Example sentences of "[conj] [prep] [adv] [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was so constantly braced , her will so stiff from desire , that she could not sleep at nights ; she feared that if she fell asleep she might lose her determination and her faith , might wake up alone in her narrow bed , in the small back bedroom , overlooking the small square garden , backing onto the next small square garden , where for so many years she had lain and dreamed her subversive dreams . |
| 2 | Along with age , retirement is another word that does n't belong in this Irishman 's vocabulary ; he runs a bar , Leo 's Bar , in Meenaleck on the County Donegal coast , where with very little persuasion he will put on musical performances for customers . |
| 3 | As TODAY revealed yesterday , there had been evidence that for over four years he rented a luxury apartment only 11 miles from their bungalow at Caterham , Surrey . |
| 4 | I presume neither Mr Baker nor Mrs Rumbold was aware that for over ten years I had been conducting a campaign to make creative writing a central feature of the English curriculum , and that in October 1983 I helped to organise a manifesto on this subject which was published in the Times Higher Education Supplement . |
| 5 | Many agree that for too many years we have been ‘ data rich ’ but not capable of computerising the knowledge and experience of highly skilled maintenance engineers . |
| 6 | The main criticism of the notation is that for more specific subjects it can be extremely long . |
| 7 | Our service to you , our customer , is paramount and it is our objective to ensure that through consistently high standards we meet and realise your needs . |
| 8 | However , on the second , more rigorist , view , her action would turn out to be wrong , should it be true that with even more effort she could have relieved still more suffering , or caused just a little more happiness ( without countervailing harm ) . |
| 9 | Aubrey seemed to think … and I can see that in so many ways it would be a far better match for you . |
| 10 | Peter Yeo felt a headache starting , and felt the familiar pressure just above the right eye worsen with the realization that in precisely five minutes he would be needed in a meeting . |
| 11 | And he added his hope that in about two years he would have a more straightforward kind of book ready , developing his published studies on Diogenes Laertius , and possibly also an edition of Aeschylus ' Libation Bearers ( on which he had been lecturing earlier in the year ) Without any direct reference to this last suggestions Ritschl , in his reply a few weeks later , implicitly endorsed it . |
| 12 | Any subject er three seems to suit , all odd numbers , funny enough , seem to better than o even numbers , I du n no why , but erm maybe I 've been told that by so many judges I begin to believe it . |
| 13 | and about how many words we want from each one . |
| 14 | And for nearly seven years she looked like an old woman of eighty . |
| 15 | And for about five minutes they rave about how flattered they are , a little bemused but clearly touched . |
| 16 | I was eating cakes in the morning before I went to school and for about two years I was dieting , trying one diet or another . |
| 17 | She met his gaze , and for fully thirty seconds they looked at each other in silence . |
| 18 | We produce alfalfa , rice , cattle , and with mainly Indian labour it is necessary to oversee everything . ’ |
| 19 | One day , a tenant went out to work and found a hole in his garden ; hours later it was even bigger , and within yet more hours it became a twenty-foot pit . |
| 20 | This is quite common on newly imported Angelfish and in nearly all cases it cures itself with medication . |
| 21 | The boys started up dumper trucks , a J C B and a caterpillar tractor at the site , and in just one hour they had caused nearly £50,000 worth of damage . |
| 22 | ‘ We were granted ownership of the building in March and in just three months we have been able to get it ready . ’ |
| 23 | And in rather chilly summers they eat less , so plants can get out of hand . |
| 24 | And in a jiffy you would be in the garden , and in another jiffy you would be through the front gate , and in yet another jiffy you would be exploring the marvellous Forest of Sin all by yourself . |
| 25 | And in yet another jiffy he was standing on the very edge of the great big dark Forest of Sin ! |
| 26 | The shield may not have proved quite so strong as they had expected , and in more recent times it has been supported by offensive weapons , such as inspections or investigations instigated by the Department of Trade and Industry . |
| 27 | Used occasionally and in very small quantities they work wonders for chicken and fish stocks and soups , pizza fillings and sauces made from insufficiently ripe tomatoes . |
| 28 | At the beginning of exercise strength is often good , and then it steadily declines with increasing effort and , in severe cases , patients are weak all the time ; they ca n't see properly ; they see double ; their eyelids droop ; they ca n't hold their heads up ; they ca n't chew ; they ca n't swallow ; their arms and legs are weak ; they ca n't peg out the clothes on the washing line ; they ca n't walk upstairs , and in really severe cases they ca n't even breathe — unless they 're supported on life support machines they would die . |
| 29 | They start behind men in certain ways because of the sort of training they are getting in school , in the home I mean , and in so many respects I think schools have to try and compensate for that . |
| 30 | Within a year , however , the latter had returned to Gaul , and in somewhat mysterious circumstances he became bishop of Clermont in 471 . |