Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [verb] [adv] [subord] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | So we went ahead as planned : Beryl , Cathy Carne — you 've met Cathy ? |
2 | So how do you just I mean rather than do it in your head , especially in an exam , just what you 're going to do , put the Add X to both sides say . |
3 | Not everything goes exactly as planned . |
4 | Good nothing wrong with that , nothing wrong at all , now I think rather than set you something new , it 's better to , try to get another bar . |
5 | ‘ Now we lease rather than buy on hire purchase so we can match the payments on equipment to its lifetime and its earnings . |
6 | Now it repels rather than beckons , and Hong Kong has destroyed another of the fine colonial buildings of the territory . |
7 | ‘ I should have thought that even you knew better than to leave the car hermetically sealed . |
8 | ‘ Look , why do n't you go ashore as planned ? |
9 | Rain was going to conceal her knowledge of his searches but Oliver bounced in with : ‘ Why did n't you ask rather than search Rain 's bag and car ? ’ |
10 | It was quite incredible to see the original fabric and how it changed completely when washed and steam pressed and how easy it was to use as a lovely flat piece of fabric . |
11 | Anywhere else this would be natural Conservative territory , the kind of constituency where they weigh rather than count the true blue votes , but the university changes all that . |
12 | However he knew better than to put the thought into words . |