Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [vb infin] [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 'd better say goodbye to Shrub . |
| 2 | I mean I do it sort of a bit naturally , I mean if you , you know that what , the Delvine Hotel , I mean I sort of went in and I du n no sort of part way in I sort of said can I ask you if , you know , you 've had your other quotes and he sort of said yes we 're gon na sit down tonight and make our minds up |
| 3 | Do all have freedom of conscience except the King ? " |
| 4 | I 'm not , we do normally have porridge for breakfast . |
| 5 | I would not be so ungallant as to doubt the word of the hon. Member for West Bromwich , East today , but given the pressure that Labour Members placed on that Bill , a serious question mark would hang over any Labour Secretary of State who did not give way to pressure regarding the timetabling of a public inquiry procedure and who did not take some time to allow the result to be published or deliberated on . |
| 6 | The German press disappeared after Germany 's defeat in the First World War , while the missionary press , though of some historical interest , did not give rise to publications of any major importance . |
| 7 | That most German people did not want war with England was true by almost every account of neutral witnesses . |
| 8 | In a separate move the Chinese premier , Li Peng , who attacked Mr Patten earlier , returned to the fray , saying China did not want confrontation with Britain but the UK was putting ‘ obstacles ’ in the way of talks to try and defuse the row . |
| 9 | Those who claimed a break-even or loss situation did not make allowance for home produced food . |
| 10 | Pound was in all seriousness embarked on an epic poem ( which he defined , following of all unlikely authorities Rudyard Kipling , as ‘ the tile of the tribe ’ ) ; he could not and did not expect understanding from readers who supposed that the epic poem had died in the seventeenth century if not before , whose expectations therefore were conditioned by their experience of the brief or else extended lyric . |
| 11 | At 2250 hrs that evening Eighth Army confirmed in a signal to 5 Corps that they were to act in accordance with AFHQ 's ruling that they could hand over all the anti-Tito Yugoslavs so long as this did not involve use of force . |
| 12 | Such a clause in a contract to supply building materials to a building contractor did not exclude liability for damages payable by the contractor to sub-contractors as a result of delay in delivery ( Croudace Construction Ltd v Cawoods Concrete Products Ltd [ 1978 ] 2 Lloyd 's Rep 55 ) . |
| 13 | There were hand-outs on ‘ Cruelty Free ’ cosmetics , positively promoting cosmetic companies who did not drip shampoo into rabbits ' eyes in what I knew was called the Draize Test for irritancy . |
| 14 | Hercule Poirot did not spring fully-formed into life on Page 34 of his first adventure , The Mysterious Affair at Styles . |
| 15 | For Moscow , agreements in certain areas , such as arms control , did not preclude competition in others , especially Third World conflicts . |
| 16 | No summary data are presented and some of the individual trials did not measure quality of life at all . |
| 17 | success rate of this operation did not represent value for money' . |
| 18 | On Nov. 12 the outspoken chair of the Campaign for Democracy Beko Ransome Kuti called on Nigerians to " make the country ungovernable " by acts of civil disobedience if Babangida did not leave office on Jan. 2 as promised . |
| 19 | The Act of 1988 did not govern access to quotas , but the registration of fishing vessels . |
| 20 | But revivalism in architecture did not mean lack of imagination or inventiveness — quite the reverse : it meant a prodigal outpouring of both . |
| 21 | As shown in Figure 5 , treatment with cyclosporin A ( 5 or 10 mg/kg for eight days ) did not affect synthesis of prostaglandin E2 , 6k prostaglandin F1a , and thromboxane B2 by pancreatic tissue ex vivo . |
| 22 | made trade unions completely immune from actions in tort , though it did not affect liability of individuals ; |
| 23 | As far as he was concerned , homosexuality did not exist north of Hampstead ( or perhaps south of it , either ) and despite the fact that its local manifestation was sitting in front of him he would not be convinced . |
| 24 | Obstructive symptoms then resulted in a further small bowel resection but he did not achieve remission despite prednisolone . |
| 25 | She met Bill coming back up the steps , and they did not waste time on speech . |
| 26 | He apologized and explained , but she did not waste time in argument . |
| 27 | Papers that did not include a control group , were not randomised , did not allow calculation of ‘ intention to treat ’ results , or did not collect information on mortality or the incidence of respiratory or gastrointestinal infection were excluded . |
| 28 | Differentiation on certain levels did not prevent fusion on others . |
| 29 | Patients who did not show evidence of relapse after this four week microchallenge had the diagnosis of coeliac disease confirmed by an open challenge with higher doses of gluten . |
| 30 | ‘ Well ? ’ said Calatin who was , truth to tell , becoming just the smallest bit afraid of this strange , golden-eyed creature , but who would not have dreamed of showing it , because you did not show discourtesy to guests , not if you wanted business from them . |