Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [noun] [v-ing] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was yards away down the other end of the table , yearning to hear WHAT ON EARTH he was saying and suffering pangs of guilt that I spent so little time encouraging him to unburden himself to me . |
| 2 | No black faces , only white ones watching her without greeting . |
| 3 | On the other hand , I imagine that under my sublime guidance , this child will in some way be me but without the less desirable bits that I have so many problems divesting myself of . |
| 4 | This is n't such a bad thing : the Mournes never looked comfortable with so many people tramping them at once . |
| 5 | She complains cheerfully as we enter saying , ‘ Jaz I 've never had so many people kissin' me in all me life , strangers and all , you 'd tink I was in Italy or England or America , God forbid ! ’ |
| 6 | Well that 's thursday behind us and there 's now only one day separating us from the weekend . |
| 7 | It was a closely fought struggle in Grade Three between the two Ballynahinch teams , with just one point separating them for first and second places , with the ‘ B ’ set just edging into the lead for top honours . |
| 8 | More recently we have learnt that the functioning of the immune system , that exquisitely coordinated mechanism protecting us from disease , is intimately tied in to levels of stress . |
| 9 | I 've written about this before and I expect I 'll write about it again , because I get more frustrated knitters questioning me about this than almost anything else . |
| 10 | Irony was to the fore when in 1925 he wrote of the Russian Revolution , but behind it was a more important urge leading him to the poem ‘ Le Voyage ’ of his favourite Baudelaire . |
| 11 | A young man went downstairs early one morning wearing nothing but a short nightgown . |
| 12 | Fairness also appears to have a more substantive role manifesting itself in the prohibition of discrimination , in the case law on estoppel , in the proportionality of the punishment to the offence committed , in cases where delay has been held prejudicial to important rights , and in the development of the idea of legitimate expectations . |
| 13 | I did n't much want to share anything with a grossly fat man wearing nothing but one of the lately fashionable cherub costumes — consisting solely of two small white wings glued to his blubbery back . |
| 14 | Ron does n't remember this tall , slightly gawky figure approaching him at all . |
| 15 | One of the most important questions facing us in the field of procedural protection is whether we are prepared to think more broadly about what procedural protection connotes . |
| 16 | Although I did not care for her looks , the yacht-like appearance had great potential for undercover work and after about two months working her around the Solent and Poole area I was quite impressed . |
| 17 | Kenneth Baker said law and order was one of the most common issues greeting him during this campaign . |
| 18 | In 1985 , however , the Government specifically rejected calls for another inquiry like Lord Scarman 's , arguing that since the riots were a ‘ criminal enterprise ’ it was useless to search for social explanations or to have yet another report advising it about what to do . |
| 19 | Not only does the text tend to be repetitious but each item of gear if prefaced by an otherwise blank page informing us of the Key Point to be gleaned in that section , pearls of wisdom such as : ‘ A file is useful for sharpening the edges of your … hooks . |
| 20 | She had always been suspicious of Taczek , and here was yet more evidence implicating him with people she no longer trusted . |
| 21 | People born since the 1890s have been unnaturally large because they have eaten too much protein believing it to be essential for growth , says survey author Geoffrey Cannon in New Woman magazine . |
| 22 | Leith , with two very large problems staring her in the face — the mortgage and Naylor Massingham , despite his action yesterday still there metaphorically breathing down her neck — thought a denial preferable to dampening her mother 's present happy frame of mind . |
| 23 | * Always add the pasta to a very large pan containing plenty of boiling , salted water . |
| 24 | It was time to ring Holly Chase at the office with a brief story about the faintly ducal connection roughing it on the beach . |
| 25 | it 's actually good practice having somebody like Martin then |
| 26 | Too many people taking it on who have hardly been in court before . |