Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [prep] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he got you into the coach by putting his toe in your backside , and he was only stopped from horsewhipping you by Mama 's gentle persuasion . |
| 2 | And 29-year-old Andre was only stopped from killing himself in grief at the loss of his beloved Rachel for the sake of his son . |
| 3 | Christine made a grab for his gun as it spun away , but only succeeded in pushing it into a console , where its trigger caught on the comer . |
| 4 | He had been on the fringes of politics in the nineteen-hundreds , he had sought erm to get adopted as a parliamentary candidate , he had erm taken part in the movement for female emancipation , erm on one occasion the police were only prevailed upon to save him from being mobbed by an angry crowd by being told that he was the brother of an Earl erm But it was with the First World War that his practical activities really began . |
| 5 | I 've basically got ta pay someone to be be the bouncer for the day or for the evening . |
| 6 | But he was apparently talked into selling it by a mystery man for just one pound . |
| 7 | If he was merely bent on amusing himself with his prisoner , did it matter who heard ? |
| 8 | It is all geared to forcing us into zero sum games . |
| 9 | The open aspect of the village , positioned to enjoy day-long sunshine and spared the dominance of high mountains , suggests a calm and friendly environment , especially appreciated upon reaching it after travelling through the exciting scenery of the Highlands . |
| 10 | Your understanding and ability to recall historical ideas and events will be better assisted by reformulating them into your own vocabulary and style . |
| 11 | He was only restrained from burning it to the ground by Harcourt , who urged him to ‘ be a little less impetuous and content yourself with what you have done ’ . |
| 12 | When Geoffrey of Brittany was buried it was said that Philip had been forcibly prevented from throwing himself into the grave to join his friend . |
| 13 | Therefore we are not justified in using it for a quality of material things . |
| 14 | That twist is not limited to lumbering us with a sinful nature . |
| 15 | So when it becomes clear that a criminal case is not proceeding as anticipated — a trial is not scuppered by lobbing something into the ring — there are discreet discussions between learned friends in chambers , many exchanges of the phrase ‘ I 'm much obliged ’ and finally the jury is summoned back . |
| 16 | At this point , the trustees decided that the future of the church would be best secured by vesting it in the Redundant Churches Fund . |
| 17 | just got ta put something in that in the coursework and the exams that sort of gets you over the forty percent barrier and in psychology it 's not that difficult to sort of waffle your way up to forty percent erm without wishing ma to make it sound too easy erm |
| 18 | The public interest is better served by encouraging newspapers to publish unorthodox points of view in letters columns — an objective which is not helped by depriving them of a " fair comment " defence when they publish letters with which they do not agree . |
| 19 | This view can be best understood by approaching it from a ( very slight ) knowledge of the probability calculus . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm just exhausted after dragging myself around hotels all afternoon . ’ |
| 21 | Relating these principles to Figures 11.1 and 11.2 , it will be seen that they comprise , despite the problems already encountered in describing them on an ad hoc basis , only a small number of variants . |
| 22 | In 1918 Sanders thought he had a chance to become Chief Secretary for Ireland , but was soon reduced to considering himself as a possible Speaker ; in 1921 he was passed over for Chief Whip because it did not suit the coalition to have such a partisan in so sensitive a post . |
| 23 | Plastic gutters are easily fixed by clipping them into brackets screwed to the fascia board . |
| 24 | On the well-known principle that new dog and cat foods are best tested by feeding them to , respectively , dogs and cats , the vintage crop of 1982 books on astronomy was therefore fed to members of the Astronomy Department of Glasgow University experienced in both teaching the subject and researching in it . |
| 25 | It became Minton 's second home , to such an extent that on one occasion when he walked into the Caves de France , a long , dark , rather Spartan bar which had a club licence and stayed open during the afternoons , he confronted a crowd of around fifteen of his friends , a throng he himself had largely created through introducing one to another . |
| 26 | Light and portable products both chemical and equipment are best controlled by assembling them into ‘ kits ’ , ready for use in an improvised or specially provided container . |
| 27 | Apart from the invaluable experience thus acquired of conducting oneself at interviews , I was able to walk over grounds and sporting venues and to compare the standards with my own at home . |
| 28 | Davide was still committed to preferring it to the alternatives , the vendettas , the feuds , the bloody score -these ways were for barbarians , for people like Sicilians , or Neapolitans , people whose own blood was all mixed up with Spaniards ' . |
| 29 | Wimpol remains totally committed to supporting you in the development of your career and , through suitable training , to ensuring that you play a full part in the company 's continued growth . |
| 30 | She had an arm permanently bruised from protecting herself from beatings . |