Example sentences of "[adv] [coord] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Another concept which sometimes falls to be analysed in such all or nothing fashion is ‘ dishonesty ’ as it impinges upon the definition of theft and a cluster of deception offences under the Theft Acts . |
2 | As an academic critic and university teacher specializing in modern literature and literary theory , I spend much or my time these days reading books and articles that I can barely understand and that cause my wife ( a graduate with a good honours degree in English language and literature ) to utter loud cries of pain and nausea if her eye happens to fall on them . |
3 | The people could n't have been working well enough or my plan was too optimistic . |
4 | She had been assisted on humanitarian grounds for long enough and her allegations ‘ came forth when the assistance ceased ’ , it said . |
5 | ‘ If it was big enough , attractive enough and our viewers would like it , ’ he added . |
6 | It was true enough and my mother 's only response was to criticize the Swans for getting married and having no children because they were selfish . |
7 | Make sure that your mattress is firm enough and your pillow comfortable . |
8 | That village looked harmless enough and your horse must be thirsty . ’ |
9 | There is no doubt that Philip had an advantage on occasions like this since he alone represented France while the Angevins were represented by two princes whose interests diverged somewhat and whose differences could be , and were , skilfully exploited by the Capetian King . |
10 | Once through the Suez Canal and into the Red Sea the ‘ black out ’ rule was relaxed somewhat and you children then enjoyed the warmth and the swimming pool , and the kindly Scots captain who greeted Mig every morning with ‘ Hoo 's Maggie the morn ? ’ and the nice stewardess who had taught Mig to reply in a Scots voice , ‘ Maggie 's fine , thank you for spierin' ( asking ) . ’ |
11 | Margaret had been coping a little better and her sleep pattern had returned to normal . |
12 | The wind rose suddenly and her foot began to feel the cold . |
13 | He looked up suddenly and their eyes met . |
14 | I laughed suddenly and his expression relaxed . |
15 | He tried to move one of his hands to touch and soothe it but a great weariness engulfed him suddenly and his hand never reached its destination . |
16 | He shouted suddenly and my fingers pricked with fright . |
17 | Several fires were burning inside and their smoke stung his throat and eyes . |
18 | ‘ When I came out , all my friends were inside and my family did n't want me . |
19 | Everything happened agonizingly slowly : it took an age , or seemed to , for the ship 's boat to be brought alongside and its passengers to be embarked . |
20 | His knees ached gently and his eyes watered with tiredness and the smoke of his own cigarette . |
21 | I love Saeed very much and his sister is missing him . |
22 | They will receive written reports annually and their children 's schools will be inspected every four years . |
23 | The formula is given below and her conclusions where applicable are followed here . |
24 | The use of graph paper makes accurate plotting possible — compare the tabulated results below and their plot in figure 14 . |
25 | The 12-year-old hero of Home Alone and My Girl is taking ballet lessons to prepare him for the role of Prince in Tchaikovsky 's Nutcracker Suite . |
26 | Felipe was there alone and his face tightened as Mitch and Ana came in together . |
27 | The main target was clearly ‘ Marxism ’ and the Weimar ‘ system ’ , and the main message that he alone and his Movement offered the hope of salvation from these and from the disaster which they had brought upon Germany . |
28 | I appreciate that greatly and my heart goes out to them , ’ he said on BBC Radio 4 's Today programme . |
29 | It 's fairly obviously and her heart 's not in it . |
30 | They do n't rate freedom especially highly and their drinking habits are the most modest in our sample . |