Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [verb] [conj] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other half of this group ( about a quarter of the entire sample ) either rejected the Authority 's recommendations entirely or claimed that although they agreed with them in principle they were prevented from implementing them by unsuitable classroom conditions or other school circumstances . |
| 2 | She sat down and decided that although it was so early in the morning , she would n't mind a drink . |
| 3 | to get together and communicate that because it 's set down as target you 've got to do it so you will , you will set the time aside where it 's easy enough |
| 4 | Laura , desperately disappointed , tried to be a polite hostess for as long as required but when she finally retired found Bernard had locked the bedroom door . |
| 5 | Their secret is stamina rather than speed and when they have worn down their prey the kill is clumsy but efficient . |
| 6 | But you ca n't run away and hide as though you were afraid of him . ’ |
| 7 | She 'll be , there 'll be questions she 'd want to ask which perhaps you , you may not er normally pick up on and ask and if it 's well I 'm afraid she 's gone out shopping today say well that 's a pity , I 'd love to meet up with her . |
| 8 | He was n't put off and said that if I would please stay he would dance every dance with me . |
| 9 | ‘ What I mean is — she explained your circumstances quite openly and asked that if anything happened to her I would keep an eye on your affairs . ’ |
| 10 | But this still confirms my point , since such forms spring up and disappear as if by the act of an experimenting ( and frequently unsuccessful ) creator . |
| 11 | We cover them up and assume that when someone takes their socks off there will be a nasty smell . |
| 12 | But she 's more organised than these lads you see , whatever the duties are you know , she 's got hers up and running and whereas they 're still a bit you know have n't got it going as well as she has . |
| 13 | in fact all of our horses main meeting , me mother and Jim they were all up and running and if , they were front runners , you know and they were all finished and James he backed a two hundred to one shot , I says you 're joking , aye it was up there with 'em mind and it finished twelfth , he said well it was a good bet |
| 14 | He turned his head lazily and smiled before standing up and explaining that as it was Good Friday his mother had gone to church with some old friends and was likely to have dinner with them as well . |
| 15 | He got up and dressed as though in a trance , and set off for the Castle with the hangdog look of a condemned man . |
| 16 | He simply raised the volume of his voice slightly and continued as though she had not uttered . |
| 17 | Going up the lane , she saw a car stop and Frank Conway quickly get out and turn as though awaiting her . |
| 18 | ‘ Wait , my lovely , ’ he breathed , and took his eyes from her wanting , flushed face , to pull back and stare as though transfixed at the throbbing globes of her breasts . |
| 19 | He turned and looked back and saw that where the eagles were , especially the central cages where the golden eagles lived , there was chaos . |
| 20 | Peter Robinson went so far as to say that until late 1974 ‘ there was no party ’ . |
| 21 | The Education Officer of Matagalpa Prison went as far as to say that when systems of exploitation can be brought to an end , crime as a major social phenomenon will disappear . |
| 22 | Some of the delayed motorists were distinctly lacking in respect , one going as far as to say that if he were going to get buried he 'd have a bit more consideration for other road users . |
| 23 | ‘ For now , it seems , the prince has revealed to Sir Thomas the depth of his regard for you — even going so far as to say that if in due course he may not marry yourself , he will remain unwed . |
| 24 | Again perceptions of the value of these interviews differed , but one teacher went so far as to say that if it needed an appraisal to bring these advisers into the school then it was worth it . |
| 25 | Oh well that looks as though we 've we 've got the careers officer one |
| 26 | Surely that meant that although Hatton had banked only five hundred on May 22nd , he had in fact received more , perhaps even twice that sum . |
| 27 | For as well as suggesting that if we were to give up the view that most actions are autonomous we should have to give up a great deal else as well , it asserts that this transformation of our attitudes is actually beyond us . |
| 28 | One can imagine his dismay when he returned to the port and found the ship had gone — either earlier than planned or because the crew did n't want to be caught helping him . |
| 29 | Wives and mothers of British seamen were reported as incensed , not only by the low pay of their menfolk , but also by the medical examination to which they were subjected on signing on , " mauled about and handled as though they were a piece of New Zealand mutton " . |
| 30 | ‘ I was extremely happy living there and realised that if I was prepared to leave my home to move to America with Roy it must be love . ’ |