Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] a [adj] [noun] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It , it 's also a chain , from what you 're going on about , people regarding the service , I mean everyone 's had a bit , not just the erm , it , it 's the purchase managers more than the er , people who pay our premiums , they are just in time and we stood up to be shot at if we do n't pay the service , or put a big ones maybe , they 'll have half a carton of raw material left for that machine , so they 'll order an item for tomorrow morning , well they 're not to blame for the service , T N T's to blame for the service if we do n't get it erm , |
| 2 | It could be having a good night 's sleep the night before , playing tennis or taking a sauna , losing weight or having a stiff drink just before you begin . |
| 3 | Lots of affection and praise should be given when the pup is good , or performs a new task successfully . |
| 4 | If a body acting under statutory authority takes an irrelevant consideration into account or ignores a relevant consideration then the resultant decision will be ultra vires ( Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd. v. Wednesbury Corp . |
| 5 | Cut down on butter or use a low-fat spread instead . |
| 6 | Although these two types of margin are associated with distinct types of landscape , they may occur in close proximity owing to the tendency of transform faults to contain offset segments or to have a sinuous form rather than being purely straight ( Fig. 3.26 ) . |
| 7 | At some Clubs you can learn archery or take a keep-fit class too . |
| 8 | A national court which is called upon … to apply provisions of Community law is under a duty to give full effect to those provisions , if necessary refusing of its own motion to apply any conflicting provisions of national legislation , even if adopted subsequently , and it is not necessary for the court to request or await a prior setting aside of such provisions by legislative or constitutional means . |
| 9 | It should also be remembered that anyone , married or single , who is maintaining or accommodating a dependent relative over 65 ( or a mother or mother-in-law on her own ) is entitled to claim a tax allowance . |
| 10 | Such calls are usually of an offensive sexual nature , e.g. heavy breathers and also come under point 3 , but could be offensive in other ways , e.g. telling a woman that her dead husband was having an affair , was homosexual or had a criminal record etc . |
| 11 | There 's no point arguing over finances this month , or jeopardising a special relationship just when some kind of settlement is about to be agreed . |
| 12 | The air was fresh and sweet , the river swept along on its way , swelled by the backwash that made a tiny waterfall further along . |
| 13 | The new calendar , now known as the ‘ Young-Avestan calendar ’ appears to have been adopted in the reign of Cambyses ' great successor Darius I. The most thorough and plausible investigation of the date of its introduction is that made a few years ago by the distinguished historian of ancient astronomy the late Willy Hartner of Frankfurt University . |
| 14 | One of the highest scoring fighter pilots of the Battle of Britain , Bob Doe has written an interesting book that goes a good deal further than describing some of his exploits in the Battle . |
| 15 | I read a book by the American painter Charles Reid who said that rather than paint a dark background all round a daisy it is sometimes better to put just one dark drop of colour behind the vase of the petal to get the most impact . |
| 16 | The Yes that launches a thousand sky-rockets just as my heart is a catherine-wheel the second I fall in love with you . |
| 17 | ‘ Out came the most perfect rendering I had ever heard , ’ said Coghill , ‘ except that given a short while before by John Gielgud in his Haymarket Hamlet . |
| 18 | All this under a Tory Government which admits its PSBR is to be double that proposed a few months ago . |
| 19 | Her measures are simpler [ than Clare 's ] and she appears not to think of anything more audacious than writing a few forms skilfully and with point . |
| 20 | But she liked the money , and the new house , and the new dresses — and the six fields of apple trees and the big farm north of Stratford that came a few years later . |
| 21 | I could neither remain unemployed for eighteen months nor begin a new job now and break off after only a year . |
| 22 | In New York they were called an hour before the show opened , and once they had done their face make-up , they only had to put on tights rather than spend a long time carefully using wet white , which gave them longer to gossip . |
| 23 | Historical events that happened a long time ago . |
| 24 | ‘ I did n't see the relevance of something that happened a long time ago . |
| 25 | It would have been more appropriate to limit oneself to making political comment and to exploring the limitations of the ideas and concepts that underlie a capitalist system rather than directing the criticism towards the cognitive capacity or development of particular groups or individuals . |
| 26 | Even now a fast ion may be shooting through you that escaped a few days ago from the Jovian magnetosphere . |
| 27 | What 's more , I intend to say it properly , ’ he declared , reducing speed to turn into a parking area that lay a few yards ahead . |
| 28 | More important than that ( for medieval village buildings could have been swept away as easily as the Romans had swept away the native British buildings for their planned towns ) — a variety of ownerships and rights had grown up that precluded a unified plan even as early as the twelfth or thirteenth century . |
| 29 | There are literally thousands of firms that offer a supply-and-fit service nowadays , and choosing the best one for your home can be difficult . |
| 30 | Charles had been particularly annoyed about the toothlessness , she could tell , although he tried to conceal it : he had in fact been without his two front teeth that week , while having their thirty-year-old caps replaced , caps that marked a heroic accident long ago in a swimming pool in Sevenoaks . |