Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Is it all right for you to say sixty-fifth floor ? ’ |
| 2 | Even he had definite symptomatic and endoscopic benefit from additional radiotherapy and his general conditioned improved enough for him to undergo successful surgery . |
| 3 | The aim of creating a sense of prime loyalty among members of the colony , which was small enough for them to know each other , did not constitute any kind of a threat to central authorities in 1922 , but it would not have been tolerated in the 1930s , when family members were encouraged to spy on one another in the state interest . |
| 4 | The flat roof of our own house was high enough for me to see two summer screens for free . |
| 5 | As Bobby Lavender talked and his relations tried to eat their lunch , a police helicopter hovered , its rotor blades occasionally too loud for us to hear each other . |
| 6 | ‘ In any civil proceedings a statement contained in a document produced by a computer shall … be admissible as evidence of any fact stated therein of which direct oral evidence would be admissible … ’ |
| 7 | It would be just like her to expect some recompense for whoever caused the crash . |
| 8 | I am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for the way in which he presented his case to me , although I hope that he did not take away from our meeting any belief that I was totally persuaded by the argument that he put forward . |
| 9 | For years father had been nagging away at him to take some interest and prove he had the Miletti flair , yet as soon as he tried to show a bit of initiative everyone got on their high horse about it , father especially , calling him a worthless junkie and I do n't what else besides . |
| 10 | We argued that such statements reflect the growing consensus nationally about what constitutes good practice in the teaching of English . |
| 11 | You can leave that stuff on practically forever without it doing any harm . ’ |
| 12 | Nevertheless it is important that every member of a firm should be familiar with at least the basic arrangements for its administration and should not be denied access to information about the activities of the firm at any level , subject always to their giving reasonable notice . |
| 13 | The Oracle responds at once to anyone entering this chamber , and asks them slowly in his husky , graveyard voice what they wish with him . |
| 14 | Robin McEwen was also behind my making some money on the horses . |
| 15 | That is why I keep saying that I am not only interested in our knowing more about our faith but also in our putting more faith into our lives . |
| 16 | what somebody comes to that , tomorrow and knocks at that door and says look I 've been sent here by you say good bye , good night , good luck nothing has been said to me , I |
| 17 | ‘ All the more reason then for them to have some knowledge of basic skills — ‘ |
| 18 | Would either of them reach compact disc standard international stardom and , if they did , would they soften into insignificance or would they , could they , remain essential and innovative ? |
| 19 | Can either of you see any landmark you know ? ’ |
| 20 | We neither of us had much interest in contemporary British poets , but were united in our enthusiasm for Elizabeth Bishop , Marianne Moore , W. S. Merwin , Wallace Stevens , William Carios Williams , Charles Reznikoff , Theodore Roethke and Richard Wilbur . |
| 21 | Such was the interest generated by the above contributors , we look forward to their giving full length talks in the future . |
| 22 | If you cast your mind back to school chemistry lessons , you may recall that a catalyst is a substance able to make a chemical reaction go faster without itself altering that reaction or undergoing change . |