Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pers pn] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ms Wendy Mountford was living in a house belonging to Mr Roger Street , under a written agreement headed " Licence " , in which she expressly agreed she had no Rent Act protection . |
| 2 | Too rarely has it involved the specialist in the secondary school in regular discussion with primary colleagues . |
| 3 | Susan clasped her hands because she was trembling , but the tension in her locked fingers only made her shake the more . |
| 4 | Being spurned by Malcolm McLaren only made him want the group more . |
| 5 | She was no feather-weight , but even the stairs only made him breathe a shade faster . |
| 6 | ‘ Railways still in a mess after the air raids — they were so delayed they missed the last ferry connection . |
| 7 | I can only presume he means the cir-culation in his big toe after osculatory manipulation by his lover . |
| 8 | The point is , you see , that I did not ask you to go and look at the time on that clock ; I merely asked you to study the numerals on it . |
| 9 | The reward for encouraging all members of staff to be active participants in the decision-making process , so helping them to develop an ownership of the final policy , is that it gives the policy a greater chance of being fully implemented across the curriculum . |
| 10 | If you take it to make yourself numb , in order to forget or to help you sleep , you are only using it to mask the symptoms of a distressing situation which will still be there tomorrow . |
| 11 | And I think , if you look at that video , it will actually perhaps encourage you because it sh yes , those are experienced advocates , I 'm not expecting you to refine your skills to that level , but I think if you see the , the erm the level of which experienced advocates advocate at it will actually perhaps make you relax a little , if you see the stand realize that the standard we 're expecting you to go to is not , not anywhere near quite as high as that . |
| 12 | the strangeness of that thought suddenly made him miss the château . |
| 13 | Speechreading should be more than a communication aid ; it should enrich your quality of life , perhaps assisting you to become a more observant person , more aware , more alive , with the flexibility to adapt and adjust to new circumstances and with the courage and confidence to persist . |
| 14 | She is only encouraging them to use an instinctive faculty they already possess , to develop the already existent , mental and physical muscles . |
| 15 | These times were long enough to enable them to study the behaviour of the plasma and its response to the magnetic forces , necessary first steps along the way to controlled thermonuclear fusion . |
| 16 | I find the easiest way is not to attempt to free the yarn from the sinker plate completely , but to free it just enough to enable you to push the carriage on past the weaving yarn . |
| 17 | What we 're looking for is a quality system and a set of procedures which are flexible enough to enable you to handle the slick jobs , which you have n't got a lot of fee income for . |
| 18 | On the other hand , it requires a membership large enough to enable it to represent a significant number of credit managers . |
| 19 | They are little more than delicate hooks hidden in their plumage and are so short that they are quite incapable of lifting the bird 's body high enough to enable it to make a complete wing beat . |
| 20 | The opening of a poem is obviously important because there is no previous discourse through which to interpret it except for the title , but this is not precise enough to enable us to assign the proper indexical meaning to the deictic elements and terms . |
| 21 | Both said the police paid scant attention to Mr Mackenzie 's ill-health , only allowing him to get a jacket at his wife 's insistence . |
| 22 | So say we put the people into pairs into sets of two . |
| 23 | As I sit down to write I have a photograph propped up on the desk in front of me . |
| 24 | Because she had no man , Clare also suddenly found she had no public identity and was not likely to get asked to dinner parties , for society seemed to move only in couples . |
| 25 | She went back to the gallery , furious , shut the door , pulled down the blind , and those other guests still inside helped her to remove the paintings from the walls . |
| 26 | How long has he owned the tea shop ? |
| 27 | I personally want us to win the game well , to resurrect team morale which seems halfmast at the mo . |
| 28 | I merely want you to perform an experiment . |
| 29 | The suspicion was always there ; he only pursued her to quench an aching need . |
| 30 | Not only has he received a cheque for £82.02 after his successful action against BR in the small claims court . |