Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [verb] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There are also bruises on her thigh , which must have been caused by her being stamped on or kicked as she struggled . ’ |
| 2 | He can do no better than argue that it involves apprehending things simultaneously rather than in succession though he does not explain how the successful mystic can transcend the limits of the magic number seven , which most psychologists agree is the maximum number of entities that can simultaneously be held before the mind . |
| 3 | If your interest in the past centres on some figure in particular from days gone by you could perhaps not do better than to consider whether he or she would make a detective , as the American writer Lilian de la Torre did with a series of short stories about Dr Sam Johnson , Detector . |
| 4 | But if , as seems increasingly likely , Mr Clinton will soon tell Congress and the public that American fighting men will have to be sent to Bosnia , he will have to do better than say that he has thought things over carefully . |
| 5 | Babyish even for nine year olds perhaps , but better than waiting until they are teenagers . |
| 6 | So that meant that he was he could n't sort of do a heavy heavy work so he just used to do odd job things you know , he 'd sell horse and carts and er he 'd go down to the pier when he used to do the fishing boats , he used to come in and he 'd buy a box of fish from them and go round the streets selling them you know . |
| 7 | Not only have we got young people from all the political parties involved , but we 've also got Sir Geoffrey Howe , John Smith , David Owen , Lord Jenkins , in other words one senior representative from each of the major political parties has agreed to be a patron er so that shows that it is a cross-party initiative . |
| 8 | That means that we are locked into issuing fire certificates since we rely on the and it imposes a marked official erm , performance target on us , we ca n't afford to let the numbers of inspections of supported defences drop , so that means that we 've got to find money from elsewhere in the budget . |
| 9 | I remember a on the telephone , you know , I used to speak and talk and talk , apparently she would switch to German , so that means that I ca n't someone |
| 10 | it 's twenty two so that means that it 's ten degrees ten above zero . |
| 11 | This is the final account , so that means that you 've finished altogether with the property . |
| 12 | So that means if you picked a bit of the outline up now , pick a bit alright , I reckon if you do area select now select |
| 13 | So that means if you could line up a hundred million atoms you 'd just reach one centimetre ? |
| 14 | Right so that means if there 's nobody moving out , John ca n't move in ? |
| 15 | So that means until we 've heard from , one of them , we ca n't sort of ascertain finally the , the , the programme for the next few weeks . |
| 16 | Mick Ronson , Woody Woodmansey and myself would be making backing tracks , having got the brief from David — it was E chord for 16 bars then an A chord for 4 bars and a B chord for 2 bars — and we were just banging out these backing tracks , and David would come into the studio , if we could tear him away from Angela for long enough and say whether he liked it or not . |
| 17 | It may be suggested that he may simply qualify somewhat and say that it is wrong for others to tell such lies and not for him , and that there is no purely logical inconsistency here . |
| 18 | ‘ Go inside and see if you can find a light . |
| 19 | Why not try and turn your thoughts outwards and see if there is someone else in the same position as yourself — what can you do to help that person feel more comfortable ? |
| 20 | Look at the transcriptions of a number of words given below and see if you can work out ( for the accent in question ) the environment in which [ ] is found . |
| 21 | Answer yes or no to the statements below and see If it helps you to uncover the reasons for your family relationships — be they bad or good . |
| 22 | He glanced at the map of the Underground on the panel opposite and saw that they were approaching Embankment Station . |
| 23 | Madame Butterfly , he thought , for he had sneaked a glance at the soldier opposite and seen that he was now weeping , the letter crumpled in his fist , scrunching apple blossom . |
| 24 | They can ask colleagues to come in and comment and you can add a little bit . |
| 25 | As one teacher said , ‘ I rather resent people coming in and criticising when they have n't been in on a regular basis ’ . |
| 26 | They just walked in and saw that you had posters up and |
| 27 | It 's time people gave some of our youngsters the credit for realising the state the country is in and knowing that they are the ones who are going to have to put it right — and are prepared to work hard to do so . |
| 28 | Yeltsin had given a dramatic description of tanks closing in and said that he believed that he had not much time left . |
| 29 | I went in , explained the position I was in and asked if I could see one of the rooms . |
| 30 | A young man came in and asked if he could help with distribution . |