Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is , however , a revealing case study in that disagreements show up the different modes of explanation clearly . |
| 2 | You know little kids coming out of school and going straight on the road . |
| 3 | Secondly , and more importantly , the fact that some courts get by with comparatively few custodial sentences suggests that it would be perfectly possible for other courts to reduce their custody rates to this level , and thereby reduce the prison population . |
| 4 | Only a few states held out against Europe as staunchly as did Ethiopia . |
| 5 | er , if the , if the , er service charge costs had gone up in the meantime , obviously after you reached the end of the first accounting period you have some accounts to go on and you have a much better idea of what the costs are actually going to be |
| 6 | Few hats hanging on OSF/1 peg |
| 7 | So few forms came back . |
| 8 | However , some gems shine on through and five in particular deserve your investment , for different reasons . |
| 9 | A few labourers drifted in , muttered good-day and threw back Poire William , as if it were purely medicinal . |
| 10 | But there was a big loss of life as well , but what frightened me was this Germans coming over on Peedie bits of rafts and the men swimming in the sea and whatnot |
| 11 | ‘ Supplies went from famine to feast ; there will be quite a few copies washing around , ’ concluded John Hitchin . |
| 12 | Contact between the various Youth Allyah training centres was chiefly by newsletters published by the London office , but some groups brought out their own monthly bulletin with such exalted titles as The Plough , Seeds and Our Life . |
| 13 | gave a lecture and all she came in with was some notes written out on some full scape paper and some papers for the over head projector |
| 14 | I had some notes jotted down on a card somewhere , but I quickly went off them and chatted about whatever seemed interesting . |
| 15 | With that we 'll see if we 've got any more it 's er , have to go down here which has got a bit of light , still some birds moving around and the birds calling , go and check the nests now . |
| 16 | Dr Fitzhugh admits that the prices he pays for commissioned prices are well below market value ; but few artists turn down the opportunity for such excellent exposure . |
| 17 | The hit man has been called in a few times to finish off Jeffrey Probyn yet never once has he managed to carry out his murderous brief . |
| 18 | During November 1992 and January 1993 , its value some times slumped by over 10% in a week . |
| 19 | Such conditions are all too rare today ( works bought for public institutions like the Tate disappear from view for decades together ) , and it must have been a factor in the decision of some artists to give in the first place . |
| 20 | ‘ A few notes spaced out like the first stars that penetrate the sky at sunset ’ , as Tovey describes the miraculous midway section . |
| 21 | Joe 's father had worked for her father , and Joe himself had earned a few shillings helping out , when he was a scrawny boy with a runny nose . |
| 22 | ‘ Few cases end up in court , but where necessary , the backing of the law will be sought to enforce acceptable standards . ’ |
| 23 | Luckily , the rain had stopped and I spent a few minutes baling out , thinking once again that I must do something about drainage , but never seem to get round to it as the weather clears up and everything dries out very quickly . |
| 24 | It would help us to plan for the future if you would be so kind as to take a few minutes to fill in this questionnaire . |
| 25 | When another few minutes went by she was scratching her head to try and think up some way of making sure that Naylor would consider any such notion laughable . |
| 26 | Mr Wopsle went in to discover what was happening , and after a few minutes rushed out , calling , ‘ Something wrong up at the forge , Pip ! |
| 27 | ‘ Give me a few minutes to clean up and we 'll go to the Swan Inn . ’ |
| 28 | We have even seen lecturers complete their lectures and leave the room while the students have had to sit for another few minutes taking down the last load from the blackboard ! |
| 29 | It is well worth spending a few minutes setting up the rails and lace carriage to see how it works even if you do n't want to knit with them at present . |
| 30 | It takes only a few minutes to carry out this simple exercise , but it will greatly improve your ability to recognise genuinely lost coins when your search head passes over them . |