Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [verb] [subord] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The addition of this weakling to the family of Test nations will seen them merely tolerated as non-profitable visitors , lower on the scale even than Sri Lanka , who are still awaiting a first invitation to play West Indies after 10 years of Test status . |
| 2 | However , he admits , ‘ I rather doubt if other auditors , similarly placed , would have acted very differently ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ I merely ask because last night she was unable to hold the torch steady . |
| 4 | I better see if this dinner 's ready . |
| 5 | Erm I personally feel although some members of me team do n't agree er with the with the heavy a advertising expenditure we 've got , we can probably do better than two and a half the first year certainly erm and maybe ten percent of the market in the end of the at the end of the day . |
| 6 | I only ask as this message also had an error and came via the postmaster … |
| 7 | ‘ I scarcely know whether these remarks are intended as the mere superfluous assertion of an abstract right , or whether they are intended to imply a covert threat , that if the petitioners are dissatisfied with the answer to their application , they may resort to the extreme course of closing that useful place of veterinary education . |
| 8 | I just wondered whether that point . |
| 9 | Well I have n't , it 's just that that people have said , you know , when the permissions available can we see it as soon as possible that was all , I just wondered if that document was available , |
| 10 | Yet I always questioned whether this separation was not more apparent than real . |
| 11 | Judi , who was in the US interviewing Hollywood stars , said : ‘ I nearly died when this lady kept saying I was getting married . ’ |
| 12 | I nearly died when three weeks later , |
| 13 | So , I hope she goes places , I really do because young members and young trade unionists in this union are gon na get this union 's support so , go back to your branches and tell everybody that . |
| 14 | I often wonder whether these pilots would react safely and effectively if they suddenly got their aircraft into a stalling situation . |
| 15 | Well , the thing I mainly notice when last week when Paul was home , not last week , the week before last I had Paul solidly at home , he moved himself entirely in lock , stock and barrel at the weekend , he was then with me waiting for his job and he went out every day and did little bit 's of shopping for me , got him from under my feet , saved me money , cos I was only buying what I absolutely needed , and the amount of time that I had , I mean I was able to go out for the whole day with Peggy on Wednesday , I was able to get food prepared and , admittedly I did n't manage to get as much done as I thought I was going to do , but then I think that 's with most people in life , |
| 16 | I note that in the academic year 1979 — 80 the parents in the school in which I then worked provided voluntary donations of £878 . |
| 17 | I specifically asked if this upgrade would be possible and they assured me that it would . |
| 18 | Certainly we were delighted at the public support we gained in Amsterdam , which really established as accepted fact that Clause 28 could not happen here . |
| 19 | If , however , the lessor 's title is itself only registered as good leasehold ( if , for example , the lessor is granting an underlease out of an older leasehold title ) you may not be able to obtain a better title than good leasehold for the underlease ; a position that a mortgagee will normally accept if there 's no alternative . |
| 20 | Gina was anorexically thin , more through meanness than design ; she only ate when other people provided . |
| 21 | John Sayers who recently retired as divisional manager of Decommissioning & Radwaste 's ( D&R ) Radwaste Operations & Handling Division is pictured here with his ‘ surprise ’ retirement gift of a model made by D&R 's Remote Handling & Robotics Department . |
| 22 | I would n't trust even the most loving one not to leave when another man offers more . ’ |
| 23 | How will we ever know if those claims are not assessed ? |
| 24 | We also examined whether upward expansion actually occurred in the background colonic mucosa by ex vivo autoradiography . |
| 25 | It can leave one hopelessly confused as new fitness fashions go in and out of vogue and you come into the orbit of different coaches . |
| 26 | His concern is with the impact of technical change on two of the four factors we previously identified as potential sources of job satisfaction , namely social relations at work and the exercise of skill and knowledge . |
| 27 | No one yet knows if this sort of thing happens in a dying brain , but if it does , it might actually explain how many angels can dance on the head of a pin . |
| 28 | In 1970 there was only $7 billion-worth of high-yield bonds outstanding , most of them originally issued as top-notch debt but later downgraded by rating agencies and the market . |
| 29 | 51% of managers said they were playing it safe and upgrading their current central processing system , 29% said they are sticking with what they already have whilst some 16% said they would be downsizing to a mid-range system . |
| 30 | Older people have absorbed these attitudes which they once held as young people , and lead their lives in ways which confirm the stereotyped images , and perpetuate the myths of ageism from generation to generation . |