Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] [adv] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He failed conspicuously to do so and continues to side-step any commitment to taking the effective steps which many senior military experts believe could at least limit the damage , by calling from time to time for a mere tightening of sanctions against Serbia . |
| 2 | Rescheduling the debt has merely deferred rather than solved the problems of increasing internal efficiencies and domestic savings rates . |
| 3 | Not fool enough to stand aside and watch the best thing that 's ever happened to me wither away because I 'm too scared to let it put down roots . |
| 4 | They may suck on it until it dissolves sufficiently to swallow rather than chew it and so meal-times take a very long time . |
| 5 | But Sir Bob wants it to build on what BR has already achieved rather than restructure the rail service . |
| 6 | The IRA has always known better than to attack the security forces of the Republic , since it would instantly lose whatever support it has and could provoke the Irish government to order internment , as it did in the distant past . |
| 7 | Higher education within further education has also grown apace and has taken the form of both vocational and non-vocational provision following the creation of the polytechnics and the merging of the colleges of education into the further education sector . |
| 8 | The book is well designed ; the pages are made of Zerkall mould-made paper which flops languidly open rather than standing to starched attention perpendicular to the open cover . |
| 9 | The boy is too young to be locked up , but has persistantly run away when granted bail . |
| 10 | ‘ You 'd better go upstairs and see her , Nahum . |
| 11 | We 'd better go upstairs and have a look had n't we ? |
| 12 | I think I 'd better go home and make him some tea now , he 'll be wondering where I am |
| 13 | I think I 'd better go backstage and see what 's the matter . ’ |
| 14 | I 'd better return home and fetch some more for Ella . |
| 15 | I caught an early edition , read about the ruckus , and thought I 'd better come home and see what was happening about the five grand . ’ |
| 16 | You 'd better ride home and forget her ! ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Well , ’ put in Elaine now , ‘ I 'd better get upstairs and help Nannie to get the tribe to sleep , because they 're so excited . ’ |
| 18 | Such a person is detached enough to think clearly and to advise without bias . |
| 19 | After five minutes or so , one Messerschmitt — flown by ‘ Jochen ’ Müncheberg — was seen suddenly to break away and dive out of the sun onto the moored Sunderland in Marsaxlokk Bay . |
| 20 | Poor old John Heminges just stood there and cried . |
| 21 | Faldo thrust both forearms forward and insisted : ‘ I have blood running through my veins like everyone else . |
| 22 | However , before getting too carried away and concluding that detailed activity-based accounting may soon be outdated , and replaced by more simple machine-time analyses , it must be remembered that the extremes of CIM are still a long way off for most industries . |
| 23 | They broke away to work independently and become their own masters . |
| 24 | At the junction with the road she braked just long enough to see that nothing was coming then turned right and careered wildly down the long hill into the village . |
| 25 | He may have then reeled backwards and put his bloody hands on the wall to support himself before carrying on with his killing spree . |
| 26 | It was staggering really to arrive there and see all these cars . |
| 27 | Monday 's an enthusiastic , ebullient and exuberant day when you could get totally carried away and end up saying or doing something silly . |
| 28 | Perhaps one agrees that expansion of the money supply and inflation do often go together but refuses to accept it as significant unless told why . |
| 29 | It did indeed fatten well and grow great but its milk yield , fecundity and basic hardiness suffered badly ; when Bakewell died , its breeders lost impetus and a sense of direction , and the breed lost its popularity . |
| 30 | The lift doors parted and he smiled fleetingly at the couple who emerged then stepped inside and pressed the button for the seventh floor . |