Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [adv] [adj] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The shop had suddenly become very busy as Christmas approached , and although the cycling was finished Anne and Sarah continued to spend every spare moment enjoying themselves . |
| 2 | ‘ I DO N'T have much time for visiting , parties , etc. , just work damn hard and collapse at home ’ , John wrote in August 1944 to Hanns Ebensten , back in Johannesburg . |
| 3 | In the case of reoccurring illnesses , such as migraine or asthma , the attacks usually become less frequent as time goes by ; the severity of the illness also diminishes . |
| 4 | The four firms that make mainframes — Fujitsu , Hitachi , NEC and Mitsubishi Electric — also turn out personal and office computers , terminals , word processors and robots . |
| 5 | They also carry out individual and group projects designed to develop expertise in specialised areas , and to improve communication skills . |
| 6 | Editor , — Since the advent of the NHS reforms and the internal market , expedient treatment and patients ' convenience often seem more important than quality of care . |
| 7 | It is common ground between the parties and their Lordships readily accept as correct that section 20(8) of the Constitution of Jamaica is simply intended to embody the common law doctrines of autrefois convict and autrefois acquit . |
| 8 | Driver and pedestrian accidents are least frequent in mid life , but then become more common as age advances . |
| 9 | My grandfather taught me necessary skills : how to tip my tea into my saucer and blow waves across it until it was cool enough to drink ; how to cut an orange in half crossways and pack a sugar lump into each half and then suck out orange-juice and sugar together ; how to walk along the crazy-paving garden path without stepping On any of the cracks or a tiger would get you ; how to butter the loaf and then clutch it to your chest and then shave off paper-thin slices ; what saint to pray to when you woke up at night and saw the devil moving behind the curtains . |
| 10 | Desmond Bonney has been able to show this for the Enford area of Wiltshire , where the territory of each small settlement can be tentatively defined , even though most of their boundaries never emerge as more than tithing arrangements , if that . |