Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet there is striking evidence that carts and wagons had been much improved , and that bridges were being built in many parts to make it possible for them to go longer distances . |
| 2 | Top management is clearly very important to the organisation , and managers are realising that management information systems can help them make better decisions . |
| 3 | Everyone became wiser ? |
| 4 | Well he 's just gon na make them stay longer is n't he ? |
| 5 | The success of their handhelds has not yet encouraged them to plan further developments . |
| 6 | We must also consider the opportunity that some occupations have for deliberately restricting access to the acquisition of the skills needed to do the job , thereby keeping down their distribution amongst the population , and enabling them to claim higher rewards in the market place . |
| 7 | If title-page and the information on the reverse agree as to date , and there is nothing to indicate earlier editions , then you may well have a ‘ first ’ . |
| 8 | Traditional building materials such as mud will have a role to play only when the national objective is to ensure that everyone has better housing now . |
| 9 | You 'll find that many of your creditors , such as a building society , credit companies and so on , will be as helpful as they can if you ask them to accept smaller payments for a while . |
| 10 | And we will allow them to attract older students as well . |
| 11 | COLLEGE lecturers at Colchester Institute are to strike in protest over new contracts forcing them to work longer hours including weekends and bank holidays . |
| 12 | One of the teacups has been chopped into little pieces but the other still has some water inside , which to me looks redder than it should . |
| 13 | ‘ I 've 'ad me bath , ’ she said , ‘ d' you like me looks better now , mister ? ’ |
| 14 | As we understand it , the Chancellor does not tax spirits more heavily because of their intrinsic properties nor because of the categories of persons who consume spirits , but because he considers that spirits face market circumstances which allow them to bear heavier taxes . |
| 15 | It did nothing to provide better child care for women wishing to return to work . |
| 16 | Nothing looks worse than bays stuffed full of unappealing books [ my italics ] |
| 17 | Nothing looks worse , and does a poorer job , than a worm which has been stuck on the hook several times and looks as though it has been tied in a knot . |
| 18 | Nothing looks worse than something overdecorated ; when you stop to think ‘ Shall I add a bit more ? ’ , the answer is usually ‘ No ’ . |
| 19 | After planting they quickly build up into permanent perennial clumps and nothing looks finer in summer than to see them planted in association with a garden pool or other water garden feature . |
| 20 | After a while I became calmer ; then the postman came , and the milkman , and life became more normal . |
| 21 | Slowly I became calmer among the beautiful mountains . |
| 22 | After some days my arm began to get better , but I became sadder and angrier than before . |
| 23 | Here 's one I made earlier … |
| 24 | I mean tinier than that , tinier than that , and it just flips . |
| 25 | ‘ I mean longer … slowly . ’ |
| 26 | Hopefully I have improved in that regard and perhaps also I make better assessment of what is on . |
| 27 | he reckons I make better pastry than what I . |
| 28 | It did n't seem quite the same , anyway , as I got bigger . |
| 29 | We found then that the bigger the objective lens was the more light could be got and the bigger you could make it , so as I got bigger and got er the chance of making my own lenses and building up lenses of various kinds , I found that I could get quite a good magnification . |
| 30 | Instead I got slower . ’ |