Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [adv prt] [pron] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This messes up our whole routine , especially when we have to make numerous trips to the pigeon holes to see if the mail has arrived , not to mention putting the post room in a turmoil . |
| 2 | For those savers who are prepared to lock up their minimum deposit of £5,000 for six months there is the Interest Assured Bond paying at least 11.5 per cent net . |
| 3 | Be prepared to give up your spare bed more than once in 1993 . |
| 4 | Before we once-and-for-all set up our new tank ( and next month look at tank decor ) , it 's a sign of the times that we have to pause and consider the single most important item in our tank — water . |
| 5 | However , though Rodrigo was willing to give up his exalted position at Saragossa , Alfonso regained his nerve and at once again turned against his ally — and El Cid returned to Saragossa . |
| 6 | All too clearly the reason for last evening 's kisses registered in her mind , and as she hastened towards the office she mumbled audibly to herself , ‘ Blast you , Silas Wilder — you think you 're vastly smart — you think you 're so confoundedly devastating that a few kisses will keep me happily at your side — ready and willing to slave over your wretched barbecue . |
| 7 | It is a disciplinary offence to defy an order from a senior officer , so he can only carry on if he is prepared to take on his immediate boss . |
| 8 | And that that fills up my hard disk . |
| 9 | It would be impossible to find out its true value from a cursory inspection , she said . |
| 10 | First out of the stalls was the American challenger One For All , but then Ossian took up his pacemaking role and led along the far side from Ramsin and the Aga Khan 's Sharapour . |
| 11 | It is hard to carry on our pleasant banter in the face of Calvin 's unexplained hostility . |
| 12 | This check up shows he 's fully fit to carry out his strenuous lifestyle as a hospital porter . |
| 13 | Stratigraphical boundaries , with no real dates at all , are much more worthy and needful of vehement discussion , for these spell out our basic language . |
| 14 | As we sat drinking sherry together and I watched her acquire the jowled ovine features of all elderly English gentlewomen , I found it hard to summon up my old anger . |
| 15 | Curious to find out what crucial sound for the nineties he might be buying , I peered over Michael 's shoulder ( not a difficult thing to do ) , only to see … |
| 16 | In a surprise result , Burundians voted in their first democratic election since 1962 to boot out their military president , Pierre Buyoya , in favour of a banker , Melchior Ndadaye . |
| 17 | His thirty-minute ramble was greatly appreciated by all present , as it enabled many to sleep off their pre-meal excess of Nettles . |
| 18 | In effect , you are like all those in the lifeboat — cosy , complacent and unwilling to give up their privileged position . |
| 19 | Rhodri was still muttering , unwilling to give up his customary pessimism , but he might as well not have been in the room with them , he counted for so little at this moment . |
| 20 | They agreed to reveal ( nearly ) all to kick off our ten-week Cellulite Roadshow diet and exercise challenge — and you can join in by following our weekly guide . |
| 21 | ‘ 'T IS all very well putting on your old gown and pretending to be a serving-girl so we could pass that dolt at the solar door . |
| 22 | There were no elections after 1794 when the town was occupied by French troops of the Revolutionary Army for , in 1805 , under pressure from Napoleon , the emperor Francis II gave up his imperial title and became just plain old Emperor of Austria . |
| 23 | They carry neither shield nor helm , and ride to battle bare-headed to show off their long hair and beards . |
| 24 | ENOUGH electricity to light Basingstoke is being wasted every night by people too lazy to switch off their remote control televisions at the mains . |
| 25 | He was too short to see over his stable door and he could n't communicate with his friends , especially retired Police Horse , Stapleton . |
| 26 | Abattoirs which concentrate on supplying beef to the domestic market have hit problems because retailers are unable to pass back their high procurement costs . |
| 27 | Thomas has been unable to shake off his recurring injury and , when the problem flared again after a midweek reserve game , he was sent for surgery . |
| 28 | No wonder Gazza was immediately mobbed by his disbelieving team-mates and no wonder Maradona , now mentally and physically battered and bruised at 32 , is happy to pass on his tainted crown to him . |
| 29 | However , when we recognize that God is able to rule over our personal woundedness , then we begin to appreciate how profoundly indebted we are to him . |
| 30 | Sally-Ann , unlike Rosemary , finds it a struggle and bitterly hurtful to dredge up her dreadful past — like Rosemary she has believed herself to be a doormat in society ; like Rosemary she has not known a childhood . |