Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've just asked him about the collaborative review the focus is apparently on national curriculum so that means maths , English and , but they want to look ge more general issues and because they 're in on a Wens Tuesday and a Wednesday he said that they would go in a look at , three of them would go in a look at taught tutorial lessons they will want to talk to me about the tutorial programme I would hope that that would involve somebody else cos I 've got the bit of the fence that I sit on and ask one or two of you to give your opinion if , if you 're available . |
| 2 | The PROFITBOSS pro-acts his way to profit rather than reacting to potential loss . |
| 3 | It aims to elaborate and refine rather than overturn ; it is evolutionary rather than revolutionary . |
| 4 | In fact the Governments " minute of appointment " in 1961 set as the Committee 's terms of reference to report on and review the pattern of full-time higher education in Britain " in the light of national needs and resources " . |
| 5 | He had not been eating properly and had been drinking more than usual . |
| 6 | Apparently industrialised nations and their politicians torture themselves into believing that if Third World countries are turned into amphitheatres of food and agricultural research , lustily cheered on and abetted by Western ‘ gurus ’ , everything will be hunky-dory . |
| 7 | For readers there were books and rooms set apart as libraries , and there were people who learnt a great deal and people who read furiously and learnt nothing . |
| 8 | From her student days Pavlova was fired by stories of her legendary predecessor Marie Taglioni , who had travelled widely and appeared to great acclaim in St Petersburg during the 1837–9 seasons . |
| 9 | She has travelled widely and has lived in four countries in the Commonwealth . |
| 10 | The problem was that the premises of his own theory required the answer to this question to remain always in abeyance , while his text enacts rather than resolves the equivocality of the choice which it sets up . |
| 11 | Laid back , bang on and chilled to the gills . |
| 12 | ‘ I derive my enjoyment of food from its colour , texture and the combination on the plate when I eat ; so these are the things that I concentrate on when cooking for customers , ’ she explains . |
| 13 | A gust of wind throws rain against the window and shakes the frame ; it 's loud and surprising and I flinch but he just turns slowly and looks out into the darkness with what could almost be contempt before laughing and putting an arm round my shoulder and suggesting we have another drink . |
| 14 | But if you can not afford to leave , might it not be better to put up with the treatment that you have received rather than becoming unemployed ? |
| 15 | For instance , Skipper was not impressed with my suggesting that he should stand still while I got on and wait until I asked before moving off . |
| 16 | He just got on and obeyed . |
| 17 | There wuz a bit of trouble outside the school gates when Sinead O'Connor said she was n't coming on the trip because she disapproved of buzzes and then she got on and took the best seat , ie the one at the back where me and Graham normally sit and smoke No6 . |
| 18 | Then I got on and saw all those people and thought ‘ Hold on , they 're just folk ’ , and I had a really good sing-song . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Then , when we realised and accepted the situation , I just got on and helped him with his fight . ’ |
| 20 | I got on and did my job , ’ he said . |
| 21 | It has to be said that the world would be a much better place if we just got on and did things instead of waiting for other people to do them on our behalf . |
| 22 | She just got on and did it . |
| 23 | Here a young couple got on and tried to find a couple of seats which were situated together preferably away from everyone else . |
| 24 | It is impregnated with glue , and fabric can be ironed on when dampened . |
| 25 | But he knew from experience it was often best with Blanche simply to answer a question she asked rather than seek to question why she posed it . |
| 26 | Without such funding the best way to process general language is to acquire rather than develop a parser ( Patten , 1992 ) . |
| 27 | Thereafter , the specimens were carefully opened along the greater curvature , laid on and pinned out on a flat surface . |
| 28 | This inherent uncertainty , coupled with the possibility of fines and private actions , could risk inhibiting rather than promoting competition . |
| 29 | This figure does not , of course , take account of what you could earn on or do with your money if it was available to you . |
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