Example sentences of "[adv prt] [subord] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It 's just that lifts only break down because people use them , rubbish chutes only get blocked with rubbish and debris only accumulates because public spaces are n't cleaned often enough . |
| 2 | Gazza reacted angrily as he explained : ‘ I 've just been told that English journalists are saying that I threw my bib down because Zoff said I was out of the side . |
| 3 | Indeed , he has never really fitted in since Kendall brought him down from Scotland more than a year ago . |
| 4 | 10am : Talks break down after cats claim they ca n't understand a word I say . |
| 5 | Arsenal could also have had a penalty when Campbell went crashing down as Forrest challenged him in the box for a Wright through-pass , but the referee dismissed their claims . |
| 6 | She was sitting miserably brooding when Marguerite tapped on her door and came in as Jenna invited her . |
| 7 | Of course , she 'd made a big fuss about not having a Brownie ‘ Nuform ’ , but she calmed down when Mum let her wear her new blue party dress . |
| 8 | Epictetus said , ‘ This is what I wish to be engaged in when death finds me , so that I may be able to say to God , ‘ Have I in any respect transgressed Thy commands ? |
| 9 | Then you let the words take over where words do it best ’ ( quoted in Lanes , 1981 , p.110 ) . |
| 10 | They broke off as Cobalt joined them , unlocked the car . |
| 11 | ‘ I would n't — ’ He broke off as Richard joined them . |
| 12 | He cleared off when Laura kicked him out , but he turned up again two or three weeks back , when his money ran out . |
| 13 | It will be picked off when fear makes it try to flee . |
| 14 | Susanna , is there an article that you can dig up where Illona says I 'm good ? ’ |
| 15 | Susanna , is there an article you can dig up where Ilona says I 'm good ? |
| 16 | UP UNTIL Mind Bomb it was easy to see why Matt Johnson had never toured The The during its 10-year life span : the group was never more than a shifting collection of session players and ‘ guests ’ , songs so devoted to doom and gloom limited audiences to Exit members , the lunacy of the extended format Infected video implied visions far beyond the confines of the stage , and an inflated sense of his own worth would have made the risk of failure too great . |
| 17 | Many of the rows and heartaches in the home crop up because adolescents think they are grown-up but the parents do n't agree . |
| 18 | All the tram-cars and traffic was held up while Basil battered him all over Byrom Street . |
| 19 | cos it was coming up when Tom fetched it down , not closed up |
| 20 | I 'm five-foot six and I 'll likely run to fat later on because Ma says I 'm the image of my grandfather , whom I ca n't remember ever having seen . |
| 21 | The twenty workers who build his houses have been taken on because Les knows them personally and can vouch for their reliability . |
| 22 | A pair of old shoes was put aside to be thrown out before Granny remembered they were the most comfortable she 'd ever had . |
| 23 | This conferring is mature and quiet , and no disagreements occur : leadership is acknowledged and obeyed , and the attack is carried out as Jack wants it to be . |
| 24 | Portsmouth and Liverpool drew 1–1 at Highbury , and the replay in Birmingham had to be put back when police said they could not cope with it the day before last week 's General Election . |
| 25 | He began to put on airs and think he was a grown-up who could boss us around until Dad checked him for it . |
| 26 | ‘ Nothing ; I 've already said — I stopped by because Adam asked me to copy a disk for him , and then I looked for my calculator — I left it on the table the other day . ’ |
| 27 | These replications of conventional psychology 's misogyny come about because feminism finds it difficult to articulate links between subjectivity and political change . |