Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [verb] [prep] [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bisecting Oxford and Bicester is the M40 , due to be completed in Spring 1991 , and though only about thirteen miles away Bicester has obviously evolved into its own entity . |
| 2 | Anyway , he has not spoken to me all day . ’ |
| 3 | Martyn referred to Miller 's use of works by those better versed in scientific aspects of gardening , to whom due acknowledgment is given , and concluded with an appreciation of the author 's own industry : ‘ As to the practical part , he has given t is hardly anything but from his own knowledge and of the great number of plants mentioned in his book there are scarce any which he has not cultivated with his own hands . ’ |
| 4 | Mr Mandela , thus , has already begun on his own the negotiating process that Mr de Klerk 's government claims to seek with black leaders . |
| 5 | A child who has always looked after his own asthma is less likely to rebel later and discard inhalers or start smoking . |
| 6 | The health and safety department now known as the health and safety and environment department , is envied by other unions , and has clearly responded to its own review . |
| 7 | Quite different from any other Spitfire pilot 's story , this ex-41 Sqn pilot has written a racey and humorous account of his 1940–45 experiences — which has also illustrated with his own skilfully drawn cartoons . |
| 8 | It was crude and probably impracticable , but it embodied an idea that has now come into its own in the age of the silicon chip . |
| 9 | But no news is good news , and Mr Clarke has been drawing some comfort from the fact that he has n't heard from his own local family doctor . |
| 10 | The shortage of Pentiums is so bad the industry has reportedly taken to what some people call ‘ tea-bagging , ’ moving their precious chip supply from system to system to prove to customers their box works , then quickly back to the treasure vault . |
| 11 | Pope also confirmed that Miller was widely read in high circles because when staying in Bath in 1743 , he wrote to the Earl of Marchmont about a meeting there with Lord Chesterfield who had told him that ‘ your Lordship is got a-head of all the Gardening Lords and that you have distanc 'd Lord Burlington and Lord Cobham in the true scientific parts , but he is studying before you and has here lying before him those Thesarurus 's from which he affirms you draw all knowledge , Miller 's Dictionaries . ’ |
| 12 | Iago only ever talks about destroying Othello and Desdemona , has even forgotten about his own career , and Othello takes over his obsessions . |
| 13 | If Rainbow seems high as a kite , half-delirious , with racing pulse and her heartbeat dancing the hora , it is only because the delicious hand of Riva now lies firmly clasped within her own . |
| 14 | She wants ter look after 'er own . ’ |
| 15 | But where such differences occur , our aim must always be to discover , by the most careful and rigorous study of which we are capable , what the relevant passages really mean , whether this turns out to agree with our own previous ideas or not . |
| 16 | He thinks it 's ‘ nice ’ that people credit him with changing British photography , with breaking down the class barriers , with producing memorable images , but he also seems slightly amused by it all . |
| 17 | The company reserves the right to veto or restrict the provision of additional facilities such as juke-boxes , fruit machines , pool tables , etc. , but does not specify from whom these must be hired or demand a proportion of the takings ( this attitude is in contrast to most of the national brewery companies and does something to explain why Palatine are regarded as good employers/landlords by their licensees ) . |
| 18 | a sentence is not autonomous , it does not exist for its own sake but as part of a situation and part of a text . |
| 19 | In other words , time does not exist in its own right but is a characteristic of the universe . |
| 20 | sort that cultural otherness does not carry with it any necessary hierarchy of superiority/inferiority which can be appropriately labelled by such terms as " primitive " , " backward " , " underdeveloped " , " childish " , " ignorant " , " simple " , " primeval " , " pre-literate " , or whatever . |
| 21 | Obviously , recognition does not carry with it any guarantee of military protection . |
| 22 | It may be that with a patient who is terminally ill or aged , the doctor 's obligation does not extend to anything more than the relief of pain and making the patient comfortable . |
| 23 | Love does not insist on its own way ; it is not irritable or resentful ; it does not rejoice at wrong , but rejoices in the right . |
| 24 | ‘ Love does not insist on its own way ’ . |
| 25 | Rye flour does not rise on its own , but may be mixed with wheat in different proportions and can be baked into a variety of tasty breads . |
| 26 | If the oratory of George Bush does not convince on its own , consider an extract from the Sunday Times magazine : it is about conditions in a refugee camp . |
| 27 | The conglomerate , acting through its ‘ directing mind and will ’ , does not deal in its own shares ; instead it uses information generated by its clients ( or , on occasion , information generated from within the conglomerate itself ) to make profits , or to cut losses , by trading with the public , or even by giving advice to clients , at a time when it ( the conglomerate ) has access to unpublished price sensitive information pertaining to publicly traded securities . |
| 28 | ‘ My life does not belong to me any more , Miss Everdene , but to you . |
| 29 | He does n't dance on his own for long . |
| 30 | Well I 'm sure he does n't go on his own a , with shoes on like that ! |