Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [conj] i [vb base] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That procedure became operative so effectively that I think the management subsequently realized that unless they had shop stewards who were capable of discussing the matter intently you know , and objectively , then they were on a loser , because they then stood to lose more productivity than hitherto . |
| 2 | ‘ Yes , I drive all right but I prefer a motor bicycle . |
| 3 | So much so that I think the time has come to discard those tests which have proved so elusive . |
| 4 | This is good country , with good villages in it , giving you a full exposure to the dark green or red-brown paint , on window shutters or exposed timbers , that creates such a decorative unity among Basque houses — so much so that I recall a feeling of outrage along this road , when I passed one traditionally built house whose paint work was the vilest turquoise . |
| 5 | Squeeze them in sure we 'll find somewhere for them to go , vacate , so long as I get a kiss from everybody apart from the boys and |
| 6 | So long as I get the train . ’ |
| 7 | So long as I hold the office of Home Secretary , I shall give no countenance to the view that they should not be prevented from being such a danger . ’ |
| 8 | So long as I shove the washing in the do n't like it in there it 's dingy , unless the sun 's out . |
| 9 | This will be fine so long as I obey the ‘ point cam moving rule ’ while doing this and for every move thereafter . |
| 10 | Everything happened so quickly that I have no very clear recollection of what actually took place . |
| 11 | ‘ We said far too much yesterday and I see no reason for more of the same . |
| 12 | It was of course simple mischance that this rat-tat should happen , even though the kiosk is not so far as I know a particularly busy one . |
| 13 | In so far as I understand the logic here , heterosexual sodomy is surrogate homosexuality and homosexual sodomy is surrogate heterosexuality — or rather surrogate heterosexual incestuous genital intercourse . |
| 14 | But the ability to produce such phrases does not constitute communicative competence in so far as I understand the concept ( Widdowson 1978 , 1979 , 1983 , 1984a , 1989 ) , or as discussed in , for example , Canale and Swain 1980 , and Bachman 1990 . |
| 15 | ‘ Howey made one mistake , but he has had a tremendous season so far and I have no need to worry about him . |
| 16 | So now if I need a ‘ new ’ piece of equipment I go to a reputable second-hand wood working machinery dealer . |
| 17 | I ca n't play it properly anyway and I know the sound of it gets on Mum 's nerves . ’ |
| 18 | Is the tape recorder still on because I have a word that is |
| 19 | I 'm afraid I ca n't subscribe to the theory that man should always be ‘ bloody , bold and resolute ’ ; but rather , I confess , that it 's very comforting to lean on you sometimes … more especially as I 've a funny instinct that if I follow your ways I ca n't go wrong , whereas my own existence is apt to be hardening , as you can see that it must be . |
| 20 | ‘ Possibly because the new ventilation system I 've recently supervised being installed in a factory in one of the Arab Emirates has proved so successful that I have orders for two more , or possibly because I 've just spent four weeks at full stretch in a very hot country with very little relaxation and deserve a holiday — but more probably because I own a majority stockholding in the company I bought cheap and built up to its present eminence , which gives me the position of chairman and managing director and full autonomy in deciding what I do , where I do it and with whom . ’ |
| 21 | Er , as I said the government has already accepted when we introduced the legislation last year in the criminal justice act on money laundering , that there are far wider er interests and fidrer fi far wider implications than there have been ever before and I think the government needs to do a little bit more to show that it is aware of international implications and the sheer scale of what we 're dealing with and er I touched earlier on the question of indemnity , er perhaps the minister could specifically address that point . |
| 22 | " I must invent the " moving daguerrotype " later on when I have a moment to spare , " he told himself , but an instant later this important idea had gone out of his mind , for this was an emergency . |
| 23 | He 's watching us right now so I 've no doubt he 'll have something to say about it to you . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm in good shape and I will sing for as long as I have the strength to do so , ’ he added . |
| 25 | ‘ Now , Tess , I have told you often enough that I have no wish to set up in Belgravia , Harley Street , or Wimpole Street , ’ said Dr Neil quietly , refusing the sandwiches which a servile McAllister was handing him . |
| 26 | ‘ I can understand it , even if I do n't like to think of her moving far away unless I get a personal recommendation about whoever takes her on . ’ |
| 27 | locally er there is no as far as I know no , no requirement that it should happen except the desire of the Home Secretary to strengthen his control or his influence in , in these bodies . |
| 28 | as far as I know a thrift to be a large mongoose inhabiting the |
| 29 | I mean I 'm no historian , you 'd have to check up on this with my hubby , but as far as I know the Reformation started up North in Europe a guid lang mile away from Rome and the Pope and that , up in the Region of what we now know as Holland , and Germany and Alsace Lorraine . |
| 30 | As far as I know the book was displayed very well in the shops , it was n't under the counter or anything like that , and exactly nothing happened . |