Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] [pron] [adv prt] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | It would be easier to work it out from this would n't it ? |
| 2 | How much easier to cut yourself off from all these problems and withdraw emotionally into the less demanding machine of prison life . |
| 3 | I 've got a helicopter due to pick us up in half an hour , and the Citation 's on stand-by . |
| 4 | And when there is stress in other areas of life it is all too easy to take it out on those closest to you . |
| 5 | Think you 're supposed to fill it up to that mark Stephen says . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm hardly likely to throw you out in this weather . ’ |
| 7 | It 's awful to let her in for all this . ’ |
| 8 | Sorry to let you down like this , and miss the drinks and the lunch and the first bit of p.m . |
| 9 | Farther south , in Fiordland , it is possible to fly yourself in to that spectacular airfield I already mentioned , at Milford Haven , but to fly in as pilot in command you must first be cleared by an instructor . |
| 10 | They turn up on church doorsteps in inner London hoping that the Church will be able to help them out in some way . |
| 11 | I 'm ashamed to put it down in these halting words . |
| 12 | Erm if you you will not be able to put it back after that date . |
| 13 | The 34-year-old former Liverpool and Blackburn star has been unable to fix himself up with another club since the summer , but the Robins ' boss is lining him up for a reserve game against Walsall next week . |
| 14 | ‘ You 're not going to be able to keep them out of this . |
| 15 | You wo n't be able to keep it up for more than a week . ’ |
| 16 | Foreign lawyers will still be able to practise as such on their own within the UK without registering but solicitors employed by them will not be able to hold themselves out as such to clients of the business . |
| 17 | Claudia stared at him blankly , unable to take it in for several minutes , and when she did she cried out and launched herself at him , her hands raised . |
| 18 | I was never able to take him up on this kindness , alas , since he and half the drugs squad were themselves arrested a few days later . |
| 19 | It now remained to be seen whether this headman would be able to hand us over to another in Bahdu . |
| 20 | He still used to entertain the others with stories of his days as a master criminal and boast that he had n't lost any of his skills , but it was difficult to imagine him back at that game . |
| 21 | You say your life is too precious to give it up for any country and yet it 's not valuable enough for you to pay me two hundred pounds not to shoot you . |
| 22 | It 's not fair to keep him in like that . |
| 23 | Why did I bother to tell her , only to have her shout at me , accuse me of being crazy to wake her up for that and tell me to keep my nose out of her brother 's business , especially since it was nothing to do with me . |
| 24 | He knew this was something that had been happening slowly for a long time , something that had to happen or he was lost , but it was such a brittle structure they were building , one word would topple it , shatter it , one word would be enough to jerk them back into that ordinary daylight where nothing could be changed or righted , nothing could unravel . |
| 25 | Doug Cantwell , chairman of West Wiltshire Conservatives , said yesterday : ‘ We have to do our best to pull ourselves out of this recession and tighten our belts . |
| 26 | ‘ We are trying our best to get him out before that … as quickly as possible , and we will see him soon with any luck . ’ |
| 27 | All that was necessary to bring it on in more or less its full force was the sight of the Bible , its cover or open page , or its mere name , or the sight of a church , or the sound of any bell ringing solemnly , from Big Ben down to the bell of the Sunday muffin men . |
| 28 | He appeared jumpy and ill at ease , ready to blurt something out at any moment . |
| 29 | The worrying thing for other World Cup teams next summer is that , if and when Maradona recovers his best form — and he will most likely do so in June — then the rest of the Argentina side looks ready to set him up for another stupendous tournament . |
| 30 | ‘ We 'll take a quick break for some tea and then we should be ready to run it up in another hour , ’ he briefs Captain Tuck-Brown , who has come across to check on progress before going home for the day . |