Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [adv] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , it is clear that besides having a variety of grammatical uses , a word form may well display a split semantic personality , too , even within a constant grammatical frame . |
| 2 | Remember , Miss Carter wanted me to go pupil-teaching and then take a teacher 's course , well that 's one thing I could do ; it 's not too late , I 'm only twenty-two . |
| 3 | ‘ Are you suggesting that Barney made up his mind to kill Angy and cold-bloodedly chose a method that would throw suspicion on someone else ? |
| 4 | BLANKED a complimentary letter from the ‘ Proud To Be Plain Club ’ ( ‘ we believe a woman can look average and human in public and still play a role in society ’ ) asking her to be club mascot . |
| 5 | You can be schizophrenic and still make a will that . |
| 6 | Both the Delanos wrote books for children and adults in an effort to encourage the population to become more literate and hopefully generate a sense of pride in the history of the island . |
| 7 | Today 's Himalayan climbers must have immense strength and vitality , must acclimatise very carefully , should be fully skilled and experienced , must be alert to danger yet hardened enough not to be critically frightened ( and mountains are very frightening places ) by any unexpected trauma ; be patient during storms , determined in attack and wise in retreat ; be a skilful diplomat and a team player ; be compassionate but sometimes have a touch of selfishness . |
| 8 | The solution is more far-reaching than just changing a technique . |
| 9 | However , local Electricity Boards have the right to inspect and test any electrical work they think may be unsafe and also to refuse a supply . |
| 10 | I 'd applied for Mastermind in three previous years but was unsuccessful and even had an audition in 1989 . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Come on , Francis , what about if you were forty some and straight and never kissed a man before ? |
| 12 | erm I think in terms of techniques is is is a level of awareness really , to be able to respond to children erm with their curiosity and with their erm expressions of anxiety erm in a way that makes it all right for them to be feeling the way they are , and I do n't think it 's simple as just saying a technique , I think it 's what we can offer as adults comes from an inner awareness that we have as adults , that we can convey to our children , because it 's not just the techniques , or the behaviour , or the words that we use , but it 's those feelings behind the words . |
| 13 | As well as being profitable and actually paying a dividend back to Detroit for the first time in years , Vauxhall is an important part of the GM empire for political reasons . |
| 14 | Everything needing a temporary home found its way into the stable and then became a permanency . |
| 15 | If wild animals have access to your garden you may need to prevent them trying to dig up your pet 's body ; make sure that the grave is as deep as possible and perhaps place a paving slab over it . |
| 16 | His total of eight stolen bases in the A's 4-1 series victory was a post-season record , he scored eight runs in total and even managed a couple of homers himself in Saturday 's 6-5 win in the SkyDome . |
| 17 | She could scream blue murder , but half an hour later would be the life of a dinner party , for she was very vain and never missed a chance to show herself off . |
| 18 | Probably the original intention was merely to contrast the procedure with that of a public inquiry ( where , of course , the inquiry is in full view of the public ) but for a long time the bogy of officials beavering away in private and then producing a report which damned some poor individual or organisation , without those officials being in any way accountable , was viewed with grave suspicion . |
| 19 | When he found it , he tapped along the feed pipe at random and then gave a couple of good , square bangs on the connectors before he tried the starter button . |
| 20 | yeah and he said oh and well I sure was lucky cos here comes a lift and he gets in , he goes right , he 's taken his prize jogs about fifteen yards and says bye thanks for the lift and he stood about fifteen yards further on from the street , there 's bits in it that is fucking funny , he 's made it rich and all this and he 's happy bloke , he get 's his girl friend |
| 21 | The total-intensity anomaly field and the calculated-declination diagrams below , left and right illustrate an area 55 kilometres square centred on Bathgate , near Edinburgh . |
| 22 | To an outsider visiting Imperial College , some of the departments seem so large as almost to prevent a sense of unity . |
| 23 | Since Hannah lived in total isolation for more than twenty-five years , never married or even formed a relation ship with a man , it is not surprising that most of the care and affection she had to offer was lavished on animals . |
| 24 | Whether any intelligence does much good or actually enhances a country 's security is doubtful . |
| 25 | By virtue of not developing , you stand still and eventually become an anachronism . ’ |
| 26 | The program can be configured for left or right handed players at the press of key and also provides a tuning facility via the PC speaker . |
| 27 | Social organization is complex and always includes a variety of classes , orders and groups . |
| 28 | With so powerful and so complete an equipment as the Holy Spirit , the Christian has every reason for peace and joy in believing . |
| 29 | this prevents civilians from becoming far too powerful and then becoming a dictatorship . |
| 30 | Robyn heard Luke 's voice as if from a distance , deep and unexpectedly showing a trace of concern . |