Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | a dilettante artist , a protégé of John Jarndyce 's who affects a childlike gaiety and simplicity but is really a shameless sponger ; his apparent innocence of worldly concerns is sedulously fostered to relieve him of any common responsibilities . |
| 2 | He then has more chance of meeting females and is better equipped to overpower them in mating fights . |
| 3 | Dear Rothenstein , Now that the Mexican president has provided you with the beak and talons of an Aztec eagle you may perhaps feel better equipped to face me in open contest . |
| 4 | He swung the gun upwards on his mount and was obviously set to cut me in half with his next pass when the knifehilt appeared in his chest , lodged deep between two bandoliers . |
| 5 | You 're only meant to take them in small quantities now . |
| 6 | From one of these , situated within half a mile of the proposed Chirbury Station , it is stated that 10,000 tons are annually raised for local requirements , and that easy and cheap means of transit , such has the railway would supply , are only required to bring it into extensive use . |
| 7 | They will take approximately a week to reach this stage , so that while any traces remaining in a carpet could give rise to problems , a solid floor can be easily disinfected to kill them before this stage is reached . |
| 8 | If fitzAlan heard it he gave no sign , just continued to watch her with narrowed , implacable eyes . |
| 9 | Marti made 103 m.p.h. this time and Robinson just failed to beat it at 102 m.p.h. , leaving the large crowd breathless ! |
| 10 | I had always intended to do it at some stage . ’ |
| 11 | We tried to profit by our mistakes but were not always allowed to forget them by fellow crewmates . |
| 12 | And almost before he had finished speaking , his mouth forced itself over hers in a kiss that was clearly designed to punish her for that last remark . |
| 13 | Luckily the girls also managed to provide me with some nephews to balance it up a bit . ’ |
| 14 | Reports of ‘ untoward occurrences ’ — anything from an allegation of assault to a staff member having a cold — were not going directly to Mr Thomson , who was legally bound to report them to social services within 24 hours . |
| 15 | In spite of all the powers with which he was armed , and routinely used for routine ends , it is clear that the Northern Nigerian Resident too often failed to use them for good : being , rather than doing , good came to define the limits of his aspirations . |
| 16 | It has leanings toward Gibson 's Melody Maker/Les Paul Special range , but so slight that you would be hard pushed to detect it without laser-optic assistance . |
| 17 | You have n't yet agreed to endow him with all your worldly goods so that money is yours and yours alone . |
| 18 | As the great British biologist/mathematician J.B.S. Haldane commented , human beings would be hard pressed , however long natural selection acted upon them , to sprout the wings of an angel ; we just do not have the genes that would even begin to provide the appropriate structures , and past selection has never acted to provide us with these structures . |
| 19 | He expected Caterina to be there to tell him that Rosalba absolutely refused to meet him in such compromising circumstances and considered him a blackguard and a monster even to suggest such an assignation . |