Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [verb] a [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the only occasion when I personally remember seeing a wicketkeeper coming on to bowl and it may be the earliest such occasion in a first-class game . |
| 2 | She only had to shake a hand to increase the revenue and bring more publicity to the organization than any amount of money could buy . |
| 3 | He was also jaundiced and so had to wear a hood to protect his eyes and lie naked under a constant bright light . |
| 4 | Why had he been so determined to create a second see of archiepiscopal rank in the southern province in the first place ? |
| 5 | I only have to take a moment to get my eyes strong and then I can push it out , this strongness , at anything at all so long as I am staring at it hard enough … |
| 6 | But if you do not want to add a ceiling covering , simply paint the surface with white , or very pale emulsion to reflect as much light as possible . |
| 7 | As a customer , reading the label will help you decide whether to buy a product — that is , whether it suits your needs ( for example , someone on a diet might not want to buy a product containing a lot of sugar ) . |
| 8 | You do not need to see a lawyer to complete the form , but advice on any aspect of your LIVING WILL can be obtained from The Terrence Higgins Trust Advice Centre and Legal Line or the Immunity Legal Centre . |
| 9 | The purchase of this equipment also ensured that we did not need to convert a room to provide a separate Archive Library in future building development . |
| 10 | It was learnt yesterday county councillors have already considered ending a schools cleaning contract awarded to a private firm hired to look after Middlesbrough schools after the it notched up 22 default notices between last August and May 1 . |
| 11 | In passing through Inverness , do not grudge to halt a night to visit the islands : if the night is moonlit , revisit the scene , and see it under the mellow beams . |
| 12 | Most City analysts do not expect to see a dividend paid before 1992 and the less optimistic believe Lowndes will have to refinance itself again next year . |
| 13 | Spanish fishermen continually faced fines for fishing in Moroccan waters under an agreement signed between Morocco and the EC in February 1988 [ see p. 35855 ] , and the European Commission finally agreed to convene a meeting to review the agreement of the mixed committee originally given the responsibility of supervising the agreement . |
| 14 | No , I mean they 're they 're not going to take a truck running over them . |
| 15 | It was , though , and you 're going to have to learn to live with that fact , because you 're certainly not going to get a chance to put it right ! ’ |
| 16 | The story is thus used to teach a child to respond like the wise old tortoise when the cue word ‘ turtle ’ is given . |
| 17 | I 'm just going to grab a bit to eat , because Alan 's still filling out the induction reports , but do n't leave yet until you 've got your induction report , please . |
| 18 | It is nevertheless beginning to demonstrate a willingness to fight its corner should things get tough either after the election or at the periodic review of price limits in three years time . |
| 19 | Joe was in good form , though the time for his retirement was drawing near , and he was already beginning to feel a bit lost and abandoned by people who once fawned on him . |
| 20 | The thundering in her heart had grown so enormous that she would not have heard a thing had there been an earthquake . |
| 21 | To achieve it he had to work on individuals , exploiting relationships which were not open , public ones : he could not have called a meeting to appeal to everyone 's obligations as a relative by descent and by marriage , as if these were of the same kind as those of a citizen , an Arab or a Muslim . |
| 22 | ‘ Held with the intention ’ has come to mean brought into being with the intention , on the part of anyone , and subsequently held , by him or by anyone else' ; and if that is what the draftsman intended or was instructed to express , the conclusion is irresistible that he did so with a degree of competence that would not have disgraced a chimpanzee learning the piano . |
| 23 | She might not have had a daughter to sing them with but she could enjoy their soulfullness on her own . |
| 24 | As far as the second witness was concerned , the appeal court had reached the view that his new evidence would not have had a material bearing on the jury 's assessment of Leighton 's credibility . |
| 25 | I 'm not giving Garry a chance to skip off again . ’ |
| 26 | Even the Japanese do not try to make a profit selling Rolls-Royce equivalents at 15,000 . |
| 27 | He could easily have got a foot stuck and he would have drowned . |
| 28 | ‘ Her shoulders are not dipped suggesting a refusal to adopt a submissive role , ’ says psychologist Dr Peter Trower . |
| 29 | That we 're not fighting to save a hospital to go Trust . |
| 30 | This hypothesis does not seem to have a lot going for it because , at the time Matthew — or whoever — was writing , there would still have been a few people around who could say something like I do n't remember any star ! ' ) |