Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [noun] [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you are right about procedure you might gain one or two more marks . |
| 2 | What , we may ask Holt , happens to the child who , dissatisfied at home , seeks in vain for guardians who would suit him ? |
| 3 | no , if it if it stays dry after dinner you can have the cars and bikes out |
| 4 | He had n't admitted this for fear it would disqualify him from this part of the mission , and anyway he had thought he would feel safe behind the comforting protection of a pump-action . |
| 5 | I do n't believe in wasting time , so if Fran is free for lunch I shall take her out and we can get down to the first lesson . ’ |
| 6 | There is something primitive about babies which can fill parents with intense feelings of love and hate . |
| 7 | It is not that these initiatives do not contain good educational practice which is being criticised here ( for they do ) , but rather the way in which they are seen by some as panaceas which can succeed without full professional involvement . |
| 8 | With this of course one may agree . |
| 9 | Emissions are measured on an open area test site which is free of objects which might reflect emitted signals . |
| 10 | The Australian honey-guide is so fond of hair it will pluck it straight from a horse 's back or even a human 's head . |
| 11 | For tens of pennies it 'll take you to any one of 20 odd bays or villages in the area . |
| 12 | ‘ If he 's the reason you 're afraid of sex I 'd like to hear about it . ’ |
| 13 | these women were often sweetly reasonable , but used their vaginal muscles to fight their husbands and were afraid of men who might make demands on them . |
| 14 | The great virtue or the part-time holding in times of industrial depression is that it leaves the unemployed with things they can do to help themselves . |
| 15 | If you decide to make the booking direct with Cosmos you will need to telephone our central telephone sales office and a booking reference will be given to you . |
| 16 | With their novel shape and colourful appearance , Dolphin scissors have proved very popular with children who can use them for cutting paper , card or fabric . |
| 17 | if I 'd had said I wan na , I wan na claim this from client you would have said come on , that 's a bad marketing exercise . |
| 18 | With this in mind one can see , then , that for the purposes of sociological enquiry the form of the interview must always be ultimately referable to its value in the advancement of sociological theory . |
| 19 | Bearing this in mind we shall endeavour to answer the question ‘ Should you go to Yoga ? ’ |
| 20 | With this in mind we can see that the indulgent familiarity of the maternal uncle towards his nephew matches the mother 's generous affection towards her child . |
| 21 | We do n't think to have the sixty to ninety transport debate yet again , this route remains committed to a policy of reducing the amount we spend on transport because that ultimately benefits our schools and with this in mind we will reintroduce |
| 22 | With this in mind we must consider the derogatory accusation of colonial compliance ( if not complicity ) in British social anthropology . |
| 23 | With this in mind you might try to point out the consequences ( effects ) of your children 's behaviour for themselves and for others . |
| 24 | and then when you go on to book and we 'll if we get through this in time we 'll have a look at book two as well . |
| 25 | So this manifesto is different from others you may read . |
| 26 | Even though they are not particularly high in calories you should avoid them . |
| 27 | One , make sure I have every afternoon , Monday to Friday , free in case she will let me be with her . |
| 28 | President Gorbachev 's record as fairy godmother to the cause of democratic revolution , first in Beijing and now in East Berlin , may have caught our fancy in the West , but to some in Moscow he must seem more of a wicked stepmother , turning the achievements of Socialism to dust wherever he goes . |
| 29 | ‘ If the top players are interested in unification they will offer to help in clinics and such , because these children should have the chance to play for South Africa ’ — NGONDE BALFOUR ( SARFU development officer with responsibility for underprivileged areas ) . |
| 30 | Madame imagined that while she was doing this to Boy she would tell him everything she knew , she would talk to him quietly each night whilst brushing his hair before bedtime . |