Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] [verb] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sun continues to say it will use the chip but it 's kind of hard for them to say where definitively until there 's working silicon . |
| 2 | It is more important for them to see all round so they can spot hunting animals in plenty of time to run away . |
| 3 | ‘ I think the figure is around 2,000 operating in London — 300 of whom deal in more than $50 million a year . ’ |
| 4 | In fact some of them kill even better than they die . |
| 5 | Thousands of them looked down now as something round and shiny drifted around the Earth . |
| 6 | A few people were waiting and one of them called out angrily as Joe stepped in ahead of them all , but he gave him a one-second blast of his sub-zero gaze and said , ‘ Police business , ’ and then he turned his back and forgot the man completely . |
| 7 | They had spilled halfway across the road , and although most of them shuffled quickly aside when they saw the car approaching , four boys gathered themselves quickly into a group and remained standing defiantly in its path . |
| 8 | Having considered two cases ( one of them going back more than 25 years ) , it upheld verdicts in lower courts and ruled that in view of the complex scientific issues involved , the government was best placed to decide on sites and to assess their environmental impact . |
| 9 | They have not won away for 24 games since they clinched the 1992 title , and there was never any prospect of them doing so yesterday once Ian Rush had struck after 24 minutes . |
| 10 | ‘ The other mums are always talking about what their children eat and most of them seem as just as confused as I am . ’ |
| 11 | Sandy pulled her dress back up over her shoulders , just in case , and the two of them sat as still as they could and listened . |
| 12 | ‘ I can understand it , even if I do n't like to think of her moving far away unless I get a personal recommendation about whoever takes her on . ’ |
| 13 | He began to play , conscious now of the boy watching , of him edging slowly closer as the stones were laid , the board filled up again . |
| 14 | Most important of all , its language , now more and more generally accepted as the ultimate badge of nationality , must be supported and a knowledge of it spread as widely as possible . |
| 15 | There were three people in front and two of us packing as fast as we could . |
| 16 | As some of your teach in more than one area , after initial contact to give relevant information , only one area organiser will need to be contacted . |
| 17 | Obviously you need to take your horse 's temperament and your surroundings into account , but if you can get him working alone as soon as possible you are less likely to have to cope with him napping later on because he ca n't bear to leave his friends . |
| 18 | ‘ The greatness of Luke 's view , ’ wrote Professor Eduard Schweizer in Church Order in the New Testament ( p. 75 ) , ‘ lies in his showing more impressively than anyone else that the Church can live only by evangelising , and by following whatever new paths the Spirit indicates . ’ |
| 19 | She 'd obviously been counting on me having one , because the chillim was poised at her lips , ready for her to pull in deeply when the surface leaves caught fire . |
| 20 | Thank you very much to those who volunteered , or who were volunteered to help , especially to who worked as hard as I did to get the whole thing set up . |
| 21 | Well I ai n't gon na sit here listening to you rabbit on just cos mum wanted that filling up ! |
| 22 | We have to view a stimulus for a finite time before it generates a perception , but that perception appears to us to occur instantaneously rather than fading into view like the Cheshire cat . ) |
| 23 | And I think there 's a big difference between you talking about what happens as far as forestry is concerned and actually what some of the logging companies are up to . |
| 24 | And I hope you have n't gone to any trouble cooking for me because I can barely keep owt down these days , not after t'hospital , me appetite quite sickened away on me wi' the things they serve up — greasy bits o' beef skirt and nasty little salads wi' half a two-week old egg and a few outside leaves o' lettuce and a bit o' wet beetroot , no , it was an effort getting it down , let alone keeping it down — I can tell you , there was many as could n't , eggs from t'infernal regions we got for us breakfast as often as not , right stink bombs , but could you get any o' them nurses to have a sniff or give us another i'stead ? |