Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] [subord] " in BNC.
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1 | But perhaps I give that impression because I have strong views on certain subjects and because I do n't go in for the social whirl , for fast cars and fast women . ’ |
2 | I feel too tired to sleep so I play some Despot when I get home but my heart 's not in it and the Empire is still in a tattered-looking state after all the earlier disasters and I 'm almost wondering if I should start again but that would mean going back to the fucking dawn of civilisation and the temptation in Despot is always to swap PoV , which people who do n't know the game always think sounds sort of innocent , like some detail , but it is n't : you 're not just swapping point of View , you 're swapping your current Despotic power Level for something less , even if it 's a regional lord or other king or a general or royal relation close to the throne , and it is not to be done lightly because as soon as you renounce the current Despot 's PoV the computer takes over and it 's a smart fucking piece of software . |
3 | I mean what about apparently we eat more chocolate than any other country . |
4 | The reasons for this are complex , but basically the more efficient one is as a reader , the less one reads individual words as separate bits , or pays attention to their structure . |
5 | So we sought wiser men than ourselves who have trodden the same path he proposes to take . |
6 | So we have such facilities as cursors , and Ansi declarative referential integrity . |
7 | She left when she got adopted as Conservative candidate for Newbury , so he is not without erm competent female advice , and some would say perhaps they have more power than the having a woman colleague in the cabinet . |
8 | Obviously they undergo considerable trauma when the disease is diagnosed and they are admitted to hospital . |
9 | Obviously they undergo considerable trauma when the disease is diagnosed and they are admitted to hospital . |
10 | Frustratingly , however , the IPG was unable to view these publications in advance and so it had little idea as to how useful they would be . |
11 | Meanwhile I regard positive language as akin to positive discrimination : it is a stopgap measure , a necessary stage on the long historic journey toward liberation and justice . |
12 | Such women ( I include myself ) are probably a majority in the movement ( it was the sort of feeling that brought us into it in the first place , and anyway we have more time than mothers ) but not among women as a whole , most of whom appear to want to spend at least part of their lives having and raising children . |
13 | The judge did not , in terms , say whether or not he regarded this evidence as establishing undue influence as it is normally understood . |
14 | Then , unexpectedly , he invited Brian and me to stay in Northumberland where he had taken a grouse moor for the summer ; thereafter we went each year until he died , first to Otterburn and then to Wark . |
15 | The hospitals of excellence , as some people have put them , the major teaching hospitals , all in London , nationally they import that expertise once people have done their training . |
16 | a while later you have two drives where previously there was one , and twice the disk space . |
17 | And through her love also she shows great respect because the people that she 's dealing with are considered in Indian society to be the dregs of humanity . |
18 | Traditionally we see stodgy things as real food and the salad bar as an unattractive alternative for those who are n't seriously hungry . |
19 | Now I 've more orders than I can handle . |
20 | So now you have three weapons when standing face to face with someone who wants to hurt you : physical power , surprise and deception . |
21 | ‘ O.K. You watch this guy while I make the call . ’ |
22 | Now we have two openings for economist/statisticians to join a small dedicated team . |
23 | Typically they regard such questions as untestable and , since unanswerable , not worth asking . |
24 | Now he had one peculiarity when he was a-ploughin' : he had to have his pipe going before he could start . |
25 | Presumably they acquire this knowledge when the tide is high and they can swim from one basin to another , and they are able to translate that information into a mental picture of their entire territory . |
26 | ‘ Why did n't someone shoot that bastard when we were in Normandy ? ’ remarked the occupant of the bunk below me . |
27 | Well I know one person as 'll eat it . |
28 | Why should n't I pose that way if it pleases him ? ’ |
29 | Surely she had more pride than that ? |
30 | ‘ Do n't you want any supper before you turn in ? ’ |