Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [verb] [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A fairly rushed programme but involved in going to Stranraer Women 's Guild where she communicated extremely well and was delighted to see Christian Aid work at local level . |
| 2 | They returned down a different hole and soon found a dry , empty burrow , where they curled up together and slept in the warmth of their own tired bodies . |
| 3 | Loki was caught and punished by ODIN several times , once being imprisoned beneath the earth 's surface where he shook so violently that the world trembled . |
| 4 | Yet he had a way of manipulating our conversations on to ground of his choosing where he spoke so admirably that only afterwards did one realize how other issues , other questions , had been delicately side-stepped . |
| 5 | They were about 10 yards from the western side of the reef , where it fell away sharply and waves were pounding on its shore . |
| 6 | Lima , where it rains so seldom that the city 's roofs are not designed to withstand more than a mild shower , the inhabitants are anxiously awaiting the worst . |
| 7 | We 've got to set up a proper complaints procedure , so that people know how to complain about Social Services , although I doubt very much whether anybody would ever want to complain about Oxfordshire 's Social Services , and so on . |
| 8 | I finished equal fifth and , although I got as far as the final qualifying round for the Open and won through two rounds of the Amateur Championship , that was to be my best result for the year . |
| 9 | I was wanted so I ran away again and came down to London . |
| 10 | I told myself he might have meant us to meet at the Festival , so I went along there and searched for him in the crowd . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Tommy Webber who lives next door works in the bar at The Packet so I went along there and sat in the bar until closing time then Tommy gave me a lift home on the back of his bike . ’ |
| 12 | There 's an underground thing — you know , steps going down to a station , so I go down there and wander around for a bit . |
| 13 | ‘ So I got back home and took five songs a day and learned them . |
| 14 | We tend to play at the point of the evening when the temperature drops , so I tune up just before Bryan goes on and then after three or four songs they 're all sharp , because the temperature has dropped . |
| 15 | One of my former patients , whose ex-husband had spent their entire marriage telling her that she was ‘ stupid ’ or ‘ brainless ’ , told me that , although she knew perfectly well that this was not true , by the time she had heard it said every day for the twelve years they had been together she had begun to believe that there must be something in it . |
| 16 | She did n't want to see him although she knew perfectly well that he would have to be faced . |
| 17 | Jane knew from bitter experience that love is a rare thing , so she felt very strongly that nothing should be allowed to come in its way , that nobody should be condemned to endure the rest of life with those two small , sad words : ‘ if only … . ’ |
| 18 | I always reply , ‘ It 's the Sixties for you now , dear , so you get out there and make a wally of yourself ’ — and he has never let me down in that respect , I am glad to say . |
| 19 | yeah , you get a subsidized grant for going to London , yeah , so you get like more than normal |
| 20 | It was very wet , getting worse , and I did n't feel that the patient could tolerate sitting out flood waters , so we moved as fast as we could . ’ |
| 21 | They are conspicuous for their conciliatory terms : although they insist as firmly as ever on the prohibition of lay investiture , they make no mention of homage . |
| 22 | Derek Edwards , speaking after the Place of Safety orders were extended , said that although they had all more or less expected this to happen , it was another blow for the parents . |
| 23 | Faced by the Welsh emergency of 1283 , Canterbury province granted a triennial twentieth , and York in 1286 possibly a thirtieth , although they did so reluctantly because they were still paying off arrears of the subsidy of 1279–80 . |
| 24 | In the human female fetal ovary the maximum number of pachytenes occurs at about 26 weeks , although they appear as early as 14 weeks and continue to about 30 weeks of gestation . |
| 25 | Although they sat up later than their normal bedtime , neither could find any explanation . |
| 26 | Reagan responded by sending in 1,200 US Marines on a peace-keeping mission which , although it sounded all right and looked good on television , had no particular purpose . |
| 27 | Although it occurred more slowly than for subjects given non-reinforced pre-exposure , loss of the OR occurred in control subjects too , a result consistent with the view that α will decline when the CS predicts a consistent consequence and that the OR reflects the value of α . |
| 28 | Weight for weight it does not compare favourably with foods like cereals and nuts in fibre content , although it works out well when you take into account how much fibre you get for a modest number of calories . |
| 29 | First , the defendant might argue that he believed in the victim 's consent since she permitted penetration although he knew full well that she had no understanding of the act . |
| 30 | The programme carried a myriad of possibilities — although it promised more than it delivered on more than one occasion . |