Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv] [verb] [adv] [art] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People trying to comprehend the field reviewed here have exactly the same problems in information overload as executives trying to comprehend their enterprise 's environment ! |
| 2 | He 'd obviously picked up a few tips from the paperbacks , because he spun these stories out like a kid pulling on chewing-gum . |
| 3 | He 'd already burned quite a few wallfuls , and had come down , under protest as much to keep Ajayi happy as anything else . |
| 4 | The methods employed today remain precisely the same . |
| 5 | Mr Copeland also worked out what would have happened if a competing firm in the same industry had merely taken on the same amount of debt as the LBO did , without being bought out . |
| 6 | Orwell was not alone in observing that England was two , three or four nations ; J. B. Priestley had already made much the same observation in his English Journey . |
| 7 | He faced the challenge of Dunluce , a 6860-yard , par 73 giant that had already brought quite a few players to their knees , among them title favourite Phil Tataurangi . |
| 8 | The blow was so crippling because confidence had already taken quite a few knocks . |