Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [subord] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We may notice too that since pleasures tend to fade unless varied at every recurrence it is difficult to distinguish in practice between the man who lives for pleasure and the man who lives for new experiences . |
| 2 | C There will be certain knowledge and skills that you will need to acquire while working in the surgical ward . |
| 3 | Whether such attachments are possible will depend very much on how much help and support he or she has received whilst going through the process of loss ( which we will be looking at later ) . |
| 4 | SPECIAL : Regiments of Archers are permitted to skirmish as described in the rules for skirmishing in the Warhammer rulebook . |
| 5 | and one which , as he has noticed while walking through the great houses of the world , ‘ has given many an anonymous carver a little power over the grave . ’ |
| 6 | Most of the objective data on acupuncture analgesia have been obtained with electroacupuncture rather than dry needling as described in the reference that Lewis cites ; therefore we prefer electroacupuncture . |
| 7 | Once the child starts to relax while seated on the potty the parent can gradually reduce the amount of attention and start to leave the room for short periods . |
| 8 | Both were missing from the side which won 4-2 at Colchester United on Friday evening and the Robins ' boss has to decide whether to stick with the makeshift back four which performed so well at Layer Road . |
| 9 | Warsaw Pact tanks have been fitted in recent years with additional armour , designed to explode when hit by an anti-tank missile , so neutralising its effect . |
| 10 | Anne Watson offers experience and advice about some of the personal preparation a teacher may need to undertake when moving to a more ‘ investigative ’ style of teaching . |
| 11 | THERE is a small , but famous , children 's playground in central London , where adults are forbidden to enter unless accompanied by a child . |
| 12 | He died last week when his parachute failed to open while filming for the BBC series 999 near Alnwick , Northumberland . |
| 13 | ‘ Poor Tom would have been so very unhappy if he 'd known of this situation , ’ she 'd sniffed while fumbling for a handkerchief . |
| 14 | One of several convincing ‘ flats ’ produced to use as back-drops during the filming . |
| 15 | The Scottish star had only agreed to run if selected for the 1,500m but a communication breakdown meant she was chosen for 3,000m instead . |
| 16 | The trouble was that it did not necessarily sell well so that in some cases , such as that of the Burgundian lord , Guillaume de Châteauvillain , both he and his family , who acted as guarantors for the payment of 20,000 saluts which he had agreed to pay when captured by the French in 1430 , faced financial ruin . |
| 17 | But the character in the film ceases to amuse when presented on the printed page . |
| 18 | Wilson 's stature , it becomes increasingly clear , is dependent on the sheer variety of his talents , for he can do , effortlessly , what most novelists now fashionable could not begin to effect if faced with a firing squad — create Sylvia Calvert , for a start ; pin down a very minor , but necessary , character in a couple of sentences ; employ fictive skills to celebrate human qualities that are not marked by intellect . |
| 19 | But Deana 's persecution , continued more subtly and covertly as the days went by , had left its sting , and she began to wonder if living in the nurses ' home was really the right thing . |
| 20 | So they get thrown when faced with a canvas which represents nothing other than form or shape or colour and they get thrown because they have n't the vocabulary , it seems to them , to respond to it , and they feel the need to respond verbally . |
| 21 | Wait for printing to end as indicated by the reappearance of the Command Menu , before typing any more commands . |
| 22 | You will want to consider whether to stick to the assumptions , and if so , how far to make use of the costings in public . ’ |
| 23 | He knew what those two victims must have felt when tossed into the heat sink . |
| 24 | What must be ascertained is the intention that a reasonable person would have had if placed in the situation of the parties . |
| 25 | In the pre-robotised days the job had a number of characteristics which job design experts would have recognised as leading to a reasonably high level of job satisfaction . |
| 26 | Note that in practice Silver and Knitmaster chunky and double knit machines should NOT be set to tuck while knitting with the ribber . |
| 27 | Insect wings do originate as flaps on the back and they do , initially , have blood flowing in their veins , so such a theory seems very plausible . |
| 28 | Sigismund betrayed his promise — he is supposed to have blushed when confronted with the fact — and , after a farcical trial , Hus was burned . |
| 29 | She had been inadvertently locked in a disused cellar and the only sound she had heard while cringing in a darkened corner was the incessant scratching as the rats scurried across the concrete floor around her . |
| 30 | The pace of actuarial involvement in general insurance continues to increase as shown by the demand for a growing number of actuaries to specialise in this area . |