Example sentences of "[adv] [vb base] [prep] [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if that was n't a big enough blow to Travis 's hopes , Rosemary , in the cold light of morning , told Travis that she would not be accepting any more invitations to the flat opposite for supper either . |
| 2 | Whilst I entirely agree with Nochlin 's decision not to amend any of the articles ( ‘ despite the strong temptation to correct what I now know to be errors of fact or feel to be mistakes of interpretation ’ , p. xii ) , neither should they have been allowed to stand in an historical vacuum . |
| 3 | The British press constantly write about England 's footballing failures as other European countries all have relative success . |
| 4 | you know I , I think , I think usually what I say about questionnaires is towards the business of , you know , kind of writing them in people 's own words that , that sort of fit in with ordinary language okay putting them in a sensible order advising people to do scale type things with five or seven points or something which you 've got a lot of already so a lot of the comments that I normally make on people 's questionnaires er you can take as read as it were erm so I think erm you know just really one or two minor things about layout like , you know , you know sort of space and , and moving things around a wee bit , it might make them easier to read but again as I say that 's a you know relatively minor erm problem . |
| 5 | ‘ If you ask me , it 's just change for change 's sake . |
| 6 | Before considering another approach , it is interesting to note that the objectives broadly correspond to Sandmo 's ( 1976 ) introductory discussion of what might be meant by an optimal tax with the efficiency ( excess burdens ) approach being identified with the economist , the equity considerations with the ‘ man in the street ’ and the ‘ control ’ point with the tax administrator 's viewpoint . |
| 7 | A nurse rushes forward tut-tut — tutting , and in the confusion , people bending over and so on , I somehow knock over Stewpid 's orange juice , distributing it quite evenly over him , the nurse and the bed , to say nothing of the chocs , which I 've never cared for much anyway . |
| 8 | It was just dawn in Shepherd 's Bush , and he could make out without the flame of a candle the narrow , tightly packed words crabbing across the paper . |
| 9 | If Strandli is not includeed in Norway 's WC-squad it 's no diasaster for him . |
| 10 | one , two , you just hold on a minute can you , just wait till Mark 's finished , cos it gets a bit confusing cos we get too many people knocking about . |
| 11 | New powers to lock up children overnight may reflect the concern of Home Office ministers about crimes committed by some young people in care when they persistently abscond from children 's homes . |
| 12 | Just look at America 's ‘ jobless ’ recovery , which started two years ago , but has failed to raise employment by much . |
| 13 | Just look for dad 's car keys , I 've put them down somewhere . |
| 14 | Hilton says that the possibility of reformation thus open to man 's free choice has two aspects : first , reformation in faith which is based on the process of recognition and destruction of the image of sin which has occupied the greater part of Scale 1 ; and second , reformation in feeling which involves a development possible for some who can progress further to an inner freedom and joy which such discipline enables . |
| 15 | Ex-ovalteenies normally flourish at Lord 's ( Emburey , Selvey ) and fade at Hove ( Storey , Arnold , Long ) but Robson , himself an ex-MCC boot-boy , could be an exception . |
| 16 | He still dared not look in McAllister 's direction , for Teresa Darrell , frequently calling on Norton for support , continued her diatribe about the servant question . |
| 17 | The Wisharts had to catch the 10.30am train from King 's Cross and to their amazement they found few people in the usual queue ; they had bought newspapers and magazines to read on the journey and when they found an empty compartment they settled down . |
| 18 | You already know about York 's low cost high quality prints , our free address and film labels for safe and convenient ordering , and York 's efficient and caring service . |
| 19 | We already know from Frank 's testimony on Monday how violent and conscienceless he became on temazepam . |
| 20 | The present distribution of political power and the structure of the economy largely derive from Zambia 's ( Northern Rhodesia ) colonial history . |
| 21 | However , Aung San obtained the Defence portfolio ( previously supervised by the Governor ) and was Deputy Chairman of the Council : exactly as Nehru had just become in Wavell 's Council . |
| 22 | We thus turn to investors ' attitudes to risk and return . |
| 23 | Just turn on telly 's Central Sport Special . |
| 24 | The rest of mankind , including the American Indians , were of quite separate and earlier stock , all members of which are , by their nature , lost in primeval savagery , except the Christians who have been redeemed by the grace of Christ and thus belong to God 's Elect . |
| 25 | Biologically this can not be true , but it may be an assertion of political friendship and thus relate to Valentinian 's diplomacy . |
| 26 | Too many people think public relations is out to hide something or to confuse issues and somehow work against society 's best interests . |
| 27 | This is an evolutionary process and , while we must not pre-empt the various options which still remain for AEA 's future , neither must we lose our momentum and fail to make the progress we know is needed . |
| 28 | Instead of concentrating on the lines of the dance — which they will need if they ever dance in Ashton 's Symphonic Variations or Monotones , MacMillan 's Requiem or Bintley 's Consort Lessons — students spend more time loosening up to meet the demands of modern choreographers . |
| 29 | This was particularly so on the Sunday when , in scorching heat , Brazilian fans ‘ danced , sang , shouted and screamed hysterically for every point scored by their players and ever fault by Germany 's Markus Zoecke , standing in for heat-stroke victim Becker , in what proved to be the decisive fourth rubber . |
| 30 | Moreover , children are attracted to telephones which ‘ demand ’ to be picked up and spoken into , and the prohibitions which adults usually place on children 's use of these instruments serves only to enhance their attractiveness . |