Example sentences of "[verb] [coord] [adv] [art] [noun sg] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of the many hours of sitting that we do , we lose the ability to squat or even the ability to sit down without falling down . |
| 2 | I agree with the judge that " What is required for this purpose is not an intention to own or even an intention to acquire ownership but an intention to possess , " that is to say , an intention for the time being to possess the land to the exclusion of all other persons , including the owner with the paper title . |
| 3 | I might as well , there was bargaining to be done and so the ritual had to be observed . |
| 4 | Two days passed before the man was strong enough to talk and then the Captain asked him to tell his story . |
| 5 | Erm from there we went into this purpose built flat above a grocers shop , it was meant for the manager of the grocers shop , but he had better sense and so the flat became available for letting to the Borough Council who at the insistence of the owners of the house we were in , erm , were anxious to get their property back and so we found ourselves in a brand new flat , the first tenants , although this was not very highly to be recommended , you approached your flat up er stone staircase , er from the outside so you exposed to the elements er you then walked across the roof , flat roof over the shops until you came to your flat door , erm , Islington at that time was just beginning the , to see the influx of immigrants from the colonies as they were in those days and er , they in turn created much heavier demand on what little vacant property there was , so that the district rapidly deteriorated and for many people who were not in the fortunate position that we were found it necessary or desirable to leave because they were sharing rooms or sharing houses with people whose ways of life were different from theirs and this is something I think that housing authorities learnt to appreciate over the years that the differences between people 's ways of life are one of the major causes of social distress . |
| 6 | Not only was the traditional ideal of union between church and state relinquished but also the Council stressed the responsibility of the church to pass moral judgements , even on matters touching the political order , whenever basic personal rights or the salvation of souls make such judgements necessary . |
| 7 | Such a feature should always have somewhere positive to go and here the path leads one on with a genuine air of anticipation . |
| 8 | Bricks had fallen and then the roof caved in , pinning Lewis under a concrete lintel . |
| 9 | To escape from such a condition it must first be recognized and then a strategy to move backwards a step at a time until a new route is found must be followed . |
| 10 | Sometimes the silence is never broken and eventually the caller puts the phone down , unable to bring themselves to spill out their fears and worries . |
| 11 | According to the federation , the offending wording had not been corrected and so the organisation began legal proceedings in the Federal Court under the Trade Practices Act . |
| 12 | Ormanroyd he 's still going and still the shot blocked Agnew has his shot blocked as well . |
| 13 | Whatever the structure , an organisation needs people to make it work and hence the need to take into account the roles of individuals , their beliefs , values , motivations and how they interact with each other and with groups . |
| 14 | Then Olybrius ' fury flared and even the ground shook in fear . |
| 15 | The kid laughed loud enough for me to hear and then the chain snicked off . |
| 16 | So it was , the prophecy was written then by Daniel for our , for our time and it just happened in our , because you know er , when he was er , when he finished the book write written and he said I have seen the , the , the erm visions and I 've heard the voice , but I , and I 've written down what I was told to do , but I do not understand and then the voice said to him well close that down , that book is not for you to understand , the generations that it 's written for , it 's written for the end of the times , they will come to understand it , and you see we actually witnessing what 's happening |
| 17 | It 's still not clear exactly what happened but somehow the electricity surged into the ground around the pole . |
| 18 | Rooms must be allocated and charted on the reservation and room status charts so that not only the clients get the type of accommodation they have requested but also the hotel achieves the maximum occupancy of the rooms . |
| 19 | Bill goes behind Doug to help but suddenly the line slackens , and flutters in the wind . |
| 20 | Well you took all this sort of things in your stride but the next day we heard about these houses being knocked down , you see , and I think that 's the nearest I 've been to be killed but one day , one Saturday and that was in a daylight raid , one Saturday afternoon because , you see , I was off every afternoon but I worked till ten every night , you see , and er so erm but of course Hugh worked during the day and he was off in the evening , that 's why he used to come down to see , to see us and er he used to come in er you see and leave his lodgings and , oh be about nine o'clock and he spent the last day up there perhaps with his friends , have a chat , and er , you see , and but er and I was walking along it was called and suddenly a plane came over and I thought oh I expect it 's one of ours . |
| 21 | The blood does n't flow and so the muscle shrinks a little , its elastic tendons stretch to normalize . |
| 22 | But the actual letter survives and only a mind predisposed to suspect the sender could think it pompous : ‘ After the most careful consideration I have decided , if you are willing that I should do so , to recommend your name for the succession to the see of Durham . ’ |
| 23 | The huge variety of shapes is partly fashion and partly an attempt to avoid a phenomenon known as spin out . |
| 24 | and then they say there 's a trip going round at the brewery , er you can either have the er twenty five minute trip or the , the forty minute trip , whichever you want , well of course everybody says the twenty five and then the rep always , it says oh well these fellas have been four times before so we stop in the bar and you can have what you want , spirits whatever you like and then the bucket comes out and it 's , it 's smashing |
| 25 | It represented an open-ended public expenditure commitment with no way of imposing cash limits on the amount spent on prescribing and seemingly no way to check the number of people GPs referred to hospital . |
| 26 | Apart from thyroid cancer it has not seemed that any illnesses could be detected and so the matter has not been pursued . |
| 27 | In Brinkibon Ltd. v. Stahag Stahl ( 1982 H.L. ) the House of Lords confirmed the decision in Entores v. Miles Far East Company , that normally in the case of a telephone conversation or a telex communication the postal exception does not apply and therefore the acceptance takes effect when ( and where ) it is actually communicated to the offeror . |
| 28 | An opening example : If the price is advertised as being reduced and yet the house has never been on the market before , then it clearly can not have been reduced . |
| 29 | You can go into a shop and start purchasing this item not knowing your partner is there and the partner suddenly appears and then the confrontation starts bearing in mind you are not |
| 30 | yes it says we would like to take this opportunity to answer some of the questions you might have and then the question comes will the management charges greatly increase ? did you have any part to play in the posing of this question in the brochure ? |