Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [indef pn] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He 's not a carpenter , dear , he 's an architect , and a highly respected one at that . |
| 2 | Now from my observations of these debates I 've not heard anybody on this council saying council debates that there is no role for this local authority or any other local authority there is no role for them in the provision of residential care or any extension of residential care because some of our residential care is getting very , very close to providing a degree of nursing care . |
| 3 | ‘ I 've not heard anything about this . ’ |
| 4 | I had not heard anything about these guys . |
| 5 | If so , why is that we have not heard anything from all those other civilizations out there ? |
| 6 | The second leg of our yankee is the eight forty five , well this is a sprint race ; two fifty metres , only erm only go round two bends , and therefore you have to have some erm early pace sort of erm greyhounds , and I 'm going to go for a trap one here , Chair Boy 's Blue , he 's already won plenty over this erm shorter trip . |
| 7 | Harriet walked home wondering why she had not organised something of this sort before and marvelling at Mrs Rafferty 's complete acceptance of her own role in the community , one in which she obviously took it for granted that she herself had no need or right to ‘ a bit of a break ’ . |
| 8 | Why have the Government not done something about that ? |
| 9 | The Bill was brought forward in response to the outcry from consumers and the industry about the way that , over the years , they have been ripped off by the privatised utilities and the fact that , while the regulators have made a contribution — no one would deny that — they have not done anything like enough and do not have the necessary power or resources to advance consumer interests and issues . |
| 10 | In this matter , I seem to miss those issues to which you contribute articles : I have not seen one for many months now . |
| 11 | ‘ We have not seen anything of this kind in Britain , ’ added the Commission 's Head of Site Studies . |
| 12 | These fingerprints are in such a form that they can be easily compared one with another ; that is to say the computer can calculate a measure of ‘ shape difference ’ between any two axes . |
| 13 | It is now clear that the review has not reached anything like that stage of progress . |
| 14 | Know can also be followed by the bare infinitive , however , in a sense which is different from the one just discussed : ( 108 ) I 've not known anything like this happen in the College before . |
| 15 | I have already attempted something in this vein , but there are those who deal distantly with such realities , and the prince and I , both , suffer from them hardly less than Owen does . |
| 16 | Have they not eaten anything at all ? |
| 17 | Roger Chesher at Kemira said the leak had not put anyone in any danger . |
| 18 | Roger Chesher , at Kemira , said the leak had not put anyone in any danger . |
| 19 | He obviously has not learned anything from any of them . |
| 20 | Why , she had seen better days , thought Ianthe in surprise , for the Miss Grimes she had known in the library , with her raffish appearance and slight Cockney accent , had not suggested anything like this . |
| 21 | Mortimer had once said something along those lines … |
| 22 | ‘ No one has ever done anything like that for me . ’ |
| 23 | Miss Barrett , having waited for her , said , ‘ Has Ruth ’ ever done anything like that at home ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ It 's very exciting — nobody 's ever done anything like this before . |
| 25 | ever done anything like this before ? |
| 26 | They were both free then , and must have still felt something for each other . |
| 27 | ‘ I have never , ever experienced anything like this , ’ he groans miserably . |
| 28 | I 've never ever attempted anything like that in my life before . |
| 29 | Nowhere in her wildest nightmares had she ever imagined anything like this ! |
| 30 | They were both very demanding but always rejected something in such a way that it did n't upset you . |