Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [noun pl] [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Okay , well shall I do windmills again just as |
| 2 | I saw eyes as unkindly as stuffed fox 's . |
| 3 | The power that this greater control over technology gives men lies somewhere near the root of many of the problems which beset women both inside and outside the workplace , yet until recently it is a subject that has been strangely neglected . |
| 4 | In this way , favourable long-term contracts are negotiated between supplier and merchant , contracts which benefit consumers both directly and via Europe 's trade balance . |
| 5 | One very lively looking book provides typical examples of the features I would criticize : a focus on the history of the science dealing with the main discoverers who all seem to be men ; a use of the pseudo-generic ‘ man ’ and ‘ he ’ when the reference is to men and women ; more pictures of men than women ; a series of cartoons in the margins which portray boys more frequently than girls to illustrate some concept or show active participation in scientific experiment . |
| 6 | They suggest that our understanding of mothers ' experiences has to be gleaned from studies employing a variety of income measures , which collect and analyse their data in ways which obscure differences both within and between households . |
| 7 | The keen demand made patronage a double-edged weapon for the politician , who could find himself making enemies as readily as friends unless he proceeded with the utmost caution in everything he attempted . |
| 8 | Nobody puts references down here if they 've got any sense that are gon na give bad references . |
| 9 | The Act of which you speak states equally clearly that a rogue and vagabond is a person who wanders abroad without any visible means of subsistence . |
| 10 | You get prizes afterwards so that er one had the best kept room and another one |
| 11 | PETER SCUDAMORE , who breaks records as easily as a psychotic disc jockey , was at it again yesterday , shattering his own mark for the fastest 50 winners by a National Hunt jockey when he rode In-Keeping to an easy victory at Wincanton . |
| 12 | Well you know , you turn things out here and you go in you might see that little |
| 13 | A simple propagator will help you raise seedlings more easily and achieve more success with cuttings . |
| 14 | ‘ For someone like you , who knows computers inside out and backwards , there 's no problem . |
| 15 | British Rail have refused to put lifts in , we 've managed to persuade them to put ramps in so that people could actually carry luggage up the stairs , and people could be wheeled up the stairs . |
| 16 | For example , we now brief recruits on their rights and tell them and encourage them to actually come forward with their complaints , we very carefully brief and select our N C Os , we have open days for parents , we bring parents in so that they can feel part of the set up right from the start and so that their sons join the army and they tell their other friends to make sure they do to . |
| 17 | ‘ We became friends very quickly because I think we think in the same way . |
| 18 | The realisation that we teach children more effectively if we understand them fully and set them against the social and cultural conditions in which they live and grow , places an expectation upon the teacher which can not be prescribed by contract . |
| 19 | And the former commander added : ‘ The Army does n't really want the regiment mentioned at all , but we lost guys out there and others were injured . |
| 20 | But in practice they award half-points more often than full points because , I suspect , they want to be seen to have a high standard . |
| 21 | Sheep are particularly sensitive to phyto-oestrogens ( presumably because they crop pastures more closely than cows ) ; the substances can cause infertility , difficult labour and lactation in unbred ewes . |
| 22 | They meet politicians frequently inside and outside the lobby of the House of Commons . |
| 23 | They like foreigners so much that they dispute with one another as to who shall have and treat a foreigner in his house . |
| 24 | If a region has more old people , those people each count for more than one because they use services more frequently than average . |
| 25 | These do not usually cause a problem as they leave ferrets as quickly as they leave humans . |
| 26 | they take books out once or twice and then the older members do n't take 'em out |
| 27 | This removed one source of opposition to his plans ( an independent industry ministry ) but put more pressure on him to achieve results today rather than tomorrow . |
| 28 | do the Biro not do it using actors now then as well ? |
| 29 | Afterwards he wondered whether he visited parishes less often than his predecessor and took the trouble to work it out . |
| 30 | To be fair to Lewis , he followed instructions more closely than in the past and jabbed his way in before breaking up Dixon , who had not been stopped in 15 fights . |