Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A tenancy remains a tenancy even though the landlord may choose to require each of two joint tenants to agree expressly to pay one half of the rent . |
| 2 | ‘ We have no room for everything an' I thought the place would look brighter if the missus 'ad somewhere to put her buckets an' brooms . ’ |
| 3 | Created by Alex Raymond in the 1930's Flash eventually made his way onto the Commodore with a little help from Mastertronic Added Dimension , a budget house set up by Mastertronic . |
| 4 | ‘ Let's make somewhere to leave them . ’ |
| 5 | That way at least , the ultimate prize should remain within reach whatever happens inside the polling booths -always provided , of course , that he has not ‘ peaked ’ too soon . |
| 6 | The Chelonians , inspired by the signs of the F61 's imminent departure , were struggling furiously to free themselves . |
| 7 | They intend eventually to introduce their own currencies but all five had agreed , as members of the Commonwealth of Independent States , to keep the rouble for the time being . |
| 8 | When the old Major , so soon to die , had travelled secretly to see his son and meet her , she recognized his courtesy because he was a gentleman , but there was no welcome and no warmth in him . |
| 9 | next of tables like yes , and we will want somewhere to put them , |
| 10 | • The development of contract arrangements with the private and voluntary sector to ensure consumers have maximum choice in deciding which service most suits their needs , for example residential and day care . |
| 11 | So-called ‘ horror stories ’ ( gory illustrations depicting the de-beaking of turkeys , dogs being hanged , huntsmen exulting over the corpse of a fox , or reports of a senile researcher who failed properly to anaesthetise his animal subjects ) may well be effective copy and have an impact upon gullible readers but are of limited argumentative worth . |
| 12 | With her track record , attitude and given right support she has the potential of seeing the reality of her aspirations bearing fruit . |
| 13 | As you climb by the road , you see a ring of mountains to your right which you might easily take to be the Cirque de Troumouse , but this is in fact yet a third cirque , that of Estaubé , intermediate between Gavarnie and Troumouse , imposing in its own right if too withdrawn properly to enclose you , as a good cirque should . |
| 14 | ‘ For long [ before the revolution of 1789 ] ’ , wrote a contemporary , ‘ the intendants , directed by public opinion , sought rather to distinguish themselves by their care for the people and by works of public utility , than by their obedience to ministerial wishes . ’ |
| 15 | Although it made little progress its symbolic importance ( the first such meeting to be held ) was considerable . |
| 16 | Flowers visited by passerines are twisted such that they face back to the peduncle , on which the perching bird stands : hummingbird flowers differ in being tubular and sticking outwards making them readily accessible to hovering birds . |
| 17 | Yet they have heard of this particular god , and what they have heard only increases their fear . |
| 18 | I do n't think so love there 's the first of the money lender so only a big one , once |
| 19 | After a month or so , its head has developed sufficiently to allow it to open its jaws . |
| 20 | Later still , by the mid 1960s when the various organisations within the broad front of the civil rights movements had developed sufficiently to conduct their own educational programs , Highlander changed direction again in the thrust of its educational programs . |
| 21 | Johnson arrived in Winnipeg for the Canadian championships , but his advisers notified organisers late on Friday that a week-old hamstring injury had not healed sufficiently to enable him to race in Saturday 's 60 metres . |
| 22 | I was shocked and fascinated enough to turn my attention , briefly , from the nastiness within to the nastiness without . |
| 23 | The subject is not superficial , and the superficial treatment that it often receives perhaps explains our shallow and muddled thinking . |
| 24 | The event which followed this restriction on instinctual action was the brothers banding together to kill their father , and the consequent guilt they experienced . |
| 25 | But the traditional banana-producing countries are banding together to save their skins . |
| 26 | To cope with the Gaullist surge ( and with the communist threat on their other flank ) , the centrist parties committed to the status quo made a virtue of necessity by banding together to form what they called the " Third Force " . |
| 27 | In fact , it is basically seen as the professionals banding together to protect their own — especially so when set against the various Royal College of Surgeons ' statements that testing of patients after operative accidents is reasonable whether or not the patient agrees . |
| 28 | Pistoliers are young nobles , knights ' sons who are not old or experienced enough to win their spurs or join the Reiksguard . |
| 29 | The mother-of-two became so distressed her hair fell out . |
| 30 | At each mealtime eat enough to satisfy your appetite , even if it means having second helpings of vegetables . |