Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pron] [verb] [conj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After much debate it seems that these were built for rabbits to live and breed in so that they could be caught for meat and fur . |
| 2 | There had been sightings , his family was powerful enough to keep him hidden and safe from the inevitable hanging ‘ should he show his face on the shores of Albion again' — a favourite phrase of Joseph 's , picked up from a knife-grinder whose preoccupation with Bligh , the Bounty and the Mutiny had almost equalled Joseph 's as witnessed in a fierce contest of informational prowess contested in the snug of the Bull in Lorton where the knife-grinder had eventually conceded defeat and been given several unexpected commissions ( including one from the vicar of Cockermouth who disliked Joseph intensely and produced a cluster of blunt knives and dullest scissors to prove it ) as compensation . |
| 3 | He will recall that , when British Rail proposed that Waterloo should be the first channel tunnel station , not only did it say that one station was sufficient and that it did not need a second one but , in the case which it put to the House of Lords during the discussions , it said specifically that King 's Cross was not an appropriate location for a second station . |
| 4 | Not only did I discover that all these tender little messages you keep sending me were probably written weeks in advance , but I also discovered just how many other women I share that privilege with . |
| 5 | again there is no answer to that question , simply because the answer is so horrific , it does n't bear thinking about , but thank God all maybe safe , all will not be safe , but all maybe safe , God has provided a salvation that is available to all and if we are not safe it is because we choose to reject his s , his offers of mercy , so we thank God that all may be safe , but the solemn fact remains is that all will not be saved , well that leads us on to , to this third proposition , not only that the bible teach that all maybe saved , not only does it teach that all will not be saved , but it is quite clear that some will be saved whom we did not expect to be saved , we can be quite sure about that because judgment does n't rest with us , way back Abraham says perhaps one of the most important statements in his life when he said there in , in , in Genesis chapter eighteen and we actually sang the wo tho the quotation in the song we just sang a few moments ago where he says will not the judge of all the earth be right , judgement is not yours and mine , that 's God 's prerogative and the other song that we 've been , the song that we 've been singing , that song by faber there 's a wideness in God 's mercy lets be honest we are so narrow with our mercy , our gra , our expressions of grace is so limited , but there 's a wideness in God 's mercy and faber says it 's got the wideness of the sea , there 's a kindness in his justice , which is more than liberty , David knew all about that when he was given the option , he said oh I 'd rather fall into the hands of God than into the hands of men , I 'd rather that God dealt with me than that my fellow man dealt with me , because with him there 's mercy , with him there 's grace , with him there is , there is long suffering and there 's compa compassion and there 's love , and faber goes on with the love of God is broader than the measure of man 's mind and the heart of the eternal is most wonderfully kind , now that 's all very well for the song writer to say that in a hymn and it sounds nice and it 's , it sounds good but is there a scriptural authority for this , is it really true , or is it just a nice song that we sing with , it does us good because we feel it 's a nice , there nice thoughts , well , surely we have it in the passage we 've been reading that there is there is a mercy with God , there is a kindness with God in ver in verse thirty of that chapter behold some who are last will be first and some who are first will be last it 's quite clear that some will be saved that we did not expect to be saved , and you can find example after example of this , it was a tremendous surprise to the onlookers when a very sinful woman annoyed to the feed of Jesus , it was a tremendous surprise to the Pharisee who rejected God , although he was such a good man , to find that the , er sorry to be rejected by God although he was a good honest upright man , and to find that the sinner was accepted by God , it was a tremendous surprise to the people when Zacchaeus who named you to be a sinner , an open twist there an evil man was saved by the Lord Jesus , you could save salvation has come to this house , it was a tremendous surprise when the law breaker who was dying on the cross beside the law Jesus was saved and went to be with him , with the Lord in paradise , it was a tremendous surprise to the disciples when Jesus preached the gospel and revealed himself to a gentile woman , who was an adulterer seven times over but he did and she was saved , it was a tremendous surprise to Ananias when the Lord revealed himself |
| 6 | Not only had he robbed that particular S&L just three days earlier , but the teller at the window was the same person who had handed him the cash at gunpoint . |
| 7 | As far as the letter above referred to is concerned , they had been advised that the restraint upon them was only to prevent them selling and this , of course , was not a sale . |
| 8 | Well I I only see one point and that is to try to confuse somebody , to brainwash them . |
| 9 | Victorian studio portraits , of course , rarely show us smiling or happy subjects ; but as master of the local school , church organist , registrar of births and deaths , secretary to the Women 's Friendly Society , stalwart of the Langport branch of the Ancient Order of Foresters and the local cricket club , Benjamin James must have felt the burden of responsibility resting heavily on his shoulders — and it shows in his face . |
| 10 | Helen just made me laugh but this was sober business . |
| 11 | Yes it would , it would not be properly to , to just make one comment and that is that the next five hundred thousand that the local is therefore two point six million from the reserve fund , that is substainable for two and a half years it is not substainable beyond . |
| 12 | Long before John Robinson 's Honest to God made Bonhoeffer known to a mass public , Hartwell persistently made us see that this theologian-martyr really mattered for post-war theology . |
| 13 | Hollywood already has her marked as one of the hottest properties of the 1990s , a shining star equipped to inherit the mantle of Marilyn Monroe . |
| 14 | From the punning just mentioned we see that masculine sexuality is confirmed not only by women , passively , but also by other men , actively . |
| 15 | I just want someone to know that this — all this stuff — has been a burden and nothing but a burden from start to finish , and that I feel no twinge of regret at coming out of that place , and that I shall never go back into it , ever , so help me Frederica Potter . |
| 16 | As she prepared to say goodbye to her private life , he told her : ‘ I just want you to know that this is the last night of freedom in your life so make the most of it . ’ |
| 17 | In the end they were called ‘ contexts ’ , a term which aptly describes what happens when other material is inserted within them , but nevertheless is far from perfect . |
| 18 | No sooner had he spoken than Israeli peace activists enraged by the governments right wing policies , clashed with police in Jerusalem . |
| 19 | By open ended we mean that any number of customers , savers or subscribers can lend any volume of funds to the intermediary at any time . |
| 20 | but it 's I 'd rather see it bodged and some credibility left with district and city councils than er a hole that |
| 21 | I can still make them work and that , it 's just like they ai n't mine . |
| 22 | This was , of course , a faction among Catholics , and one that dangerously found itself outnumbered and outmoded as the years went on . |
| 23 | They could hardly bring themselves to believe that such people could behave politely . |
| 24 | It always amazed her to see that other people could live so comfortably upon such barren territory . |
| 25 | The rocks of the Bomb Circle usually get me thinking and this time was no exception , especially considering the way I 'd lain down inside them like some Christ or something , opened to the sky , dreaming of death . |
| 26 | Only retrospectively have we learnt that Imperial investment was not particularly profitable overall . |
| 27 | It always makes me think because last time we saw an accident like that it was Penny you know what I mean ? |
| 28 | It weakly raised one ravaged and shredded arm towards him . |
| 29 | Correct me if I 'm wrong , but I distinctly heard you say that some of my designs were n't quite suitable . ’ |
| 30 | Feeling slightly vexed I decided that all those readers too lazy to write in will be receiving personal visits , so I can introduce them to my favourite topic : ‘ Pain , and how ( and where ! ) to inflict it ’ . |