Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pos pn] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If whatever happened to Summerchild that year had n't happened — if he had n't been found lying with the garbage in Spring Gardens — if Millie had n't stopped playing in the orchestra — if I 'd gone on seeing her week by week — grown up with her — become easy with her — married her — then Timmy would still have a mother at home . |
| 2 | ‘ Rents should be related to the capital value of the property , thereby reflecting its popularity in market terms ’ . |
| 3 | Finally it was abandoned in a back street in Kingsbury , and the four students thankfully made their way on foot to Wembley Tube Station . |
| 4 | None the less , the changes in ‘ Bantu education ’ have not fundamentally altered its status as education for inferiority and subservience . |
| 5 | As she joined him , rather shyly accepting his glance of approval at her slim body in its white bikini , the wind stirred his hair , blowing it out of its rigidly swept-back style . |
| 6 | In 1931 , Horton visited Denmark to look more closely at the Folk Schools and their relationships with the trade unions , farmers ' co-operatives , and other cultural and social movements , and though he was in part disappointed by the fact that the Folk Schools had moved away from their original aims and methods , he was able to speak to many people who were involved in this movement and added another dimension to the idea which was eventually to find its expression in Highlander . |
| 7 | In 1861 the benighted Admiral Putiatin , Minister of Education , not only supported the idea of transferring censorship to the Ministry of Internal Affairs but also proposed the approach to the press that eventually found its way into law . |
| 8 | However , he had slowly modified his lack of jealousy into trust . |
| 9 | They punished Western support for the Israeli side with a massive price hike , and effectively maintained their control over world prices for almost a decade . |
| 10 | Molly had secretly enjoyed her initiation to sex on the night of Yanto 's near drowning , but then she had had to curtail her natural emotions for fear of waking her Father . |
| 11 | Guido sat back a little , mercifully obscuring his eyelashes in shadow . |
| 12 | She stood , arms extended but bent , and slowly moved her head from side to side . |
| 13 | The most amusing commentary on the limitations which are inherent in this type of research , however , is perhaps that enshrined in the Indonesian concept of a ‘ statistical Muslim ’ ( or Islam statistique ) , a person who , while not actively practising the faith , so records his identity for census and other purposes . |
| 14 | Greek or Trojan ancestors were quite enough to support their claims to power . |
| 15 | If , however , a married man had children young enough to keep his wife at home , then during the high-price years he could not have earned enough to support his family without supplementation . |
| 16 | To explain my curiosity I should perhaps explain my definition of excellence . |
| 17 | For Jenkins , who ousted Stephens last season only to lose his job through suspension and injury this winter , it will be a return to the big time after only one game in the past month . |
| 18 | I 'd better answer your questions in case you 're tempted to make up the answers . ’ |
| 19 | Usually panel members of this sort are paid a certain sum of money for their trouble , but not enough to affect their standard of living and relevant purchases . |
| 20 | Also , I had the impression that Victor Frankenstein was purely an invented character ; however , recent events have somewhat shaken my preconceptions of probability ! |
| 21 | Frank made an intricate gesture , which , although of alien origin , never the less conveyed its meaning with crystal clarity . |
| 22 | Suzie looked from one to the other , obviously enjoying her moment of glory . |
| 23 | Karenin was a direct result of that society and even before she left him she knew there was no way out because she was n't strong enough to sacrifice her position in society . |
| 24 | By mid-June , two things had crucially altered his prospects of victory : first , at Châlons , Judith arrived with men from Aquitaine ; second , Louis the German and a small but experienced force met up with Charles near Auxerre . |
| 25 | Could we be sure in those circumstances that the American president and Congress would be prepared to risk the wholesale destruction of American cities merely to meet our point of view ? |
| 26 | Perhaps I 'd better introduce my sort of position here . |
| 27 | As an American I can only hang my head in shame over the Bill Clinton sex scandal . |
| 28 | But the strangeness of the tropics and the sophistication of the almost-forgotten culture from which she had sprung had greatly exaggerated her sense of release from the frustrations of the past . |
| 29 | My present feeling is that any one who can not feel the beauty of their melody had better confine his criticism to prose and leave the discussion of verse to those who understand something about it … . |
| 30 | I only used my cape at home . |