Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [verb] [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I 'd only intended to fix myself a light snack and get an early night .
2 Almost a hundred years later , following his visit to Kidderminster , George Whitfield told a friend , ‘ I was greatly refreshed to find what a sweet savour of good Mr. Baxter 's doctrine , works and discipline remain to this day ’ .
3 A Separate staffs , households , budgets and agendas are what the princess has long wanted to make her a royal in her own right .
4 Austen Chamberlain had been trained to be a conventional statesman ; Rugby , Cambridge and a determination to live down his father 's reputation had all combined to make him the most conformist of politicians .
5 Fortunately there was enough left to make it a good movie .
6 ‘ A bit old , though , ’ Wayne ventured again , and Pete slowly turned to give him a stony look .
7 The Good Retirement Guide is not designed to offer you a ready-made philosophy or a few rose-tinted blueprints on the theme ‘ Life Begins in Middle Age ’ .
8 He has just offered to give me a good rogering .
9 You 've just got to keep him a wee bit down .
10 The prosecutor is not required to prove who the particular victim of the defendant 's violence actually was .
11 BCG 's adjuvant qualities , heat stability and resistance to maternal antibodies , coupled with the economic and safety factors already mentioned make it a strong candidate for being the vehicle for a recombinant vaccine .
12 Pye eventually agreed to lease me a small factory in Watford , in which I set up my new company .
13 Your COSMOS FUNBREAK holiday is carefully planned to give you the maximum time spent at the EURO DISNEYLAND Theme Park , whilst your travel and accommodation arrangements have been sensibly selected to combine comfort and convenience at truly low prices .
14 Turning south overhead Dunster Castle we climbed through the cloud which had now formed giving us a restful trip home VMC on top .
15 The splendid-looking scorpion fish can be found around coral reefs , but you are well advised to give them a wide berth as their venom can be fatal .
16 Your plants will need time to become really well established to give them a better chance of surviving a harsh winter .
17 His highest weighted opponent was the 1929 Preakness winner Dr Freeland with eight stone eight pounds , but the horse most fancied to give him a true test in his first race outside Australia was Spanish Play , who had won the New Orleans Handicap eight days before .
18 Visitors to Buckingham are hard pressed to guess what the gothic style building in the town 's centre once was .
19 I am again told to give it a good , hard look .
20 The message went to the largest meeting yet held to discuss what the political parties have to offer research .
21 Even a turn of phrase could affect her , however worn and faded in its application , and one of her mother 's favourite sayings " What ca n't be cured must be endured , " never failed to give her a certain thrill , partly because of the grim inevitability of the rhyme , and partly because it almost managed to lend a little spare dignity to her mother 's stoic outlook .
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