Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [subord] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roosevelt objected to these rules , which limited his powers in foreign policy , but he accepted them rather than have a battle with Congress . |
| 2 | Because like many of his near contemporaries , such , for instance , as Henry James and Virginia Woolf certainly , Proust was concerned to expand certain small but emotionally important blocks of time , to expand them so as to convey an experience fully and in detail , as one would experience it living through it . |
| 3 | Not even on the candidates ' list , Coun Wilson was asked to put himself forward while having a coffee on the Welsh stand during last year 's Party conference . |
| 4 | For her at this stage , not crying is a great achievement but she hopes that some day she will reach a better balance so that her tears will be for herself rather than to make an impression on others . |
| 5 | Although Patrick Lundy was almost twenty , Katherine still considered him a child and treated him accordingly , and often it was easier to go along with her rather than risk an argument . |
| 6 | However much she might have wanted to remain aloof from publicity the female press corps had already identified her as the ‘ Woman Head ’ of a multi-million dollar international corporation and , through the same lens , saw her therefore as challenging a man 's world . |
| 7 | He uses it even when selling a packet of Woodbines . ’ |
| 8 | The challenges facing it were daunting : a considerable proportion of the UN was opposed to its existence ; the predominant political forces in south Korea regarded it simply as providing a veneer of international respectability for the creation of a south Korean state ; north Korea had no intention of helping it in any way and the United States believed the commission should complete its task swiftly and without asking awkward questions . |
| 9 | Discretion 's the better part of valour now and you would be wiser to keep your thoughts to yourself rather than risk a confrontation at work or home . |
| 10 | After all , we all know how often we tell the truth , and I 'm sure it does n't seem anything like as complicated a process as I 've said it is . |