Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [pron] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Either we use them properly or we get rid of them . |
| 2 | Harbury tried to grab the apparent opportunity but Wickham neatly turned the conversation so that Shildon was able to go on where he had left off . |
| 3 | It had worked very well last night with Fräulein Hubert , better than he 'd hoped , but he ought to be careful until his plans were all consolidated , then he could dump Ingrid and carry on where he 'd left off with that lovely little thing . |
| 4 | Now apart from by taking land from the landlords which is pretty in unspecific , all of the others are , are s are straight , very moderate , very limited acquisitions and then if you go on where you 've got ta protect the middle peasant etcetera , then they are really very low key methods , you , you , you would not see that I think as being the return to land reform . |
| 5 | I do n't know about Augusta being my territory but it 's nice to come somewhere where you have won before , obviously , and live off the memories … |
| 6 | ‘ Some day , ’ Nicholas said , ‘ You 'll find yourself somewhere where someone does understand Flemish , and they 'll cut your ears off , and then all your red hair , wherever you grow it . |
| 7 | So if you begin catching barbel in the 4lb or larger bracket it is well worth sticking it out until they move on or you have caught most of them . |
| 8 | References to our name will be appropriate only where we have provided a report for publication in a public document or circular , or ( as provided for in the engagement letter ) have otherwise consented to the ‘ form and context ’ in which our name is to appear . |
| 9 | Since such rules can be optionally applied to the same basic sentence structures , they provide a linguistic basis for the notion of * In this , as in subsequent chapters , we number examples and extracts only where we need to refer to them in the text . |
| 10 | Achieving regular employment has been one of the most difficult targets for people who have left institutions and there is a marked descent through the occupational and class structure so that , especially where they have suffered illnesses such as schizophrenia , the work they are able to get tends to be of an unskilled or semi-skilled kind . |
| 11 | Inadequate timetabling , the organisation of lessons during lunchtimes and instead of normal lessons or assemblies , the allocation of unsatisfactory classrooms , the poor arrangement of furniture for learning purposes , the lack of suitable materials — all these factors tend to discourage learners of community languages , especially where they have had little influence on the choice of their subject options when a community language is involved . |
| 12 | Albrow ( 1986 ) has questioned what he calls the ‘ myth of the heroic struggle ’ in sociology , but it seems clear that many disciplines had to fight hard to gain entry and become established , especially where they appeared to threaten the hegemony of existing disciplines , as English and modern languages did with classics , the social sciences with history , and now perhaps computing with mathematics . |
| 13 | I like the way you 've got it to sound like a court report , especially where you 've used the reported speech for the Judge and Jury . |
| 14 | Either the telemetric system has broken down or they 've gone bonkers at Bacton . ’ |
| 15 | If your car breaks down or you need to get a taxi home late at night , the last thing you want to do is wander round looking for a phone box . |
| 16 | Will members make an ad hoc contribution as necessary ? eg where you want to book a speaker or hire a film |
| 17 | The child glared at me so fiercely that I tried to ingratiate myself by asking who was her favourite composer . |
| 18 | well we went on a course , for a week up Newcastle and of course er erm we had to be there for nine o'clock so we had to catch the bus , at the latest half past eight so you 're up at you 're up at seven and you get showered and what have you cos there 's a shower in the be bedroom get yourself all ready so you 're down by about erm half seven , quarter to eight , like so you tend to think quarter of an hour to the erm bus stop which is right outside the door of the hotel we were getting so and we use the bus rather than take the car in daily , cos it 's easier so I and er and of course I sat down and had a breakfast and I thoroughly enjo , I did n't have any cereals you know , I says well er and I had a little bit of orange orange juice , but it was this erm made up orange juice |
| 19 | I have to get a bus at eight o'clock so I have to leave the house at twenty to eight . |
| 20 | Yeah so except you 've got to list everybody 's name . |
| 21 | I just heard that Katie here was in so I came to see when she 'd be back on duty , that 's all . |
| 22 | Yes you reminded erm er Jim about the , the er asking why you asked for recommendations , pinpointed handled the objections excellently erm I 'd actually put video not available but you brought it in so you 've got a cross here and it 's got yes you , yes it was |
| 23 | Is it not the case that although the wage increases of British workers have come down the benefits of that have been dissipated , and that due to the recession induced by the Government productivity has gone down although it has gone up in Germany and as a result unit labour costs in the year to the second quarter of 1991 went up by 3 per cent . |
| 24 | Dillon and Mann L.JJ. held that he had erred in English domestic law , because he had misunderstood the Hoffmann-La Roche case as extending to local authorities a privilege which belonged to the Crown alone ; and furthermore that he had erred in Community law because , since it is the duty of the national court to ensure the legal protection which persons derive from the direct effect of provisions of Community law , it was necessary to require an undertaking in damages to protect any current right which Wickes might have , by virtue of article 30 , to open their doors for Sunday trading . |
| 25 | When I did emerge to eat , he remarked gloomily that he 'd managed to stick them to the bottom of the pan . |
| 26 | Better that we get rid of these people in the Labour Party if they do not want our involvement let them go and form their own party , as a trade union ordinarily formed originally formed the Labour Party ! |
| 27 | He realised suddenly that he had to go to the bathroom . |
| 28 | ‘ But before I could say anything I discovered suddenly that I 'd meant nothing to you but an unimportant little romantic adventure , ’ he added bitterly . |
| 29 | She wished suddenly that she had met him under different circumstances : not as Jenny 's boy friend ; not as her fellow beneficiary in Aunt Alicia 's will . |
| 30 | She thought suddenly that she had taken Dr Neil for granted , that she had not fully realised either his hard work or his dedication , and for the first time understood the impulse which had caused him to leave the cushioned life of a younger son of a good family and become an East End doctor instead . |