Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | It was a new Fender Strat , bought from a shop on Shaftsbury Avenue in February ‘ 62 , and yes , I wish I still had it , but only to sell it for the large sums they fetch now ! |
| 32 | I made it a condition that I 'd only do it with an American choreographer , and my assistant is American , too . ’ |
| 33 | I discovered he was teething — the sucking made his gums sore so he could only do it for a short time . |
| 34 | ‘ The money we 'll get for the house , if we 're lucky enough to sell it at a good price , will just about pay the bills . ’ |
| 35 | One may wish to study the statistics of word usage or word order with a view to understanding a text better , to catch nuances of meaning and perhaps to render them into a different language . |
| 36 | Erm but they er have only done it on a localized basis . |
| 37 | Philby claimed he thoughtfully put them on the right track to divert suspicion from himself . |
| 38 | So how we 're going to actually interpret that and er act on that here in Manchester and we set out our against er er to achieve that on the simple basis of quality and you 've heard enough about quality over the last two years to not be too surprised that that 's what we 've said was going to give us the cutting edge and perhaps put us in the leading position here in Manchester . |
| 39 | I knew that I must live , must embody , this way-of-seeing — not merely hold it as an interesting idea . |
| 40 | So marvelous was the migrating instinct of birds that he could only ascribe it to the superior intelligence of their Creator . |
| 41 | In the situations where the actor does not desire the result , but merely sees it as a foreseeable outcome of his conduct , the House of Lords has said that there is merely evidence from which the tribunal of fact can infer that he intends . |
| 42 | Whilst your forthcoming weekend will naturally provide you with the ideal opportunity to discover at first hand the delights of owning your own Highland retreat , I can assure you there is absolutely no commitment . |
| 43 | Not only did she need Vitor 's goodwill now , but she could need it some time in the future ; so turning him into an outright no-holds-barred enemy was shortsighted … and potentially dangerous . |
| 44 | These are no longer needed and are best killed to prevent them from spreading to the food cupboard , so drop them into the methylated spirits jar . |
| 45 | Erm Lisa is that I 'm not quite sure , from the York University student rooms , is in to help us with the big box pile up . |
| 46 | Our clothes , living space and total environment all separated us from the outer world . |
| 47 | This view of what we infer from reading ( 9 ) will only provide us with a limited insight into how readers interpret what they read . |
| 48 | The problem that exists is that factions of governors who are members of the European Central Bank and who disagree with its policies may join together to frustrate them at the national level . |
| 49 | Although a managing director will usually be an employee the courts sensibly view him in a different light from that of a manual worker . |
| 50 | I used to watch him sleep , wondering what bloody crimes lay in his past , and knowing that I alone protected him from a horrible death . |
| 51 | Mere faith in an idea can only sustain it for a limited time especially when others are required to act upon that faith . |
| 52 | Barry Humphries ' cartoon hero Barry McKenzie made cracks about Château Chunder , the star wine from down under , fondly describing it as a great emetic . |
| 53 | Nevertheless it is by no means certain that the use of such predicates necessarily commits us to an anti-monist stance . |
| 54 | So tell them about the new-look BROWNIE . |
| 55 | Innocent of intrigue , Meredith suddenly discovered it in the dark depths of Lucenzo Salviati 's eyes . |
| 56 | But that line is a difficult one to draw , and some traders or lenders may inadvertently draw it in the wrong place . |
| 57 | Margaret Taylor of the Dumfries Group addressed the haggis before fiercely slitting it with a huge kitchen knife . |
| 58 | just enough to leave me with a strange sense |
| 59 | There is still a feeling , and rightly so , that every firm owes some responsibility to its members and their dependants in this respect and that it is not enough to leave it to the individual partner to make his own arrangements . |
| 60 | He had released her from his embrace , his hands merely holding her by the upper arms , and she sagged against him , trembling too violently to stand unaided , her knees buckling . |