Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've always wished that I never came back to this country . |
| 2 | Zander are so easy to catch once the pack has been located that you hardly need worry about any other aspect . |
| 3 | I thought it might be drugged so I only pretended to drink it , putting the cup to my lips and setting it down again full after an interval . |
| 4 | In the Mediterranean coral was so abundant and so easily harvested that it never became valuable , at least in the home territory . |
| 5 | It is claimed that we now know that the world operates in accordance with laws , and so we do not need to bring God in to explain things . |
| 6 | The working party has claimed that it routinely alters MRLs for food . |
| 7 | Dugan has claimed that she never had sex with clients . |
| 8 | It was claimed that he repeatedly called for the ‘ total westernisation of China ’ and incited people to ‘ change the true colour of the party ’ ( China Now , Winter 1986/87 : 6 ) . |
| 9 | But also added that he easily became impatient with any intellect inferior to his own . |
| 10 | The boy was so far from being ill-used or closely confined that he apparently lived a normal life , at least within the walls , going and coming much as he pleased , and eating in hall like a member of the household . |
| 11 | ‘ The crews have reported that they actually prefer the air system because it gives them more control over the trains as they come down the hill . ’ |
| 12 | Thus it was n't for many years after the first inhibitor experiments were reported that I actually got around to test their effects myself . |
| 13 | It is reported that he never performed an operation without washing his hands . |
| 14 | In other words the candidates most likely to be nominated if they so wish will be those who were nominated and became TDs at the previous general election . |
| 15 | ‘ The discourtesy shown to me , down to the last detail … was not expected and I profoundly resent it , ’ he wrote to his brother after a visit to the new Prime Minister at Chequers . |
| 16 | Erm , I 'm I 'm never sure about Bishops and Archbishops , erm I remember Archbishop Runcie once commenting about er , an activity that took place at the installation of a Bishop and it 's , I gather , I mean I 've , I have n't actually been to one , but if you 're Bishop or an Archbishop when they act to the triumph and act of installation took place there were you 'll find that the person was surrounded by Bishops and they were all sort of looking in on this er , this body that was gon na be installed and somebody once asked what are they doing ? |
| 17 | ‘ This case has certainly not been forgotten and we still want to hear from anyone with information . |
| 18 | It was quite still for the breeze had dropped and he vaguely registered that the women seemed to have gone . |
| 19 | For only when one is able to discriminate between what must be discarded and what still remains as valuable for the future will one also be able to decide whether one is ready to strike out in the new direction consciously and positively . |
| 20 | Our objective measures of light intensity would be discarded if they universally gave answers that contradicted our subjective experiences . |
| 21 | The scientific truth is often much more fascinating , but investigating it is stifled if we simply relegate every unusual occurrence to the dustbin of ‘ mystic forces ’ . |
| 22 | But she has eased away and stands right in front of me , as close as you can get without touching , and her teeth are clenched and she almost glares into my face and her fist punches against my stomach as she says , ‘ Listen , you , ’ like it really hurts her . |
| 23 | Unfortunately the outstanding differences have not been resolved and we still have no date for talks . ’ |
| 24 | Suppose your boss asks you for suggestions about how a particular problem could be solved and you immediately respond with some ideas . |
| 25 | and it worked , and it got over to Australia , it got unpacked and it still worked when it got to Australia , and it went on the stand and it stood on the stand for a week or however long it was . |
| 26 | Er it seems to me that erm there are probably quite a few policies in the structure plan that could be omitted if we just took the all the P P Gs as read . |
| 27 | All that might be allowed for in this context was that individual cases might be considered if I particularly pressed " , and it has to be added that this was in full accordance with the AFHQ instruction of 7 March which stated that " it is not the policy of she British Government to encourage any of those persons who become a British responsibility to put forward claims that they are NOT Soviet Citizens " . |
| 28 | I had to admit that the young men leaving that room all looked a bit shattered and one almost reeled out , holding his mouth with both hands . |
| 29 | The designer who today shows so little emotion was devastated and he still keeps a mural of revered fashion figures ( Mary Quant and Vivienne Westwood are two of his heroines ) with Galeotti at the centre situated behind the enormous , clutter-free desk that 's one more powerful statement . |
| 30 | None of them won but they still considered the day a victory . |