Example sentences of "[det] [conj] [verb] [adv] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suppressed maternalism it may be , but her passion shines through and she can recall in detail some animals , particularly dogs , that have been dead for half a century and some that did n't even belong to her . |
| 2 | Reference to the law of treaties is , of course , irrelevant in this context , since this is the international law which binds only one Government to another and does not therefore commit a country to a constitutional or legislative change , as does the Treaty of Rome . |
| 3 | because it subordinates one part of the sentence to another but does not directly establish a link with another sentence . |
| 4 | So if anybody you know did that and has n't yet repaid them I would strongly advise you to do that . |
| 5 | He had n't meant to lose control like that and did n't really know why he had . |
| 6 | Poor old Turkey Lurkie saw it all and rushed round here to warn the rest of us . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It does n't matter whether the customer wants to buy a bus ticket or round the world cruise , ’ says managing director William Shaw , ‘ we offer a complete service to all and do n't just concentrate on packages . ’ |
| 8 | They brought me down that day from Edinburgh , bundled me into a transit van with seats but no windows , handcuffed to a big quiet London lad who would n't talk to me at all and did n't even say much to the other two cops in the back of the transit just sat staring ahead and we seemed to drive all night just stopping once at some service station on the Ml , took a while to arrange everything , then they came in with a selection of cans of soft drinks and sandwiches and pasties and pork pies and chocolate and we all sat there munching then they asked me did I need the toilet and I said yes and they opened the door and it was straight over the grass into the gents ' toilets , two cops guarding the door and some men , looked like truckers , standing watching me , waiting for their turn after I 'd had my private visit ; only wanted a pee but I could n't do it even though the big lad was n't actually watching just having him standing there handcuffed to me was enough so they checked the stalls and then took the cuffs off me and I had to leave the door open a crack while I went , then back out and I see the other cop cars Christ a Range Rover and a Senator too I 'm a fucking VIP , then it 's into the van and on with the journey to London where the questioning starts ; they 're concentrating on Sir Rufus 's murder , for now , because they found a card a fucking business card in the woods near the burned cottage ; not mine that would have been too obvious but a card from a guy I know on Jane 's Defence Weekly with some scribbled notes on the back : |
| 9 | They gave me no encouragement at all and did n't even realize I was so into football . |
| 10 | Those that drive down usually congregate around two pubs near the ground . |
| 11 | Some respondents knew from the beginning that she was Catholic , and those that did not soon learnt about it . |
| 12 | But this class of molluscs includes not only the greatest number of living molluscan species , including those that have most successfully colonized land , but also some of their shells have a financial value that may even be out of proportion to their aesthetic qualities . |
| 13 | We are chasing those that have not yet replied and we will update the report in due course . |
| 14 | The best are those that do not simply rely on a historical setting , but encourage historical skills , evaluation and understanding . |
| 15 | Although cautious from years in the PC minefield which is contemporary academia , he has a mind of his own and does not necessarily accept contemporary cant . |
| 16 | Because he sat most nights on his own and looking very much removed from the whole crowd , very dark-browed and quiet , we speculated endlessly on his story . |
| 17 | The views expressed in it are , of course , entirely my own and do not necessarily represent those of The British National Bibliography Research Fund or The British Library more generally . |
| 18 | Apart from the reshuffled attack the rest of the side is the same as played so effectively to deny Donegal in the league final replay . |