Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [adv] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Robyn saw for the first time that Melissa was a little drunk ; her eyes had that bright , fixed look , and her words were pronounced with the extra care of someone who had consumed rather too much alcohol . |
| 2 | Macaulay was attributing rather too much blame to Frederick II of Prussia when he wrote ‘ in order that he might rob a neighbour whom he had promised to defend , black men fought on the coast of Coromandel , and red men scalped each other by the Great Lakes of North America . ’ |
| 3 | If , later on , he made rather too much of his lucky escape from one of Hitler 's flying bombs , describing the eerie cutting out of the engine noise seconds before it dropped , the blinding flash , the tall plume of smoke as it came to its final resting place in what was known as Bomb Alley — the route from bases in the Pas de Calais , via Kent to the capital — it was , perhaps , understandable . |
| 4 | Rainbow would prefer right now this minute , but plays it cool . |
| 5 | No no but it goes somewhere near half way I mean |
| 6 | The most obvious result of such ‘ cuts ’ has been to affect most adversely those without any other pension provision , and has led to an increase in the numbers claiming means-tested support . |
| 7 | Holly had talked with the old man and realized only later that when he spoke all those who were within earshot had listened and tried to learn about him from his words . |
| 8 | Cos what we have heard so far this morning is certainly placing me in all of the local authority . |
| 9 | It offers so very much to the young people who go there and also has a lot to offer adults . |
| 10 | Follow-up of these students shows that they tend to remain in nursing much longer that the younger applicants . |
| 11 | ‘ Binge ’ diary Week 1 Decided to give up vomiting ; binged three times 2–3 Noticed that when stressed by children she turned to food and binged 4–5 Binged only once each week 6–7 Returned home and observed how she wanted to please her parents 8–9 On holiday , eating three meals a day — discovered she did not put on weight . |
| 12 | A hundred thousand homes have been repossessed so far this year . |
| 13 | ‘ To see inside so many great affairs , sometimes even to help plan them , yet always in the end to be the — you say , third person ? ’ |
| 14 | I ca n't stress highly enough that , because of the heat build up , a fan should always be fitted to this type of setup . |
| 15 | Production expanded so rapidly that home supplies of wool were insufficient , and imports from Australia and South America increased . |
| 16 | I had about five barges to look after and you could n't see everyone — not that I cared so very much , to tell the truth . |
| 17 | I was subsequently Chief Constable of the combined Sheffield and Rotherham Police Force which whilst a joint committee , still regarded so very much as serving the two separate authorities and finally I was Chief in a Metropolitan country , with a county council and a police committee and I 'm quite sure that the police were much more sensitive to the needs and the wishes of their local communities when you were sitting at one of those , not necessarily police committee meetings , but the county council meetings , when they discussed the minutes of the police authority . |
| 18 | When you have gathered together as much information as possible you set about defining your client 's image . |
| 19 | Throughout , exports met only about half of their cost . |
| 20 | We will ensure that a number of carefully selected children from poor homes , including perhaps even some children or grandchildren of immigrants , are allowed to succeed at school , and to go to university . |
| 21 | We can not stress enough how much the grant from the Sports Council depends on the present 3000+ members being increased . |
| 22 | Nothing was hanging together right any more . |
| 23 | Once again the rural areas are being treated less favourably that the towns . |
| 24 | I fear so very much . |
| 25 | It would not be practical to attempt to list all the fund raising activities that have been undertaken so far this year but I would like to pick out some highlights for you . |
| 26 | So far we have assumed that we understand the suggestion that there are minds other than our own , and asked merely how much evidence we have in its favour . |
| 27 | Possibly they are priests or temple attendants wearing animal masks : the Minoan religion had certainly not developed so far that such things were incongruous . |
| 28 | How the glass seems to be bringing together so many of my old themes , he wrote . |
| 29 | But what of Dorothy 's reputation , which she herself had guarded so zealously all these years ? |
| 30 | Instead , the whole coating would have to be repainted much sooner that if it had been touched up periodically ! |