Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [coord] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had to be told which character was Chaplin ; he was so old and looked nothing like the silent comic I knew so well . |
| 2 | OLIVER rolled his eyes back , lit a cigarette and said that the very phrase common sense was a contradiction in terms , and if Man — at which point he pretended to be extremely embarrassed and correct himself to Man-or-Woman — if Man-or-Woman had relied upon common sense over the previous millennia we 'd all still be living in mud huts and eating frightful food and listening to Del Shannon records . |
| 3 | But one can not help thinking that a far greater contribution to the preservation of the World 's rain forests would be made if companies could be persuaded to make their annual brochures less glossy and to print them on re-cycled paper . |
| 4 | They are not necessarily extravagant but devote themselves to appearance as to a very demanding goddess whose exigencies may account for that well-kempt , bad tempered look most of them adopt . |
| 5 | What I liked about it was that though it was biting sarcasm , the way he spoke it gave you the impression not of a man who was bitter in any way , but of a man who pitied the members of the government for being so rotten and pitied us for being governed by such scum . |
| 6 | He silenced her with more kisses as he tried to remind himself that this young girl was not only innocent but trusted herself to his care ; that her father trusted him , and however uninhibited she might now appear to be , he must not abuse that faith . |
| 7 | Mum had been so kind and prepared lots of meals for us all so there was n't much in the kitchen to be done at the time . |
| 8 | He would time it just right and throw himself in front of the branch line train , he knew the train did n't go very fast but it would do … |
| 9 | She was utterly incredulous and said something like : ‘ The King dead ? |
| 10 | It was still unthinkable to see him without his sketchbook and pencil , but of the hundreds and hundreds of drawings he made , he gave away many or sold them for a few francs . |
| 11 | My next move was to persuade Miss Hildegard Fritz-Denneville to be finally independent and join her in partnership as an art dealer , starting a new career . |
| 12 | So they kill or look for carcasses already available and search them for beetles , spiders , maggots and the like , turning the bodies over from time to time to aid their search . |
| 13 | It 's about time we realize they 're not useless and done something about them because there are people that are listening to them and there 's people that are voting for them and while people do that , Tylers will get a foothold because they 've already got quite a big one , they 're a big multi-national company and know what they 're doing . |
| 14 | Angler 's Mail and Bob recognise that the criticisms were not fair and withdraw them with apologies to the Wyre Boat Angling Club . |
| 15 | Pilger then got even more upset and accused him of wanting to produce the Daily Star . |
| 16 | Like that and set it on Q. |
| 17 | A period of sharing your home is sometimes healthy , because it teaches you to be more adaptable and stops you from becoming too set in your ways . |
| 18 | When the firemen finally arrived I pointed at the sacrificial pyre still burning and burbled something about my priceless slide-collection . |
| 19 | I 'm trying to make it more beautiful and transform it into the language of clothes . |
| 20 | His blindness was more spiritual and endeared him to her . |
| 21 | In some ways I was more reckless and exposed myself to danger because I felt we had to come out and prove that the Government was responsible for the deaths of all the students . |
| 22 | Horsley passed the test and went off to see Thornton , who was still simmering and had nothing but dire warnings for him . |
| 23 | ‘ I hope John will work exceptionally hard and get himself on the bench for the QPR game . |
| 24 | I 'll cut him up small and fry him for the kids ' breakfast . |
| 25 | But the swimming both pleased and excited him with its demands . |
| 26 | Jotan picked up one and ignited it across a striker embedded in the stonework . |
| 27 | Keep the forceps used for handling grids scrupulously clean and wipe them after each step by punching the tips through No.1 Whatman filter paper , or bibulous paper . |
| 28 | She felt a warm rush of gratitude for his sensitivity as he kissed and played with her in a teasing , light-hearted way which both excited and disarmed her at first . |
| 29 | The night before , Cati had fallen asleep sitting with her mother and Rosa on the balcony in the cool of the evening ; when her mother had given her a gentle push to rouse her ; she found her slightly feverish and put her to bed . |
| 30 | Further questions on unemployment ‘ people do n't want training they want jobs ’ , homelessness and the NHS left Mr Major a little wobbly but provided him with the best and closing line of the night . |