Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tom did n't know that at that station you had to book your pitch in advance , add your name or the name of your band to the list under the No Smoking sign . |
| 2 | Erm so I think we 've got ta look at that right across the board though , we 've got ta know that in actual fact we 're covering it temporarily , erm or are n't we covering it temporarily . |
| 3 | The receiver is not , however , obliged to fulfil existing contracts and because of this it is claimed that in this regard he is better placed than the company which of course must stand by its contracts . |
| 4 | In the light of the Minister 's reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Wakefield ( Mr. Hinchliffe ) , will he guarantee that at European level he will press for a system of mandatory labelling so that eggs are labelled ’ battery ’ , ’ barn eggs ’ , ’ free range ’ or whatever ? |
| 5 | Fitzgerald calculated the critical number of samples needed to be 80 per cent certain that the mean score would be no more than one year out , and found that in one book it was 72 samples — which amounted to nearly half the book ! |
| 6 | We found that in each case it was necessary to think of three dimensions . |
| 7 | Laing accepts that to some extent he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth . |
| 8 | In this condition , and with much-increased fuel tankage , it could usually reach at least 30,000 feet , and on one occasion was taken up to 36,000 feet by George Burges — although he reported that at this height it was very unstable . |
| 9 | It is , of course , desirable to check that nothing has been forgotten and to this end it is usual to ask an operator to go through the designed procedure while observing what he does and also observing that the system performs as expected . |
| 10 | They say a watched phone never rings and in this case they were right . |
| 11 | What matters is that the doctors should consider whether at that time he had a capacity which was commensurate with the gravity of the decision which he purported to make . |
| 12 | Finally , we would stress that in vocal music we should concentrate on creating musical values . |
| 13 | Do you really think that by that time you will … ‘ |
| 14 | And if anybody thinks that with reasonable budgeting you could manage on sixty three twenty , I challenge you to do a little personal budgeting . |
| 15 | The ideas of morality are modes too , and Locke thinks that with proper application we could develop a systematic science of ethics similar to that of mathematics and geometry . |
| 16 | The whole group burst out laughing and agreed that on that occasion she should be ‘ let off ’ her reading . |
| 17 | She realised that at some level she had always known this , since otherwise she could not have recovered so quickly . |
| 18 | He added , ‘ But I must emphasize that at this stage we simply can not tell . |
| 19 | Roy also revealed that at one stage they went to local paramilitaries to ask them to leave one young offender alone . |
| 20 | I trust that at some stage I will have the opportunity to tax him on the curious proposal that legislation which increases the wage bill of companies does not necessarily increase the costs of those companies and therefore can be regarded as having nil effect on their competitiveness . |
| 21 | We may be pardoned for reproducing a part of the opinion of The American Annals of the Deaf of this quarter on the subject : " The retention of the word " Dumb " — which in America has been dropped from the titles of the Convention of Instructors , The National Association , and several State Associations of the Deaf , and many schools , as well as from the United States Census — is probably due to a vote to that effect by the conference held in London last January ; but as our British friends who constitute the Association seem to favour American precedents , we trust that on further consideration they will follow our example in this respect alone , and omit the objectionable word from their title " . |
| 22 | ‘ I have to be careful what I say — I come from Poland and we are very outspoken in my country and I have noticed that in this country you people take offence very easily . |
| 23 | He believed that with such experience she would not have resisted the orders of her assailant . |
| 24 | Investigators says that on this occasion he was also flying too low . |
| 25 | Investigators says that on this occasion he was also flying too low . |
| 26 | When Picasso painted the Demoiselles d'Avignon , those of his friends who were allowed to see it seem to have felt that in some way he had let them down . |
| 27 | ‘ I just hope that after that build-up I 've lived up to my reputation ! ’ |
| 28 | And I hope that in this discussion we start talking along those lines . |
| 29 | Success in this field is going to become even more important as we move into the 1990s and beyond and I hope that in this book I 've been able to give you the benefit of my experience , to pass on the kind of backstage know-how that can make that vital difference between winning and losing . |
| 30 | The sea roared like a pride of hungry lions , thudding against the side of the ship like a thousand battering-rams , so that it seemed that at any moment it must break through and drown them all . |