Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [conj] [verb] [adv prt] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The skills required to successfully design and make up complex documents are not learnt overnight . |
| 2 | There was therefore no authority powerful or concerned enough to encourage or root out any of the religious persuasions in Scotland . |
| 3 | Well I suppose it 's it 's just to try and find out different opinions on on different wars and things like that . |
| 4 | And snow and always snow and block up all the paths and roads , fields and ditches . ’ |
| 5 | If all that does n't stop the person , they are obviously looking for trouble of some sort and you must quickly decide whether to lash out first or run for safety . |
| 6 | ‘ You mean they were probably lying or coming over romantic about the past , and , what 's more , all those old poets were probably doing the same thing . |
| 7 | The first week-end , and I were frantically busy preparing for our first meetings with the students , and also unpacking and setting out all the books , tapes , etc. which we had got via the Embassy and the British Council . |
| 8 | Fresh mint is also good finely chopped and sprinkled over buttery new potatoes or peas . |
| 9 | I had it cleared , well dug and took up many trees , but left others standing for shelter . |
| 10 | Gareth saying , ‘ What 's the matter , ’ urgently , and then seeing and coming down scared and wide-eyed on his knees beside me . |
| 11 | Mayer then turned and walked out unscathed . |
| 12 | Every autumn I inspect my outside paintwork , noting defects , then scrape and rub down loose pain and remove defective putty . |
| 13 | In the past year , five electronics firms have either expanded or set up new factories in Glenrothes , creating extra work for a couple of hundred people . |
| 14 | They should be either burnt or laid out flat to dry , or kept in an airtight tin . |
| 15 | Those that advocated social or political change in a reasoned and intelligent manner seemed to be either ignored or ended up defeated and disillusioned by the whole sorry mess . |