Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [verb] [noun] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Better than watching telly all day long . ’ |
| 2 | So Vecchi hi-tails it out to the sanatorium , hangs around until the great man and Rico leave then gives it a few more minutes before walking in and giving Connie another grilling . |
| 3 | but that first weeks messages you did n't have to pay them till the end of the quarter , which meant that people went in and bought things that week , they never bought you know ? |
| 4 | This is the first time I think we 've sat down and done bugger all for ages ! |
| 5 | The reproduction of an historic statue of the Mother of God in the Cathedral , demonstrates a sensitivity to the vibrant traditions of the past , drawing on them so as to enrich ones own faith not only of God 's choice of Our Lady and her example , but also of the many wonderful traditions in the diocese which provides continuity , constantly enriching the present . |
| 6 | What was it exactly that made Masailand such a pleasant place for members of the British Colonial Service to be ? |
| 7 | Not everyone accepts Machiavelli 's advice that rulers should dispense favours slowly and inflict pain all at once . |
| 8 | Who should a woman of this age be taking her clothes off and demanding sex all the time ? " |
| 9 | If you need a modem to link into say Compuserve and pick up and collect messages this modem is ideal — if you are uploading and downloading big files over long distances you need a quicker modem . |
| 10 | ‘ There is enough trouble for pensioners in this day and age without them having to go out and meet people such as you waiting to prey on them like jackals . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ You know what I want to do — and I wanted to do it for Jimi 's birthday in his anniversary year , but it did n't happen — I want to get everybody that ever recorded with him , anybody who played live with him , get them all at a big reunion and go out and play Hendrix all night long — every song that I know , every song that we could possibly do . |
| 12 | We like mixed-ability teaching in principle — but it 's such hard work ( if you 're not going to cop out and use worksheets all the time ) that we find ourselves longing for the good old days of streaming . |
| 13 | ( Camp schools were institutions where children lived communally and attended lessons all the time ; though somewhat authoritarian in regime , they at least provided a well balanced diet and regular exercise through organised games . ) |
| 14 | You come back and see Thomas another day . |
| 15 | After redesigning from scratch the way it processed orders from customers , it has cut delivery times from 8-12 weeks to ‘ days ’ even while using 35% fewer people to do the job . |
| 16 | It should also , she urged , be an advocate for the book as well as conducting campaigns such as the fight against VAT : ‘ Celebrating what is good is as important as campaigning ’ . |
| 17 | As well as losing power this provides support for the pronounced body lean into the turn . |
| 18 | When 8 million people holiday abroad and spent £200 each on accommodation , food and pocket money , the cost to the nation 's reserves is £1,600 million . |
| 19 | After expressing astonishment at this turn up for the book , gazing round and saying things such as ‘ By my halidom , sir knight , ’ and ‘ Gadzooks , fell work shall be done this sennight , ’ they took grimly to hewing and slaying Krooms left , right and centre by the baker 's dozen . |