Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] [pron] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We do rather think of ourselves in this area as ‘ Medaus out in the sticks ’ , being a long way from the hub , so to speak . |
| 2 | In the event of any Related company ceasing to be so related then ( unless the requisite rights are duly assigned to it by such Party by agreement ) each Party undertakes on request to grant to it continuing rights of a similar nature on fair and reasonable terms . |
| 3 | She probably managed to make him pay her a little more before she agreed to do what he wanted — and altogether earned for herself in one evening more than she does in several days of being a parlourmaid . |
| 4 | No , it 's only a te , well I mean you can only stay on it for ten months a year . |
| 5 | Before this single , the rather distanced American rock press failed to probe deeply into the phenomenon of The Smiths and had constantly referred to them as some kind of wacko gay outfit , English eccentrics playing lightweight rock . |
| 6 | Rachel could only glare at him in silent hatred , not trusting herself to speak . |
| 7 | Someone — teacher , examiner , ‘ assessor ’ — observes the student at work , or perhaps interacts with him/her in some way , or more commonly analyses products of the student 's work . |
| 8 | She felt humiliated — and because she 'd been so attracted to you during that first meeting , it was hard for her to realise the attraction must have been all on her side . |
| 9 | I think his pleasure was merely to talk about it in that calm way to a completely ignorant young girl . |
| 10 | The charters S 951 and 953 are gifts in Cornwall purportedly made by him in 1018 , although neither is of certain authenticity , and this was seemingly also the date of his lost foundation charter for Buckfast Abbey in Devon . |
| 11 | I think w w what I 'd urge the panel to consider is is perhaps looking at it from that perspective , to encourage the County Council to review the phasing provision of policy H one erm in terms of er how the the committed land is going to be released for development . |
| 12 | He had only to look at her for all her firmly made resolutions to begin to melt away . |
| 13 | I personally look on myself as one of the most sexless monsters ever . |
| 14 | What she did n't like , and what very seriously worried her , was the way , after long moments of giving her a cold-eyed stare , Naylor Massingham should suddenly look at her with such a degree of pleasantness that she just knew she was n't going to like what was going through his brain . |
| 15 | It probably sums up the case and we can discuss it and perhaps add to it at that time . |
| 16 | It says nearly a third of women think their cars are dirty compared with one in five men . |
| 17 | She 's only limping on it at certain times cos she came rushing into my bedroom last night and you were n't limping then ! |
| 18 | But the others could only stare at him in speechless amazement . |
| 19 | Yeah but Arthur she only takes after you for that . |
| 20 | Its hard to see that there will be much demand for it at that price , but AT&T Co has introduced a phone called Picasso Still Image Phone , which enables people that both have one to transmit television-quality colour still images over standard phone lines while still talking to each other — but it costs a cool $3,300 for one ; Picassos will be installed at 39 Marriott convention hotels under an agreement with Washington , DC-based Marriott Corp and AT&T is looking into co-operating on image technology with Eastman Kodak Co — the phone , designed mainly for advertising , design and photography agencies , will work with the Kodak 's Photo CD system . |
| 21 | A layer of ferns or mosses for a bed , a bundle of sweet herbs for a pillow , and as much as it would still contain after the body had been gently laid in it of any aromatic or flowering plant for a coverlet ’ . |
| 22 | Although the subject was something not discussed , almost everyone in the road had at one time or another been confided in and had helped Mrs Browning as far as they could , although she seemed to feel she should not worry any particular neighbour too much so went from one to another , as it were in turn . |
| 23 | erm stage perhaps go for something like that for another couple of years and then yes , I mean when they 're getting a bit bigger and they |
| 24 | Another man had been at the table for some time but Beales only looked at him at this point , curious to know who MacQuillan was with . |
| 25 | David remained close for a brief moment , perhaps hoping that she would retract her words , but Beth only looked at him in that certain proud manner which told him she would not change her mind . |
| 26 | Buddie suddenly reached behind him with one hand , grabbed Frankie by the sleeve and yanked him from his seat at the table . |
| 27 | You have a dialogue box to go through in order to amend the entry , and you can only get to it by double clicking on the item 's stock code . |
| 28 | with the formula , so think about it for two . |
| 29 | That is , previous readers would have grasped the play in Freeman 's terms , in so far as they validly comprehended it , but they would not have been aware of so doing , meantime foolishly talking of it in irrelevant , non-explanatory , " folk " ways . |
| 30 | She said , ‘ You obviously think of yourself as one of the world 's great lovers . |