Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although fourteen answers to the fragmentation question concern housework , the housewife rarely thinks about the work she is actually doing . |
| 2 | Sorry , and it is this one that we just got an update on . |
| 3 | Times had changed ; there was a worldwide recession on , and in the meantime Steven had got married , become a father , and got divorced . |
| 4 | There 's a recession on . ’ |
| 5 | Surely not ; there 's a recession on . |
| 6 | No-one would believe they had a recession on in Japan when they have time and resources to devote to dreaming up and creating things like this : Toshiba Corp has just launched a line of word processors with sound effects — ‘ to introduce an element of fun in the workplace ’ according to Reuter — they bark when you write ‘ dog ’ , moo when you write ‘ cow ’ and make the sound of pouring when you write ‘ beer ’ , and if you recall a text file word-by-word at reading speed , they repeat these and 26 other pre-programmed noises , from sleigh bells to sirens , as the words come up — and it no doubt laughs like a drain when your boss sends it an electronic message telling you you 're fired for being a disruptive influence . |
| 7 | Yeah , if I sell at a time when there 's still a recession on and you see somebody has to get my they had a visit perhaps that was somebody that actually bought a house , not she not |
| 8 | Think she 's absolutely , recession on , so many people |
| 9 | ‘ With just three days until polling , it is becoming clear that the voters do not want either the Conservative or the Labour Party to win this election outright , ’ Mr Ashdown told his party 's campaign news conference in London . |
| 10 | Cos her sons had got married and she lived in a little bu flat , bungalow rather . |
| 11 | He was also commissioned to photograph in the Crimea during the war ; he was the first photographer successfully to photograph a war . |
| 12 | you see them like from the front going beep beep beep right , this line goes down the middle |
| 13 | The Quakers , for example , dispensed with a professional ministry altogether and held completely unstructured meetings , at which both male and female members of the congregation could testify as and when the spirit moved them ; they also developed their own simple marriage and burial services . |
| 14 | There is a swimming pool , tennis court , billiard room , occasional piano bar , and there is the possibility of arranging half or full board locally . |
| 15 | ‘ Who is it ? ’ would come a voice from the passageway within , as Granny called through the grating : ‘ Walk in , please … ’ . |
| 16 | The excavations on the south side of the High Street in 1961–2 also revealed the earliest version of Watling Street , probably dating to the time of the conquest , with associated timber-framed buildings ; the road was originally 2.7 m ( 9 ft ) wide , although it was soon widened to 6.7 m ( 22 ft ) , and a central stone-built drain effectively divided it into two carriageways . |
| 17 | Had Norman Cowans , Ricky Ellcock and Angus Fraser all been healthy , the script would surely have taken its expected course ; as it is , the Middlesex seam attack deserves that ‘ pop-gun ’ tag rather more than its national counterpart . |
| 18 | My letter to your Honour of the fifth January last being writ before the great events that are upon us now , would lead your judgement astray as to our progress in these fair Isles , for mighty Saturn threw his sinister shadow heavy upon me at that juncture and many untoward and grievous events had combined to cloud my spirits that now are light as a summer breeze again . |
| 19 | I sensed I would hear his story eventually . |
| 20 | Far from being grateful , she complained of the smell within and declared that sleeping in the open air had its merits . |
| 21 | The Craven family of Ashdown Park eventually bought Compton Beauchamp in the middle of the nineteenth century , but never lived there . |
| 22 | There 's going to be a seventy acre community nature park eventually , so that 's quite an area to cover , but it 's not going to be all trees — it 's going to be some open glades for butterflies and so on , so there should be a nice variation there . |
| 23 | He admitted that this was the first time he had really looked at the stoma and that he found the appearance and the smell rather offensive . |
| 24 | Examples of the contrast most commonly given use relative clauses as in ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) , containing a restrictive and a non-restrictive relative , respectively : ( 1 ) silk which comes from Thailand is taxed more heavily than Malaysian silk ( 2 ) silk , which is a natural fibre , incurs less tax than artificial fabrics There are , of course , certain linguistic devices in English which can help to indicate which interpretation is intended ( though surprisingly few , given that the difference in effect can sometimes be considerable ) . |
| 25 | ( In contrast most European authorities — including the UK — insist on lead management occurring in their own market . ) |
| 26 | Her red lipstick was smudged and she had n't bothered to pin up her hair properly at the sides . |
| 27 | It was also difficult to wash her hair properly . |
| 28 | you do not dry this hair properly |
| 29 | they all complain of that mind , that there , that there is n't time to get dressed , to dry their hair properly |
| 30 | Full mobility would return to the foot eventually and I 'd be climbing again . |