Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So you get the impression here of Lincoln talking about an unusual crisis situation in a letter to one of his mates in eighteen sixty four Lincoln goes on Lincoln goes on to , in his letter to a friend to deny that civil war was fought to , to free the slaves er as a moral crusade , he wants no part of that argument . |
| 2 | and an omnibus vote of , er , an omnibus welcome for a very large number of colleagues who are attending , er conference this year , Kevin , Birmingham regional president Jack , retired Lancashire regional secretary John , retired Liverpool regional secretary John , retired London regional secretary Cyril , retired Midland regional secretary , hang on , it goes on Andrew , retired Northern regional secretary Jim , Scottish retired regional secretary Derek , retired Southern regional secretary it 's a good job we 've got a good pension fund |
| 3 | He plays mostly keyboards these days , so maybe one day . |
| 4 | MANY DESKTOP computers can generate high-quality digital sound , but apart from games and music programs , most software emits only beeps . |
| 5 | Any area distal to the point of maximum width contributes only drag , which is proportional to total tail area . |
| 6 | As for the colon , the contribution of liver to whole body protein synthesis in the absence of pathological conditions in man is unknown , but in the young rat the liver contributes only 13% of whole body protein synthesis . |
| 7 | I wondered if it might be an admission of mortality , an agreement that as birth precedes so death must follow . |
| 8 | We 're on Sixth Avenue , puffing on a prosaic perfecto and minding our own business — when John turns down Twenty-Second Street , breaks into a run , and starts loosening his pants … |
| 9 | Patten turns down Foxley Wood plan for ‘ instant town ’ : The decision to halt a scheme for 4,800 houses signals a shift in government policy , Richard North reports |
| 10 | There he goes — Who man turns down La 's hot seat |
| 11 | Caine turns down scripts if it means being away from home for too long |
| 12 | So keen are GKR not to be identified with the less ethical and aggressive end of the search market that it maintains it frequently turns down business ; from any other search firm , this statement might be questionable , but GKR 's standing in the market , and the obvious importance of its untarnished reputation in gaining that position , suggests that it is probably the truth . |
| 13 | Mother turns down offer |
| 14 | Labour turns down move towards electoral reform |
| 15 | It reduces the likelihood of split ends by 30–40% , slows down hair ageing , is a penetrating hair moisturizer , conditions without build up and reduces tangling . |
| 16 | It induces euphoria , numbs concentration and generally slows down reactions , increasing the likelihood of a bumpy return to earth . |
| 17 | This not only affects individuals , but also slows down service development to meet changing patterns of need . |
| 18 | The transmissions use those soliton waves we told you about way back in summer 1990 ( CI No 1,459 ) , which are electronically induced and never lose their shape as they whiz through optical glass fibre , so that signalling errors are all but non-existent , obviating the need for costly error-correction equipment , which also slows down transmission . |
| 19 | Silver plants usually have a thick coating of felty fur which slows down evaporation . |
| 20 | The alternative ( and now much more common ) free format mode requires separators such as a space or a comma to appear between items of data ; this slows down data entry for a skilled keypuncher but is probably preferable for the non-expert since problems of field misalignment can not occur . |
| 21 | The taxi goes down Paseo Escalon . |
| 22 | PHONEY TV SOAP GOES DOWN DRAIN |
| 23 | goes down England |
| 24 | It comes off at North Cheams and goes down Church Hall Road , and up Priory Road , till it the end of Avenue |
| 25 | In Britain , it seems a recession is noted when national production goes down 1% : A recession in Japan is when the annual increase in production falls below 15% ! |
| 26 | Looked at on a year-by-year basis , the sum of money we must set aside to pay for decommissioning represents only 4% of our annual turnover . |
| 27 | The sand eroded accumulates down wind from the dune , where , being fresh , it is recolonised by marram and stability is thus regained . |
| 28 | The folly of Moscow and Pretoria , both would have agreed , lies in their common determination to institutionalise differences where nature itself offers only subtleties and complexities . |
| 29 | Although the English bid offers only £150,000 to help the Associate members stage their qualifying tournament — compared to India 's £200,000 — the TCCB may , in a gesture of good will , guarantee that cash , even if they do not stage the World Cup . |
| 30 | On the other hand the EEC Nine produces only 64% of its consumption of sheep meat and it is generally assumed that the UK with approximately 25% of the EEC sheep flock and as the leading producer of 50% of Community production is well placed to reap some advantage which could be of benefit to the hills and upland areas . |