Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [adv] about the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Accordingly , as you convert your plan into a series of sections or paragraph topics , you should think carefully about the logical or rhetorical relationship between them : e.g. cause and effect ; particularisation and specification ; illustration ( if so , of what exactly ? ) . |
2 | Then of course the there were area combat missions , area missions but these had nothing to do er with the work training I think that and I did and in developing of our crews so that we were able to survive and of course er our mission that we thought that would probably be the same as was on the fourteenth when we went to Schweinfurt and we made it back and not only that but we got back to England , we 'd manage on about the third pass to get in to this one field and there was another plane trying to get in and they went up and bailed out and after we were eating our supper here they brought the men in the fields er where they , on the bombers ' field where they had landed the never got in so they went up and set the plane on automatic pilot and bailed out because they could n't land the plane but we managed to take them out and I think there was the extra good flying training and I did together that made us able to survive the savage attacks that we had , he had it on the Munster mission , I had it on the Schweinfurt mission . |
3 | He had then put the bottle of whisky out on the table , in the hope that after a couple of shots , Pat Milligan 's rage would abate , and they could talk instead about the Red Sox 's chances in next week 's match against the New York Giants . |
4 | You remember I said to you that the only thing any witnesses could agree on about the first bloke who killed himself was his staring eyes ? ’ |
5 | Motives are very difficult to uncover , and , even if we could know them , they would reveal little about the likely course of foreign policy . |
6 | The Guardian of Jan. 12 assessed that Gorbachev was " trying to buy time , in the hope that once the principle of secession has been established Lithuanians will think seriously about the political and economic implications " . |
7 | We will consult widely about the detailed structure of this new qualification , and finalise proposals quickly . |
8 | Through that work we will know more about the national church , its leaders , its members , its worship , its life . |
9 | Through that work we will know more about the national church , its leaders , its members , its worship and its life . |
10 | The governments going to Washington next month understand that ; and in working out what to sign up for , they will know more about the likely costs of taking action than about the benefits . |
11 | There may lurk some consolation for punters in this innovation , as those determined to have a bet in the Lincoln proper will learn much about the current trend of Town Moor 's wayward draw advantage . |
12 | Gavin can remember little about the savage attack which put him into the John Radcliffe Hospital . |
13 | Buddhists with this expectation of Maitri , Jews with their longing for the messianic age , Christians with their hope of the second coming of Christ , can talk together about the golden age ahead — their respective eschatologies , their glimpses of an eternal city , the abiding home of the human spirit . |