Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [verb] [adv] [adv] [subord] " in BNC.

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1 Often he is afraid that these jobs will not be done , or not done as well as he would do them .
2 In possibly solving a problem in relation to stamp duty or SDRT the arrangement may throw up problems in other areas : ( 1 ) Section 89(4) of CA 1985 ( statutory pre-emption rights ) provides that the statutory pre-emption rights do not apply to a particular allotment of equity shares if these are , or are to be , wholly or partly paid up otherwise than in cash .
3 Well , if you are typical of your birth sign , you will have already made up your mind and taken your leave around August 6th , when it became apparent that certain associates had sided against you or even gone so far as to hatch some kind of plot .
4 According to tests with the missile in the US , of the missiles that successfully penetrate as far as their target , half will land within about 12 m of the aiming point .
5 Although not used more often than once a year in autumn , this tool saves all the hard work involved in scarifying ( breaking up and loosening the surface of ) a lawn by hand with a lawn rake .
6 Hoomey took off as usual , holding his nose , and came up with a shriek that probably carried as far as the bridge party two streets away .
7 That 's all that really matters as far as the law is concerned .
8 This is also an area where the LEA could assist a school in offering its services as a ‘ critical friend ’ , able to stand back and perhaps judge more objectively than those working in the school itself .
9 Nothing she said , just a way she has of slightly turning and doing something else and not replying as quickly as she might .
10 An old favourite it is sometimes available , if not seen as often as Corydoras aneus and Corydoras paleatus .
11 Equity says no , and soon goes so far as to lay down a rule that a mortgage is a mere security for money , and something quite different from a genuine transfer of the ownership .
12 He condemned Crilly for his hash , and once went so far as to yank a steaming thick spliff from Crilly 's hand and toss it down the lighthouse cliff .
13 A woman the same age as their combined ages stepped into the car at Woodford and quickly stepped out again when she saw Lee swinging from the passenger hand-holds , Damon and Kevin sparring on the floor and Chris doing something to a continental ferry advertisement with a red felt-tipped pen .
14 However , before then , in 1901 , the first batch of electrically driven trams were introduced in Chiswick , with a service running from Shepherd 's Bush to Kew Bridge and later extended as far as Hampton Court .
15 Jean raged and argued , and even went so far as to attempt tenderness in her effort to get Ted back to ordinary but working unhappiness .
16 Indeed Holt saw it as a mechanism for controlling the curriculum and even went so far as to suggest that the staff of the APU were concerned to promote desirable curriculum development .
17 Mr. Philipson also submitted that the Bank of England could properly exercise their supervisory powers under the Act without the breaching of customers ' confidences , and even went so far as to submit that the Schedule 3 information could be so furnished by clothing details of customers ' loans or deposits with anonymity .
18 ‘ You could wear this Indian bedspread as a shawl , ’ suggested Robina , and even went so far as pull it off the bed and advance towards Penelope with it .
19 As his armies grew in number and strength Grom ventured further and further west , devastating much of Stirland , Talabecland and even going as far as Hochland in the shadow of the Middle Mountains .
20 The new " cats " are made out of copper and chromium ( as opposed to the normal platinum , rhodium and palladium ) , and reportedly work as effectively as normal ones while avoiding the production of by-products such as nitrous oxide and hydrogen sulphide .
21 How much it meant to us when she brought her Waterford tumbler up onto the stage with her , settled her feathers and her sequins and then looked calmly round until there was complete silence .
22 Argyle and Henderson ( 1985 ) , reviewing evidence about contact between siblings , suggest that this follows a U-shape , being high in childhood and teenage years , falling off in the middle of adult life , and then picking up again as the siblings move into old age .
23 This type of heater will shut itself off when the room is warm enough , and then switch on again once the temperature has cooled .
24 And then come home here if you 've got any homework do it take a sandwich .
25 From what we know , it seems that the prudent PC user will do well to wait a while and see what other goodies DOS 6 will provide and then upgrade as quickly as possible .
26 He took no part in the digging but squatted on the edge of the ditch , fidgeting backwards and forwards , sometimes nibbling and then starting up suddenly as though he could hear some sound in the wood .
27 Perhaps it was only because of the Substitute 's presence that he added , ‘ At eleven o'clock , ’ and then turned away quickly because the technician was about to protest .
28 They start from a particular point and then build out sideways as in the traditional picture of a delta .
29 He broke off , repeated a passage , and then stopped as abruptly as he had begun .
30 The theme music is faded up by the Grams Operator , and then faded down again after the final credit has been captured on tape .
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