Example sentences of "the [n mass] [verb] [adv] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know , if it was a dog that was lost , if it was a cat that was lost , if it was even a pigeon that had got lost they 've got some homing device , but the sheep has n't even got that , it ca n't even find it 's own way home . |
| 2 | The data presented here also imply that before any conclusions are drawn on biological effects obtained through point mutations in tRNAs , it should be investigated if the base-modification pattern was altered and if such alterations might have been the primary cause of the biological observed effect . |
| 3 | The NRA says the fish have probably just moved away to find somewhere better to spawn . |
| 4 | Perhaps down here in the countryside the people had n't ever known who the enemy was . |
| 5 | Which were still dark ; the people had not yet gone upstairs to bed . |
| 6 | What I 'm arguing for tonight is that given that we 've relatively recent boundary change , the people have just about got used to it , so by and large er it does n't seem to have huge numbers of demerits as far as the city is concerned and that we are now very , very close , as close as is possible to the norm for the average constituency size that we actually endorse the boundary commissions proposals and leave well alone and the second part of the motion merely says to a neighbouring authority , y'know , please in some senses be punctilious about not to suddenly decide to poke your noses into something way beyond your it 's not just a couple of parishes on the south boundary , a couple of parishes from from the north of their but actually way to our area but what candidly I can only see as a rather partisan er er |
| 7 | Though the sales have long since gone the mill now has a castellated top and refulgent water vane in the shape of a beer bottle . |
| 8 | It is not a mere reflection of it ; the media do not simply report the world for us in any ‘ neutral ’ or ‘ objective ’ sense , they interpret the world for us . |
| 9 | Sadly , the bar had closed and the staff had long since departed so the celebration pint of bitter had to be put on ice for another day . |
| 10 | This was important because many of the staff did not fully understand what the role entailed . |
| 11 | The pair did n't even realise they were related when they met at a special course about the assassination at the University of Liverpool , which was held in the wake of the Oliver Stone film JFK . |