Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [pron] [adj] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd already found out much more about Puddephat than she 'd hoped — she 'd even got a promising suspect in the shape of Theo Sykes — and there was no point in banging on about her non-existent book outline . |
| 2 | WALLPAPER king George Carpenter knows this column covers everything : he 's been on about his latest water polo exploits . |
| 3 | He 's got nothing better to do than keep nagging on about our new garden fence . |
| 4 | Some participants on EA have requested that they carry on after their 12 months course finishes , only to be told they ca n't as that might be using this to avoid looking for full time employment . |
| 5 | If your agency is large enough for your personal account executive to be below the level of director of the company , he or she will probably be reporting to a management supervisor ( or some such title ) who will be a board director . |
| 6 | In the early mornings the heat came in through her open bedroom window and when , later , she went out to take the air , there was no air , only a dense , clinging humidity . |
| 7 | Thank you so much for your generous Christmas present — as I explained on the phone , John bought , the day of its publication party , a book compiled by one of his colleagues . |
| 8 | YOUR generous coverage of Neil Kinnock and Co 's shindig in York ( Echo January 13 ) was remarkable not only for its front page spread of crusader Kinnock ( a sad caricature of the Express 's Lord Beaverbrook ) , its 100 column inches of fact evasion and 2,000 words of distraction from political reality . |
| 9 | Neighbourhood police are supposed to spend as much time as possible per shift walking their beat , even taking tea-breaks at some appropriate place on the round , returning to the station only for their main meal break and when a criminal , such as a shoplifter , is apprehended , although this is rare . |
| 10 | AVAILABLE FROM PROFESSIONAL SALONS ONLY FOR YOUR NEAREST STOCKIST PHONE : |
| 11 | ‘ Racing is almost a taboo subject if we 're having a barbecue or something , ’ explains Webster who managed to share a pit with Michel all through their 1990 title battle . |
| 12 | TOM Courtenay fidgets in the chair , runs his fingers through hair grown long for his new stage role and chooses his words carefully before answering any question . |
| 13 | So whatever their perception here , other nations have absorbed the message not only about their better fuel economy , but also their low gaseous emissions . |
| 14 | The final moments in the life of 79th Fighter Squadron — with the last ribbon added to the squadron 's battle streamer — symbolising all the battles it 's fought in during its 75 years service . |
| 15 | No that 's that 's off the the P N C it I mean it 's obviously through his local police station but it 's off the the the national computer . |
| 16 | If you 'd like more information about Oxfam 's anniversary activities you can write in for their special action pack . |
| 17 | Brian Rose was brought in for his first home Test and promised he would attack the bowling ; he was as good as his word and made 70 , but 33 from Gatting was the only other contribution as the last seven wickets went for 24 in fifty-two minutes . |
| 18 | Use a semi-permanent colour to disguise grey roots in between your permanent tint sessions . |
| 19 | And in between his magnificent platform orations , Mr Kinnock has started to appear cocky . |
| 20 | Obviously there will always be ads called in after our final press deadline , and those will have to wait until the following issue . |
| 21 | This may be one reason why fertility recovered somewhat after its initial wartime decline , to reach a peak in 1944 ( 781,478 births ) , unmatched since 1923 , only to fall again in late 1944 and 1945 as mass armies were once again able to operate overseas ( see Registrar-General 1954 ) . |
| 22 | This will be a new experience for Mr Major , the last and hardest of his political initiation rites . |
| 23 | Regardless of their peculiar labour law status , they too have a high degree of de facto employment security [ see Chapter 6 ] . |
| 24 | It has become a ‘ social poison ’ like PCBs or asbestos , regardless of its real health effects . ’ |
| 25 | Anyone , regardless of his present reading skills , can use this simple technique to improve his reading ability to a remarkable degree . |
| 26 | After switching on the light he sat down behind his solid oak desk … made , on his orders , from Bittsevsky oak … , opened his leather-bound diary and scanned the day 's agenda . |
| 27 | When he left school , he forgot entirely about the whole business , forgot about it for a couple of decades , forgot until this thin , tired fellow , looking so very much like his old school chaplain , came and hovered in the drive , the epitome , it seemed to Patrick , of the doubting kind of modern Anglican clergyman . |
| 28 | Fen seemed to know a great deal about the area , and as they ate their sandwiches , served with a generous helping of salad , he talked continuously , so unlike his normal taciturn self that Robbie suspected he was steering clear of more personal and controversial topics . |
| 29 | You would need to ensure that each amp dealt only with its allotted frequency range and so the signal would be split using a crossover , or filter . |
| 30 | Armed only with his trusty sidekick Pat ( guitar and piano ) , his show combines cabaret and theatre and a resonant , affecting voice in a set of mostly self-penned songs . |