Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [verb] [pron] of [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps I sensed something of this . |
| 2 | However in doing so you deprived us of detailed insights into the conditions of life in other parts of the world , and played into the hands of the New Right with its ‘ divide and conquer ’ tactics . |
| 3 | It was out of season for rugby and so he had plenty of roving time and the nights were growing longer . |
| 4 | If the women had been less busy she might have been seen while she was exploring , but with Lady Marion 's own baby due soon they had plenty of fine weaving and sewing to occupy their eyes . |
| 5 | Plus he has plenty of other work on the way : Bodies , Rest And Motion , an existential romantic comedy for the twentysomething generation in which he plays opposite Bridget Fonda ; and the low-budget Jumpin' At The Boneyard , in which he plays a Bronx street kid trying to straighten out his crackhead brother . |
| 6 | And then you get lots of other unwelcome knocks on the door — one man who says he 's looking for number 11 , another who says he 's a taxi-driver who 's come to the wrong house — and he probably is but his timing is enough to make you rush about panicking and locking the place up like Fort Knox . |
| 7 | Undoubtedly we have lots of anecdotal evidence that links it with terrorist activities in Northern Ireland and other types of criminal activity like drug dealing . |
| 8 | Yet it boasts plenty of familiar pleasures — in particular the ‘ silent parentheses and unuttered footnotes ’ of a troubled conscience — and an unexpected warmth in its resolution of those perennial difficulties with girls . |
| 9 | It had not been lived in recently it had none of that slight warmth of humanity you find in a dwelling whose inhabitant has gone out for the day . |