Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [vb infin] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His eyes would for ever make their simple statement . |
| 2 | It can be difficult but necessary at times to carry out this study and to slowly change our own techniques to keep in date with modern developments . |
| 3 | Now lie cross-legged and use your arms to slowly lift your back and bottom off the mattress . |
| 4 | The voice recordings were shipped to London where MI6 had to set up a totally new department of 250 specially recruited Russian-speaking experts to slowly work their way through the material . |
| 5 | After their first ‘ lessons in wizardry ’ for the hunt , men may undergo , if they wish , more powerful lessons to slowly increase their internal ‘ beads of knowledge ’ , their source of power as hunter , fisherman , chanter . |
| 6 | It also gave King an audience to verbally push his next card — Chavez against Haugen and Norris against Maurice Blocker on February 20 in the 102,000-capacity Azteca Stadium in Mexico City — ‘ the biggest live boxing gate in the history of mankind ’ , as King grandiosely puts it . |
| 7 | Hurriedly she glanced round , assessing her chances of getting away if she made a run for it , then started nervously when the second man took a deliberate step sideways to effectively block her path . |
| 8 | Mr Patten has promised enough resources for the inspectorate to solve this problem but it may be years before it is strong enough to effectively enforce its new duties . |
| 9 | Our guidelines on how to effectively lobby your MP , be it about the Vulcan or the falling pound , are available on receipt of a stamped addressed envelope at the address below . |
| 10 | As each slice of anti-trade union legislation has gone onto the statute book we 've become less able to effectively represent our membership . |
| 11 | In a way she is a model for the writer in you — the writer who needs to experience the passion , the enchantment , yet keep enough control to effectively organise your symbols . |
| 12 | With reduction in costs as a key objective for Banks , they hope that staff loyalty to customers will allow them to widely market their new hours without properly managing these issues . |
| 13 | They had rushed into it too quickly , and lived to bitterly regret their impulsiveness . |
| 14 | An electricity generating company in California sued a laboratory which failed to properly document its analysis ; the company was trying to recover from the laboratory the costs of settling a suit for unfair dismissal brought by an employee who lost her job because of the test . |
| 15 | ‘ It takes up to 18 months to properly train our staff and I must say I am particularly impressed by the capability , skills and attitude of the Scots workforce . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ In order to properly defend our clients , ’ Shaughnessy explained later , ‘ we decided that we should serve subpoenas on a number of Federal agencies in an effort to determine whether the government had any documentation which would either confirm or dispute what Mr Aviv had reported . ’ |
| 17 | Williams was one of those players who never learned to properly channel his aggression , never believed anybody knew better than him and always asked ‘ Why me ? ’ of critics rather than himself . |
| 18 | ‘ It was like a scene in some stricken Bosnian town where people were scavaging for food , ’ said Bernie today , ‘ Demand is just unbelievable — I had to eventually leave my own telephone off the hook at midnight in order to get some sleep . |
| 19 | Amdahl hopes to eventually supplement its dwindling mainframe income with revenue from these Sparc-based machines , expected to ship at the end of 1993 . |
| 20 | Generously , the staff of Decommission-ing and Radwaste have temporarily decommissioned their vehicle so that the thrushes have time to successfully raise their family . |
| 21 | ‘ I am confident that Kneale Ashwell and his management team will continue to successfully execute our strategy . |
| 22 | PI has failed to successfully close your LIFESPAN Authorisation file in your default directory . |
| 23 | In winning the Northern Bank International Award , it was judged that Nicholas Hutchinson displayed the total commitment and drive required to successfully market his company 's products and services , involving extensive international travel and unsocial working hours . |
| 24 | Gone were the days of the interchangeability of lead type — each vendor and type foundry wanted to vigorously protect its typographic heritage from this electronic heresy . |
| 25 | Then he bundled her now rosy body into her dry shirt and sat her down on the sleeping-bag to vigorously rub her hair dry . |
| 26 | Relating , you form a , a bond basically between you and the customer , that 's why you sell well , cos you gel well with your customers , there 's empathy there , you 've got to come across as caring and sharing , but you 've got ta ask questions and you listen to the answers , right , you 've got to basically treat their problems as if they were your own , do you know what I 'm saying to you ? |
| 27 | Extreme discomfort in the legs , and sometimes the arms , leads sufferers to constantly move their legs around in bed , resulting in insomnia for themselves and anyone unfortunate enough to have to share a bed with them . |
| 28 | The result of trying to be a valid person has made me prone to depression , agoraphobia , and reclusiveness — for I 'm tired to have to constantly explain my ‘ differentness ’ . |
| 29 | The CML also queried the legal basis of grant limitation in view of ‘ the Law Society 's duty not to unjustifiably fetter its discretion in respect of the operation of the fund ’ . |
| 30 | The questionnaire shown in appendix 10 , is intended to enable teachers to personally assess their behaviour towards pupils of both sexes and is proposed , by the Canadian Committee on the Status of Women of the Government of Quebec , to be distributed to all teachers . |