Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [adv] [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although naturally designed more to draw out signs of abnormality , they nevertheless demand similar mental operations , being open-ended procedures in which , for example , subjects are required to interpret proverbs or sort everyday objects in any way they prefer . |
| 2 | Berti Vogts is acutely aware of how close that match was in Sweden and he knows his side has not come here to take on the equivalent of a San Marino . ’ |
| 3 | The NRA says the fish have probably just moved away to find somewhere better to spawn . |
| 4 | We must make sure he has not recoiled only to spring out more strongly . |
| 5 | These pads are not needed simply to hold on to the female , who remains passive . |
| 6 | A person 's autonomous choices call for respect only as long as they do not seriously impinge on another 's enjoyment of his autonomy and that other has not agreed beforehand to give up certain of his choices as a condition of practising medicine in , for example , the National Health Service . |
| 7 | Mr Arnold questioned why he had not tried harder to set up a system for receiving such information more swiftly . |
| 8 | The subject known , broadly , as Science , was at first her favourite , because she liked playing with Bunsen burners : at home she was not allowed even to switch on the gas fire . |
| 9 | Those of us who feel we are too busy or not dedicated enough to set aside time for exercise periods can utilize our daily routine to provide at least some opportunities to keep fit . |
| 10 | Kovalenko cast doubts on the ASEAN proposal for a neutral zone since he imagined it ‘ wrong to think that the ASEAN countries have already managed fully to break away from the influence of the imperialist powers and that they are free to pursue their own foreign policy ’ . |
| 11 | By twelve o'clock he had usually earned enough to live on for the day . |
| 12 | Where politicians have challenged him , he has outmanoeuvred them until such time as he perceived his work to be done ; and then — Vienna 1964 , Berlin 1989 — he simply and quickly stepped aside to move on to fresh projects . |
| 13 | It was ceasing to be overwhelmingly political in a narrow sense and acquiring new dimensions which , even well before the First World War , were clearly destined soon to become very important . |
| 14 | By Saturday they had both recovered sufficiently to fall in with the rest of the company for pay parade , waiting in a long queue to collect five shillings each from the paymaster . |
| 15 | Over the years two streams have perpetually flowed together to make up the story of this congregation . |
| 16 | He threw a fig at the flying angel which Gabriel was quick witted enough to catch one-handed . |
| 17 | ‘ Do n't ask me , ’ said Dolly , ‘ I ai n't educated enough to work out Chinese puzzles . ’ |
| 18 | They do not control the party ; they are not well organised enough to do so . |
| 19 | The former Wham ! singer , who is signed to Sony until 2003 , has reportedly threatened never to sing again unless he is freed by Sony . |
| 20 | Anyway , I never thought , I just run out the kitchen and got we switched the electric off , and I just got four buckets of water and chucked it on the bed and then said to Rudy , you know what , we have n't got nowhere to sleep now ! |
| 21 | He 's got something malignant , cancer , and he has n't got long to live anyway . ’ |
| 22 | The extra pairs had been there all the time ; they had simply found nowhere to nest before . |
| 23 | She gazed up at him , genuinely astounded by his anger , yet equally taken aback to discover just how desperately she wanted to hurl herself into his arms . |
| 24 | Mike Vessey spotted his brother 's long run and placed a superb long ball in his path which Alan duly put away to set up St Albans ' third appearance in the final and a change of the League and Cup double . |
| 25 | To this it might be retorted that no-one linguistically advanced enough to look up a word in a dictionary could possibly require a definition of the word home . |