us er and we ought |
| 28 | We shall have to ask ourselves in the next lecture to what extent they succeeded with so little Latin at their disposal . |
| 29 | ‘ What are you doing here ? ’ she asked with as much control as she could muster . |
| 30 | ‘ They detonated an explosive device next to one , and it disintegrated into so many pieces they could n't find them all . |