Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Look , Jenny , ’ said Sheila , ‘ we were all dead sorry to hear about your mother . |
| 2 | Curriculum managers reading this discussion may rightly feel that this magisterial balance has rather little to offer to their own pressing concerns . |
| 3 | That 's what you worked all your for you 've not worked to pass on that amount to your kids . |
| 4 | That would have exposed tax-dodgers and forced the suspiciously rich to account for their wealth . |
| 5 | Congress , I think it 's only right to draw to your attention that in item five B USDAW that at the last USDAW Conference there was a motion passed saying that there should be recognition for the independent trade union within USDAW which is ourselves , G M B Apex . |
| 6 | For my own part , I am eternally paying him compliments of this kind , and do all that lies in my power to keep his imagination as busy as my own . |
| 7 | ‘ So sorry to hear about your accident . |
| 8 | I double-checked this with the staff who assured me if would be all right to use on my windows . |
| 9 | It is meaningless therefore to ask whether people are less willing to look after their elderly relatives than in the past , when this particular dimension of family obligation was simply not put to the test for most people in previous generations . |
| 10 | Compared to other graphics fairs , the London event was seen to be somewhat old fashioned in its approach and emphasis . |
| 11 | Where there is no joint action , each member state is entirely free to act on its own . |
| 12 | Perhaps this accounts for our dual response to the book : we are simultaneously moved to tears and to laughter . |
| 13 | How does all this relate to your sniper ? ’ |
| 14 | Lucy was only half listening to their conversation , the main thought in her own mind being that Stella would be home today . |
| 15 | Her slim , nude body , warm in the candlelight , warm by the fire , turning and turning , now this way , now that , against him … the curve of her back … the firmness of her hips … her soft breasts … the grace of her neck and the beauty of her , and of her face , and the dark , desperate eyes , begging now , and entranced — these were the images of her he had only half captured in his years of days away from this house . |
| 16 | Their role is not so much to perform on their own as to lead and embellish the chants . |
| 17 | Johnston and Pattie ( 1988 ) claim that people no longer vote so much according to their class , or social , position , but rather are increasingly referrent to their spatial location . |
| 18 | With so much riding on their personal success , they can feel under considerable pressure to aim for the top . |
| 19 | There 's so much to enjoy at our clubs that once you arrive you may not want to leave . |
| 20 | At the recent JANE 'S ADDICTION gig at The Marquee , people were not so much holding onto their ears as trying to stop their eyeballs standing out on stalks , so plenteous were the glittering celebs out to cheer the visiting Americans on . |
| 21 | And she was saying , cos her friend works in a bank and she 's just taken a mortgage on because they get so much knocked off their mortgage do n't they , if you work in a |
| 22 | It is an opportunity given to few to lead in the creation of a new Department of State , especially one which has so much to contribute to your own vision of improving the quality of life in this country . |
| 23 | As a keen watersports enthusiast I was greatly alarmed to read in your news pages about the high quantities of toxic algae currently present in many of our inland waterways . |
| 24 | Yet Simmons was extremely fortunate to survive beyond his first over . |
| 25 | He became angry and frustrated , having struggled so hard to rise above his humble background to become a physician , and the marriage he had seen as his link to success was more like a chain binding him to the spoilt daughter of the man whose position he envied . |
| 26 | Women with power , for example , were much less likely to conform to their role stereotypes than those without ( Bampton 1970:193 ) . |
| 27 | Presidents who followed less radical policies or more open alliances with the property-owning national and foreign sectors , they felt to be less sympathetic to their cause and , therefore , less likely to respond to their wishes . |
| 28 | If you dislike an aroma , no matter what its ‘ mood-enhancing ’ properties may be , you are less likely to respond to its charms ! |
| 29 | A big shirt : a more practical cover-up than the ubiquitous pareo , less likely to billow into your neighbour 's ice-cream and more appropriate when popping into smart restaurants or sensitive tourist spots such as church . |
| 30 | People are much less likely to vote in their own interests , much less likely to vote in their class interests if other people know how they 're voting . |