Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The internationally respected journal Index on Censorship devoted the whole of its September 1988 issue to the question of liberty in Britain , because , as its opening article entitled ‘ Why Britain ? ’ put it , ‘ if freedom is diminished in the United Kingdom , where historically it has deep roots , it is potentially diminished everywhere ’ . |
| 2 | The newly styled firm of G. & J. Cary continued at 86 St James 's Street until 1850 , although apparently it ceased cartographic publication c .1846 . |
| 3 | This was the Preface to a selection of the poems , which Leavis was to handle roughly , as he felt that Eliot had no business to be praising Tennyson , any more than later he had any business to be endorsing Kipling . |
| 4 | Although originally we demanded experienced crews , many actually started their operations with PFF . |
| 5 | It is important not to be inflexible when looking at housing options , although sometimes it seems that dogma is of overriding importance to staff and , indeed , more important than finding solutions which suit individuals . |
| 6 | Sergeant Dixon ( stripes newly stitched ) was also enjoying himself , although initially he had serious doubts about whether he — or anyone else , for that matter — could successfully handle his assignment in the ridiculously short period of the three or four hours which Morse had asserted as ‘ ample ’ . |
| 7 | Cos basically they have these sort of kiddies all these activities and you just help you help out . |
| 8 | If only they had some grenades of the gas or choke or knockout variety ! |
| 9 | Their views are readily recognizable in a world where the fuss about the Turin Shroud has reminded us of a time when high hopes and claims of miracle were commonly attached to pieces of the true cross or heads of John the Baptist , where much Christian literature promises believers great success in life if only they have enough faith in God , and where men and women of political power still try to have God and his Church on their side , and to use their authority to enhance their own . |
| 10 | We have not yet been sufficiently educated to realize that the risk of dying from the greatest killer disease in the Western world could be drastically reduced if only we took preventative measures by eating sensibly and looking after our bodies . |
| 11 | It 's a very striking book because while on the one hand he admires the Bolsheviks very greatly for the hope that they have given to man , for the feeling that they have given to the world that new potentialities are there to be realized if only we had enough courage , yet on the other hand , even at that point , he was acutely conscious that the Bolsheviks ' attitude towards the equality of power was leading them in a fatal direction , and long before Stalinism began to take shape , he described in advance what he expected to come . |
| 12 | ‘ If only I had that opportunity such a rewarding experience working among people of that type . ’ |
| 13 | He said , oh if only I had that power ! |
| 14 | ‘ If only I had some money put by , ’ he told Rosie , as he was taking her home to the pub one evening . |
| 15 | If only he had some tools … |
| 16 | If only he had some security , if only his art supplies were replenished . |
| 17 | All his life , the fool thinks that if only he tried another woman , or holiday , or whatever , then this time he would really catch the mysterious something . |
| 18 | There were no strike pay , you just had a promissory note that er if ever they got any money they 'd pay you , you see ? |
| 19 | If ever they make Maundy Thursday a holiday of course then there are jobs in which it will be the norm to go home on Wednesday lunchtime . |
| 20 | He always noticed pools of oil and empty coke cans round the house if ever he passed that way . |
| 21 | Cor Sue if ever you get any tickets to see them , we 'd better go and see them . |
| 22 | If ever you see Blue Peter |
| 23 | Now , she decided , if ever she had that kind of money , she would first ensure that her family would never again , for as long as they lived , be in need . |
| 24 | ‘ If ever I catch another man looking at me with that look which means ‘ You 're mine , all mine ’ I shall kill him , because I 'm not his all his at all . |
| 25 | Yet if subconsciously we invite such injuries — ‘ |
| 26 | If today we follow scientific analysis , the peoples of the non-industrial world discriminated on the basis of sensory perception . |
| 27 | In most areas , only bulls with small ivory survive , a fact which bodes ill , genetically speaking , for the future of the species — if indeed it has any future in the wild at all . |
| 28 | Cos then they take any shape up you see . |
| 29 | If then we have uneasy feelings about modern art , it looks as if Joyce must confirm them a thousandfold . |
| 30 | Do watch out cos sometimes they put silly spellings on which does n't help . |