Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the moment let us simply note that natural history may have important ritual implications . |
| 2 | When you go out in the evening do you always draw the curtains and leave a light on ? |
| 3 | ‘ What the heck did she ever see in that one ? ’ |
| 4 | The other meaning uses plastered in the type of structure which we have introduced in the present section ; notice that it allows addition of to be ( and that it is parallel in its overall structure to ( 42 ) where there is a non-finite clause complete with subject , verb and object ) : ( 41 ) Clara wants the façade to be plastered ( 42 ) she wants the builders to plaster the façade Let us also take note of a subtle and rather interesting ambiguity , found in : ( 43 ) Oliver imagined her red-haired This may mean that Oliver is allowing himself to speculate on the effect of , let us say , adding a wig to a blonde lady of his acquaintance ( and this may therefore be called the " cosmetic " version ) ; or he may be trying to build a mental picture of someone he has never met ( the " unacquainted " version ) , in which case imagined could be replaced by supposed with very little alteration in the meaning of the whole . |
| 5 | How in the hell did I ever get into this ? |
| 6 | again which they 've had have n't they ? , for how many weeks in the year do you actually attend cos I said that you do n't get grant for the holidays and it stipulates the term |
| 7 | How much of a check do they actually go into if somebody makes a claim on that ? |
| 8 | If you 're asking a civil engineer to do some work for you i if that civil engineer has a degree does it automatically mean that the work 's going to be perfect and wonderful ? |
| 9 | Wölflinn himself describes the Bernini statues at some length but at no point does he ever mention the subject … |
| 10 | He said : " To the best of my recollection , at no time and in no place did I ever say " break bones ' . " |
| 11 | How many times during a day do we actually get through to the person we need to speak to ? |
| 12 | Take no notice did you ever see a programme about erm , I forget his name now but he used to dance with Sammy Davis er man in he 's nearly seventy now I suppose but him and his brother go to this place in New York and it showed him outside in the street |
| 13 | How on how many days a week do you usually watch television ? . |
| 14 | On how many days a week do you usually listen to the radio ? |
| 15 | But at no stage did he ever approach the status of a great butler . |
| 16 | At no time did I ever have one of them ever say to me that they were erm against foxes , but all of a sudden we find ourselves being issued with a er petition from tenant farmers which says that they are against er people like me that er er pro banning , it 's very like er Mr , we ca n't attack Mr cos he 's no longer here but on the , on the issue of er , I C I brought ou . |
| 17 | As an example let us now work out the forces between two current-carrying rings with the aid of our new formula . |
| 18 | ‘ Put me down , ’ she whispered through dry lips , and only after what seemed an eternity did he slowly lower her to one side . |