Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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31 The FDP leader , Erich Mende , only agreed to form a new coalition with the CDU if Adenauer agreed , in writing , that he would resign within two years .
32 It was all going to take a good deal of sorting out .
33 We 're all going to have a terrific time together , you know that , do n't you ? ’
34 But we 're all going to have a proper dinner by candlelight .
35 I know they are all going to get a great deal out of this experience , I am deeply grateful for all the help that is being given them , they have had such a worrying time , I do not think one of them could have had a holiday this year without help , but I have faith to think it will be a good investment for the WEA .
36 ‘ We would obviously like to have a synthetic surface of our own but we certainly would n't be able to provide such a facility without outside help . ’
37 The drafter may sometimes be tempted to leave something deliberately vague in order to mask its meaning , perhaps to avoid frightening a potential contract partner .
38 The Club obviously preferred to have a public supply but this did not seem easy to arrange for the Minutes frequently talk about ‘ bringing pressure to bear on the Water Companies ’ .
39 What did you expect to gain from coming here , Fran — that I might suddenly decide to make a full confession ? ’
40 No politician , whether a great magnate intent on retaining a traditional dominance in his region , a minister of the crown seeking favourable returns for his administration , or a landowner merely wishing to make a good figure in his own county , could manage without access to patronage with which to reward his friends ' loyalty by helping them in their times of need .
41 Visitors to The Gallery are warmly invited to inspect a world-wide collection of modern and traditional craftsmanship , at Once A Tree .
42 As a teacher you are warmly invited to accept a free copy of our Information Pack .
43 At the surface of radius r the term ( ) in the Schwarzschild metric becomes zero ; the curvature of space–time is so severe that we can only hope to give a consistent account of conditions using GR .
44 But live , for the first time viewer , they can only hope to achieve a possible connection via the actual presentation and general ‘ sound ’ .
45 You have to be a specialist , and even then , you can only hope to have a proper grasp of a small proportion of the scientific theories .
46 During the reign of Nicholas II , the speedy industrial growth , the transformation of peasants to small proprietors through the emancipation and Stolypin 's reforms , the spread of education local government through the Zemstovs and the Duma all contributed to create a constitutional climate in Russia .
47 Travel between Praslin and the other islands is by Air Seychelles ; the baggage allowance on these flights is only 5kg , so remember to take a small bag for use when island hopping .
48 In spite of the strangeness of Eliot 's behaviour , however , few people begrudged him the happiness which in personal relations he had never experienced before : " He obviously needed to have a happy marriage , " Valerie Eliot said on a later occasion , " He could n't die until he had had it " .
49 So decide to meet a certain number of people for so many minutes each day , and gradually increase this over six months .
50 I suppose fresh meat is better but you 're only suppose to keep a certain time anyway even in the freezer .
51 Thus , if pursuant to the will of X the property is vested in Y as legatee and Y subsequently sells the property for £550,000 , Y will only have made a taxable gain ( subject to the indexation allowance ) of £50,000 .
52 ‘ If she had married before she died , the sister would only have got a small legacy .
53 The selectors have long refused to hear a strident case for Carlisle Best , and locals were also miffed that Desmond Haynes was overlooked for the West Indies captaincy .
54 Unfortunately they are not usually repeatable , so having made a superb jumper for your mother , you will probably be unable to make one for yourself .
55 There was as well , similar but a whole step in advance , the why-dun-it , the book which depends for its interest on showing that someone who could easily enough have committed a certain murder but who on the face of it was incapable of that particular crime ( i.e. one who had J. C. Masterman 's aces of spades , hearts and diamonds but apparently not clubs ) is nevertheless seen eventually to be psychologically capable of that crime after all , once probed deeply enough .
56 Any real star — which would never be perfectly spherical — could therefore only collapse to form a naked singularity .
57 Merseyside fire brigade spokesman Ken London said : ‘ It is bad enough having to tackle a serious fire without having stones thrown at you as well . ’
58 It 's a white place , like Wigan which only seems to have a Black population on Tuesday nights when the music from the Wigan Pier nightclub 's jazz-funk DJ draws in young Blacks from as far as the Midlands to body-pop .
59 Yet the other day I was listening to an eminent conductor whose Bruckner is often much praised reaching a triple forte long before what is to me self-evidently the work 's pivotal climax .
60 However , the " Big Book " of Alcoholics Anonymous , written a mere four years after the birth of that Fellowship , says " to be gravely affected , one does not necessarily have to drink a long time , nor take the quantities some of us have . "
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