Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [adv] [subord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So the practice has been to regard them rather unofficially as having been satisfied if there is compliance on about … three occasions out of four , or four out of five , or two out of three — practices are variable from one authority to another . |
| 2 | They do not like by-elections , for in them a candidate of their own party may , win or lose , find the opportunity to display himself so advantageously as to become in the next general election a fearsome competitor . |
| 3 | Somebody up above as said , I 'll give that person ten minutes sitting in his car . |
| 4 | The frequency of such bids has made it seem that stockmarket valuations are arbitrary , that bidders are stealing money from somebody else rather than creating wealth , and that American and British managers spend too much time shuffling assets and too little investing ( that is , building factories ) for the future . |
| 5 | If you want potatoes with your meal , cook them more often as boiled or jacket potatoes rather than as chips . |
| 6 | It takes considerable practice to perfect and if done badly slows you down rather than speeding you up . |
| 7 | When she passed him the number of her room ( thinking no one else knew she had ) and left to await him , he remained in the ballroom drinking , and when I left at midnight he was still there looking bored and lonely , missing his live-in girlfriend Marie Lisa Volpelierre ( who not long after died so tragically in a riding accident ) . |
| 8 | But even the best brakes in the world will not stop you as quickly as hitting something … |
| 9 | Now I 'm not I like I like the thought of but I prefer the thought of in work and how people can work together using this type of thing and think about it in the context of work rather than in the context that it talks about erm and it 'll be interesting to talk to you tomorrow so if to see what you think have the think about the things we 've talked about . |
| 10 | They no longer strike you however quite as ramparts because they have been planted with grass and shrubs and are in places penetrable on foot or even by traffic ; they are now a pleasance more than a deterrent . |
| 11 | Replace the habit with something else rather than leaving a void . |
| 12 | Replacement adsorption pads cost around £5 for three and because of this expense , human nature being what it is , there is a tendency not to replace them as regularly as recommended . |
| 13 | Now go and try to execute them as precisely as drawn ! |
| 14 | Those customers still paying peanuts for their waste disposal may one day wish prices had been raised moderately against them now rather than slammed up later . |
| 15 | employees think the scheme is unfair , lacks objectivity , is meant to catch them out rather than develop them |
| 16 | Maybe send them out rather than wait till the next meeting , aha |
| 17 | I have had the former fitted up with Drawers for birds and books in hope to work going along and taking a quantity of birds with me as well as left over plates to cut up for box books etc . |
| 18 | It would seem that I had no choice in either matter , but whereas the former flattered me as well as frightened me , the latter insulted and enraged me . |
| 19 | you see go to a football match , or buying some er electrical appliance appeal to them far more than paying the rent ! |
| 20 | Ellen forgot herself so far as to sit down plump on the bed . |
| 21 | We are trying to drag them here so as to get direct investment and to get foreign capital without incurring foreign debt . |
| 22 | And we 'll probably knock him down anyway because say there 's |
| 23 | Linda Darnell despised him because he had treated her so badly when making Fallen Angel and Forever Amber . |
| 24 | She established herself firmly in her parents ' house once again , with the addition of her daughter , and decided that , as she did not appear at her very best when moving due to her injury , she would remain on a sofa all the time . |
| 25 | In 1990 they considerably more than doubled and further increases are planned for 1991 and subsequent years until they approach the full cost of providing courses . |
| 26 | We organized at least a dozen ‘ Letters to the Editor ’ each day — these were mainly unsolicited , but we encouraged more — and spread them about so as to appear in a number of newspapers and magazines across the country . |
| 27 | He says it is natural for an artist to be concerned with the environment , as he 's exposed to it so often when working outside . |
| 28 | By treating the rebels as equals , PNG appears to be conceding it in all but name . |
| 29 | In Littlewoods Organisation Ltd v Harris Lord Denning MR said that by construing a restriction according to the object and intent rule the courts refuse to hold a covenant bad merely because of unskilful drafting and will cut it down so as to reveal its essential reasonableness . |
| 30 | An invitation to sing in the cathedral encourages parishes to see it not only as providing expertise but also as receiving what other musicians can provide . |