Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] [pos pn] [noun] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | So if your bowels go a bit loose , do n't be |
| 2 | So if your doctor has a practice fund , will you still get the treatment you need ? |
| 3 | Nothing can be more daunting for a beginner than to step up and smash his fist or foot through a neatly arranged stack of wood or tiles , but that is only because his mind constructs a barrier . |
| 4 | The actual income of a kadi depended not only — or even principally — on his allowance , of course , but also on fees of various kinds ; and it may well be that if indeed the kadis of Istanbul , Edirne and Bursa continued to receive allowances of only 300 akce a day down to Hezarfen 's time , they did so because their allowances represented a relatively insignificant proportion of the monies they actually received , so that raising them to match the importance of the kadiliks was not a matter of particular moment . |
| 5 | But when Ariel intervenes , invisible , to accuse Caliban of lying , in indignant self-defence he moves up to verse : His naturally superior medium re-established , Caliban continues in verse , appropriately enough since his speech includes a plan of murder , and that marvellous description of the beauty of the island : ‘ Be not afeard , the isle is full of noises , /Sounds , and sweet airs , that give delight and hurt not ’ ( 135f . ) . |
| 6 | However , differential waveforms over the two hemispheres were recorded by Wood , Goff and Day ( 1971 ) only when their syllables required a linguistic analysis . |
| 7 | It is the object 's relationship to the social group which is crucial , rather than its ability to perform a transformation of nature under the sign of utility . |
| 8 | The third client wanted confirmation that he rather than his neighbour owned a bit of land , and that his neighbour had no use rights . |
| 9 | ‘ No , it seems evident that it 's not going to happen tonight unless your mood undergoes a drastic change . ’ |
| 10 | Once , my partner and I were not allowed to play on a vacant court , just because my friend had a brown sweatshirt on , and there was a veterans doubles match on the next court — we might put them off by playing on the vacant court ! |
| 11 | JUST BECAUSE YOUR SEAT HAS A NUMBER DOES N'T MEAN YOU SHOULD BE TREATED LIKE ONE . |
| 12 | Among the captives from the latter was Archbishop Ælfheah , who refused to be ransomed and was murdered at Greenwich in April 1012 , shortly before his killers received a tribute of £48,000 . |
| 13 | Alec Stewart and Graeme Hick , who played so well in England 's first innings , bagged ducks just when their country needed a repeat performance . |
| 14 | As soon as his hold slackened a shade she pulled free and set off down the stairs . |
| 15 | It has been an uphill battle ever since his father sent a tearful 11-year-old from the security of his Benin City home to board at West Buckland public school in Devon . |
| 16 | A hit-and-run driver was being sought by police yesterday after his lorry killed a 19-year-old French student hitch-hiking on the hard shoulder of the M2 at Newington , near Sittingbourne , Kent . |
| 17 | PENSIONER Frank Marshall escaped electrocution yesterday after his car hit a lamp-post and touched live wires . |
| 18 | DISNEY shares went into freefall yesterday as its chairman made a £74 million killing on the stock market . |
| 19 | So this g very good for things like shock like when my husband gets a telephone bill , |
| 20 | I raise this matter also because my constituency has a high percentage of unfit housing . |
| 21 | ‘ She 's no niece o'mine , ’ grumbled Jack , shrugging helplessly when his daughter turned a horrified look on him . |
| 22 | Traditionally , county councils have been more preservationist-minded than many of their local district councils , often because their membership showed a higher proportion of large landowners who had a keen interest in preserving the countryside , even before concern for the environment became a fashionable issue . |
| 23 | It conditioned my hair really well but I think I may have used it too often because my hair became a little TOO soft to style after a while ! ’ |
| 24 | According to Marsh and his colleagues ( 1978 ) police intervention is often welcomed by the hooligans in so far as their presence provides a safety valve and prevents the aggro from going too far . |
| 25 | Even if their visits give a kind of pleasure that er , Elizabeth suggested er the th the , the Duchess of Yorks ' visit to , brought to the hospice that she works at ? |
| 26 | Certainly not as well as her books sold a few years ago . |
| 27 | On the one hand , as a good Irish Catholic girl married to a man she loved and who could afford to support her , she felt it her duty as well as her wish to have a child . |
| 28 | A historian remembers the mid-'70s , as well as his struggles to complete a biography of President James Buchanan . |
| 29 | At worst there is a parochialism about this culture even though its completeness embraces a wide range of human activity and potential . |
| 30 | The following year he chalked up his fifth win , even though his horse broke a bridle strap and bolted just before the start . |