Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adv] [conj] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We then all sit down together and discuss these various options over and over again until the board has reached a position of understanding of where in broad terms we think the strategy of the individual business should fit . |
| 2 | He was even prepared to go so far as to admit that monotony was the most comfortable way . |
| 3 | The recent Report of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution even goes so far as to recommend that straw burning should be banned in five years time . |
| 4 | We some special policemen to go down there and open these gates , and of course , you can just imagine that the policemen who came into Ipswich , they were pretty rough in their dealing with the strikers . |
| 5 | Look do you want to write on there and work that out . |
| 6 | To stand down here and see this idiot who 's gon na leap off |
| 7 | And because dense bones tend to sink , black swimmers need to work much harder and expend more energy to keep afloat . |
| 8 | As it spread , its uses diversified so fast as to make any introduction to twelfth-century sources on the scale attempted in the earlier parts of the book ( pp. 17–26 , 124–32 ) impossible . |
| 9 | The mitigation of the law was at first carried so far as to sacrifice that object , said J.S. Mill . |
| 10 | Now let's jump straight in and catch this one on the wing . |
| 11 | One is Andrew goes away now and readjusts these figures , t to put the graduates , some of the graduates into the fee earning er column . |
| 12 | Can I also say really I agree with Martin when he said erm , and has been saying for at least six months that surely we have more important things to , to talk about than , than this and I 'm sorry for Martin that he had to erm , give in really and put this I was the movement of the amendment in January ninety two erm , which confirmed that the rights of tenants and old occupiers of land in county council ownership to er allow or stop fox hunting over land in their care . |
| 13 | Heat through gently while tossing all the ingredients together . |
| 14 | Dorothy had glared phlegmatically around and said that would teach the silly little wretch to wander off on his own ; it was Helen who had rushed to and fro and eventually found Edward , white with shock , cowering beside one of the tills . |
| 15 | If I had the courage to grow out my hair and take on the streets without frill or face paint , bangles or heels and all such accessories of fear and vanity , then I would be seen far less and see much more . |
| 16 | Hedonists seeking the perfect golfing weekend could do no better than tackle these two majestic courses , using the Thorpeness Club Hotel as a base . |
| 17 | Leeds were naive in defence , provided no cover , and could have conceded a few more ( for the record though , Fairclough played very well and made some very timely interceptions ) . |
| 18 | This is the real time to take up those abandoned New Year resolutions — eat less , eat more healthily and take more exercise ! |
| 19 | These results harmonise remarkably well and suggest that treatment of patients aged between 60 and 80 with systolic blood pressure persistently above 160 mm Hg will prevent 30–50% of strokes in these patients . |
| 20 | Eliza wrote to Mrs Mitchell on 30 May , ‘ We are , baby and I , still going on well and getting more strength every day . |
| 21 | Sensing the dangers of such rivalry , the Communists intensified their attack on the ILP , going so far as to declare that disaffiliation was but a temporary manoeuvre . |
| 22 | Near end of quarry ignore wide grassy track on right ( incline of old railway ) leading gently downhill but bear half left on path passing large spoil heap after 50 yds. 30 yds after spoil heap ignore minor left fork . |
| 23 | She turned away impatiently and opened another case . |
| 24 | Stand up straight and stop that bloody twitching . ’ |
| 25 | They had n't got as far as stating any intention on that subject — for the simple reason that marriage had n't been part of the plan . |
| 26 | Anyone who has got as far as saying this , has already thrown the first proposition overboard , because if it is ‘ the responsibility of management to do everything possible to keep prices stable or reduce prices ’ , then we would not need a commission to tell us that managements which raise prices are falling down on their responsibility . |
| 27 | Some 300MW of the output will be used in nearby ICI plants , and the waste heat in the form of steam will also be used either directly or to generate more electricity , lowering the effective energy costs . |
| 28 | The vet arrived very quickly and prescribed some tablets . |
| 29 | She had n't got this far nor worked this hard just to give up at the thought of some sort of opposition . |
| 30 | The advantages of these are that they last much longer and cost much less to run ( the saving well outweighs the higher asking price ) ; their disadvantages are that the light they give is not quite so ‘ warm ’ and does not come on instantly . |