Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] [vb base] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right so write it as about here write it as three times seventeen , minus two . |
| 2 | All these systems dealt with the problem of how to dispose of stock when , as Day 's library so elegantly put it on the slip , ‘ the first demand for the book has abated ’ . |
| 3 | As Henry James so memorably put it in his great essay , ‘ The Art of Fiction ’ , ‘ Experience is never limited , and it is never complete … |
| 4 | The Duc de Choiseul did not expect to occupy England , much less incorporate it in Louis XV 's empire , but merely to distract his enemy from further conquests overseas and encourage an early peace . |
| 5 | So just write it as six times ten or ten times six . |
| 6 | So just treat it like a Sunday . |
| 7 | So just watch it after the first dose that evening , if you g Especially if you get out of bed to have a wee . |
| 8 | So just leave it on that , that 's it . |
| 9 | So just lead us to him , if you please ! " |
| 10 | The best thing to get richer is like , going round car boot sales , like my mum , she 's so funny , dad said she 's a different woman , she 's just like , cos when Phil and I erm , were engaged , we were trying to save up money , so we , oh and like we 'd sell off all our old stuff , so just give me of money , and then , we got these and my mum was pricing everything up , and she 's going , if someone asks for a discount , do n't , just do n't give it to them , she said , everyone 's going round pricing everything up and erm , when they come to you , they just , they just want things for nothing . |
| 11 | Better just argue her into going back where she belonged . |
| 12 | Young people especially just take it for granted and order it automatically . |
| 13 | Better still change it for a modern one : we 're to replace all open flued water heaters , and because of this , British Gas are giving terrific trade-in allowances , so check them out ! |
| 14 | But if we are going to accuse them of this then we had better also accuse them of inventing the doctrine of the Trinity , for although the New Testament provides evidence for such a cardinal Christian belief it does not set it out in a clear or distinct fashion . |
| 15 | To what extent , however , can the principles that we have looked at so far help us in designing an organisational structure ? |
| 16 | To human eyes many of the body markings appear to be beautiful and highly conspicuous , but this is because we so often see them in artificial environments where their camouflage quality fails to show itself . |
| 17 | So please join me in drinking a toast to the health of my son-in-law 's parents , Gregory and Gillian . |
| 18 | June Bascombe has agreed to co-ordinate the display items — so please contact her with your idea and whether or not your item will be accompanied either by live piano or professional recorded music . |
| 19 | The enclosed card will help you remember the CLARENCE number , so please carry it with you in case you need to call us . |
| 20 | oh well the Co-Op down here have them in dozens , but they |
| 21 | Squirt it into your hand , rub your palms together then run them through your hair , ensuring even distribution . |
| 22 | Write down the objective on the list below then follow it with the immediate goals for the action required . |
| 23 | The hasty note , the spluttering pen , the exasperated correction , the careful clerkly hand , the grandiloquent flourish , the obsequious subscription , the torn seal , the glint of sand still held in the writing from the hand that strewed it centuries ago — all these and much else bring me into close company with the past , more than the rooms in which men sat , the streets they walked , the clothes they wore or the trinkets that adorned them . |
| 24 | Sunderland .......... 1 Sheffield United .... 1 WHAT gets up Dave Bassett 's nostrils , as he so vividly put it after his side 's draw at Roker Park , are the people who make comparisons between Sheffield United and his former club , Wimbledon . |
| 25 | The voyage will certainly be a very expensive one but I doubt not my work will have a great sale in consequence and if so amply repay me for my exertions . |
| 26 | But most just see it as a fun way of relieving stress . |
| 27 | You wo n't need sensible work shoes anyway so leave them at home — they deserve a holiday from your feet . |
| 28 | In the wild most of the eggs or fry of this type of spawner are eaten , but just enough make it to adulthood to keep the population steady . |
| 29 | But the mass media select which events to cover and they take decisions about how those events will be presented ; they therefore not only inform us about ( a small selection of ) events but their presentation of those events will also consist of their explanations and interpretations of those events . |
| 30 | I not only feel it to be the most relevant magazine to the industry I work in — the consumer finance sector — but have also found the appointments section excellent , especially as I secured new employment through it after being made redundant . |