Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] [adv prt] [art] [adj] [conj] " in BNC.

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1 We gave our permission that the women should gather up the dead and give them burial according to the fashion of this people — ‘ t is said they strip the flesh and griddle it for a delicacy beforetimes , but I for one do not give this credence .
2 All right I 'll bring in a sixty minute tape ask him tonight , okay and I 'll bring in a sixty and a ninety minute , okay .
3 He could see that the flap of cloth gaped open , but in the dark could make out no more than the vague shape of her legs , her stomach .
4 He strained his eyes but could make out no more than the vague outline of Ngo Van Loc 's face in the darkness .
5 We wonder whether this has anything to do with an ‘ upgradeable ’ machine DEC seems to be using where you could yank out the 80486 and substitute a P5 .
6 He 's undoubtedly intelligent , we know he 's a thespian of some note and could put up a spirited and convincing defence in court .
7 ‘ I would line the men up outside , then I would pick out the youngest and strongest for sweeping and cleaning .
8 She said that ‘ vicious adherence to market forces ’ as a way of reducing the fleet would drive out the youngest and the best .
9 We would get back the two and a half thousand members the T & G poached in Liverpool City Council .
10 The full moons and the eclipses will seek out the best and worst in your love life .
11 A few drops of tangy lemon oil in the bath will freshen up a hot and clammy patient .
12 It is this hope that will bring about a new and better world .
13 We will set up an independent and powerful Environmental Protection Agency to work with the new European Environment Agency .
14 But if , having served a term in purgatory , if having had the chance to try his arguments on other philosophers , Hegel was not unrepentant , he might agree that there was perhaps something in the alternative view : that each of the factors affecting historical development does have its own authenticity ; that they act upon and react to one another ; that from time to time this or that factor will take on a greater or lesser importance ; that of course — with a nod in the direction of Marx — at least since the neolithic age and the development of agriculture the mode of production has been a major factor ; and that the actions of particular men , Marx among them , have in fact been formative , changing not merely the degree of development of a kind already prescribed by a programme of social evolution , but the kind of development itself .
15 Perhaps the ISE ought to bring out a commemorative and suitably international blend .
16 Only positive action by government in this regard can break down the wholesale and , in many cases , bitter mistrust of the police by black people , for , in the end , complete integration of different ethnic groups is a political issue .
17 The Nation 's Schools , Butler 's official pamphlet of 1945 , gestured vaguely towards freedom and liveliness , but not much else : ‘ Free from the pressure of any external examination these schools can work out the best and liveliest forms of secondary education suited to their pupils . ’
18 If your horse is a reluctant showjumper you may find he is more enthusiastic at hunter trials , due to the natural-looking fences and the galloping between fences , which can wake up the laziest or horses .
19 So the whole day is done by the time you get started , so you can close out the foreign and even the U S domestic edition , domestic news , before you
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