Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adv] [conj] [pers pn] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two tall young men in finely cut gallibayas and white scarves asked rather formally if they might walk with us , then lapsed into shy silence . |
| 2 | Why do n't we do it ? ’ and we all agreed rather tentatively that it might be a good idea . |
| 3 | And in so doing , we must , of course , be aware of the risk of setting a standard which goes so far that it would mean that others — for example , the senile or the mentally handicapped , whom we would wish to treat if they were ill — were also included by it . |
| 4 | Smiling at her father , who probably did not think so either if he would permit himself to be honest about it , she placidly allowed him to give her hand to Tristan who looked down at her very intently , his face noble and moved and marvellously beautiful in the jewelled light from the stained glass window . |
| 5 | ‘ How are you going to introduce me ? ’ she asked tartly , denying most vigorously that she could be jealous in any remote way . |
| 6 | This system allows me to communicate much better than I could before . |
| 7 | The white father promised long ago that I could go back to my home , but the white men are big liars . |
| 8 | Five short days ; it was n't long in which to have your life turned upside-down , changed so drastically that it would never be the same again , was it ? |
| 9 | ‘ The wheel 's made in two parts and bolted together so that you can change a tyre without levers . |
| 10 | He says TB is a problem with badgers , but killing every animal which is caught just so that it can be tested for the illness is n't the answer . |
| 11 | As soon as she recovered from her surprise , she moved away so that he would not notice her . |
| 12 | Trees which had been hacked and chopped and mutilated , which had had branches torn away so that they could be roughly stacked against the wall . |
| 13 | I felt that I would be able to work more efficiently if I could refer patients in my care to any of the A&E doctors . |
| 14 | He had talked her into ringing him when she wanted to come home so that he could pick her up , make sure she was safe . |
| 15 | In the case of bush and shrub types , this will ideally be from the base of the plant to avoid the main road from becoming any longer than it need be , and to preserve and constrain the overall size of the bush . |
| 16 | He might behave more impulsively though I could be mistaken . |
| 17 | They have built much of their reputation on contemporary repertoire and arrangements of jazz and ragtime music , but demonstrated once again that they can play canonical repertoire with great musicality as well as flair . |
| 18 | Replace both so that you can use four wheel drive . |
| 19 | Slowly , in case a sudden movement on his part might break his fragile control over his own legs , Hugh bent slightly so that he could see under the chest . |
| 20 | Everyone sends their love , and Mum says you 've got to come straight home because she wo n't really believe it till she sees you , ’ his brother enlarged . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm going to try as hard as I can . |
| 22 | Determined to fight , I shouted as loudly as I could . |
| 23 | I shouted as loudly as I could . |
| 24 | Opening it wide , she shouted as loud as she could : ‘ I 'm warning you lot , one more noise and I 'll come up there and scalp the arses off yer ! ’ |
| 25 | Well that 's as far as I want to go with this , this particular topic , erm as is my practice I 'm ending now so that we can have questions . |
| 26 | He had kissed and fondled her and she had responded as well as she could but they had both been too aware of each others inexperience and uncertainty to achieve fulfilment . |
| 27 | ‘ I trained as hard as I could and spend 2½ hours in the gym every day for six months , ’ said Smith , adding confidently , ‘ the winter has done its job . ’ |
| 28 | Pressed very hard by Lauda in the final laps — ‘ leading a race was a brand-new experience for me , ’ he admitted at the time — he simply clung to his lead by driving as hard as he could . |
| 29 | She returned Travis 's kiss warmly , then bent as well as she could to hug Jonas . |
| 30 | Though she tried as faithfully as she might to devote herself to the needs of this rude community , she knew that she was not greatly liked and the knowledge injured her . |