Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [adv] [to-vb] [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | The archetype of faith is Abraham , who went out at God 's command though he did not know where he was going , and who was prepared at that command even to sacrifice his own son . |
2 | I think that the computer presents exactly that challenge and amongst the sorts of things I 'm thinking of is that erm it 's one thing to play with a computer toy , a game of some sort — we 've all seen them in the bar and elsewhere — it 's another thing entirely to devise your own game , to program your own rules in and then to bring your friend along and have them challenge it . |
3 | Sequencing is at its most important in the interview situation where the respondent can not ‘ look ahead ’ ; but , whatever the method of data collection , it is sound policy for questionnaire designers to give some thought to this aspect both to clarify their own thinking and to simplify the respondent 's task . |
4 | Luke , the man who had such a low opinion of her and who had contrived this date presumably to serve his own devious ends , this man who had denied — yes , even earlier tonight — any involvement with Elise … |
5 | We spent some time away from each other just to do our own things , but now we 're looking forward to getting back to how things were , lock ourselves away and work . |
6 | Pruning to the same hard degree invariably results in an explosion of growth , and such varieties are really much better given enough space elsewhere to do their own thing , and be treated as shrub roses . |
7 | Ackroyd put the signals to red , rang the station down the line to tell them that he had a problem and then rang the next station above to alert them that he still had a train in his section . |