Example sentences of "[pron] [adv prt] [adv] [subord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Somebody up above as said , I 'll give that person ten minutes sitting in his car . |
| 2 | It takes considerable practice to perfect and if done badly slows you down rather than speeding you up . |
| 3 | employees think the scheme is unfair , lacks objectivity , is meant to catch them out rather than develop them |
| 4 | Maybe send them out rather than wait till the next meeting , aha |
| 5 | And we 'll probably knock him down anyway because say there 's |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | By treating the rebels as equals , PNG appears to be conceding it in all but name . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The police restricted the parade to the Falls area and the organising committee then called it off so as to avoid compromising the principle of working-class unity . |
| 10 | They come in and follow it up rather than preventing it . |
| 11 | Fill the chest with the chocolate coins , jewels and other treasure , piling it up so as to hide the chopstick in the corner . |
| 12 | This provides what Eo calls a simple ‘ pen and paper ’ -style intuitive interface that requires simple writing gestures rather than keyboard skills to operate — for instance to delete text you simply cross it out rather than entering a command . |
| 13 | Bitrex is the bitterest non-toxic substance known , and even a tiny drop will encourage children to spit it out rather than swallow it . |
| 14 | It was but er the market was so low that he decided not to well I do n't think he could get a buyer actually , it 's just stood there so he he he let it out rather than have it stood there with the option for us to buy it but I say now the prices are lower he 's not keen on selling it at that price . |
| 15 | The reason why there are fewer disconnections is that the electricity companies have introduced card meters , so that people cut themselves off rather than having to be cut off by the electricity companies . |
| 16 | In other words , my guard was now so strong that I would wake myself up rather than allow myself to eat , even in a dream . |