Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] [vb pp] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The generalized conclusion ( first widely popularized by Martinson ( 1974 ) ) that ‘ nothing works ’ became widely accepted less because of its validity than because it was a message suited to its time , and because the disappointment of the high hopes invested in reform led to an over-reaction against the rehabilitative ideal . |
| 2 | Having been gently reminded by Lady Rutherford , ‘ We are all philanthropists here ; we do not need to put our hands up if we wish to speak ’ , William Morris completely forgot his shyness and at one stage became so carried away that he stood at the front of the room shaking hands with himself . |
| 3 | It was understood that everybody became so frustrated occasionally that they tried to escape , but to desert and to fail was considered despicable in their eyes . |
| 4 | Anyway I got so carried away that I ca n't remember the game in detail so this report is crap , all I can remember is the Elland Road wall of noise and the fury of the Leeds attack once Batty was on the pitch . |
| 5 | The four-year-old has always been highly strung and Hiner added : ‘ He got so worked up that the French vets could n't examine him . ’ |
| 6 | Yes but , yes but you see they got so mixed up that the , |
| 7 | Cigarette consumption among women also rose between 1972 and 1976 , from 87 to 101 and has since remained more or less constant at just over or just under 100 cigarettes per week . |
| 8 | He has since gone on as librarian and as professor of art history to write standard books on eleventh-century illumination in Normandy , Flemish illumination in the 1480s , Italian illumination of the Renaissance , insular illumination from the sixth century , English illumination of the thirteenth century , and many other far-ranging studies and catalogues and exhibitions . |
| 9 | The rejoicing was shared particularly by WACC 's members and colleagues in Central America , although news has since come through that the Guatemalan government is responding to Ms Menchu 's Peace Prize with a renewed crackdown against the popular democratic movement . |
| 10 | In 1989 , she released Absolute Torch and Twang , which has since sold more than a million copies . |
| 11 | ‘ The sea has obviously come up and washed it out of the rocks and the heavy rain has probably washed the puddles of oil from high up on the banks where the sea was n't reaching . ’ |
| 12 | TOP MARKS : Whatever financial advice Johnny 's been giving Fergie has obviously paid off as the Duchess shows that she 's well and truly on top of the subject |
| 13 | The US government has long argued forcefully that GATT free trade rules should apply to all services ; and in 1985 , after three years of negotiation , the US position was incorporated nearly intact into OECD 's Declaration on Transborder Data Flows . |
| 14 | The share price has only gone down because the market is generally down . |
| 15 | It has only polled more than 10,000 votes once in 30 years , when as the SDP/Liberal Alliance it benefited from the special by-election atmosphere . |
| 16 | His position at the Spanish Embassy , the fact that he has only worked occasionally and as a freelance . |
| 17 | He said : ‘ I feel I am ready for it although it has only come along because Stuart is injured . |
| 18 | Rescheduling the debt has merely deferred rather than solved the problems of increasing internal efficiencies and domestic savings rates . |
| 19 | Because as soon as the national agreement come into being our our of the meetings dropped down dropped down dropped down until there were very few attending . |
| 20 | Because Cheddar has been the yardstick of the British cheese industry , it has perhaps suffered more than any of our other cheeses , as it has been forced into mediocrity through extensive mechanisation of the various stages of making . |
| 21 | Olympia has perhaps done more than any other company to stimulate interest in the highways and byways of russian music , as is typified by six of their most recent releases . |
| 22 | It has thus fared better than a small party could expect , maintaining a PS almost equal to its PV and even on occasion slightly in excess of it . |
| 23 | ‘ During my last pregnancy my husband and I went through a really tough time — in fact it has not ended yet and we are undecided as to whether we are going to separate or not . |
| 24 | Such arguments may seem trivial when bodies as thoughtful as the Church of England have taken it upon themselves to ponder the issue of the use of nuclear weapons ; but the bomb has not gone off and when it has receded into the background we will be left with the demand for electricity . |
| 25 | As a student of these matters , surely the hon. Gentleman recognises that in , for example , the past five years , the peak age for offending for a young male has not gone down but gone up . |
| 26 | Resentment has not built up and feelings are typically at a low level of distress . |
| 27 | The world has not seen more than once or twice in all the course of history a literature which has exercised such prodigious influence over the minds of men , over every cast and shade of intellect , as that which emanated from Rousseau between 1749 and 1762 . |
| 28 | He has not done so and , therefore , it would be out of order for the Hon. Gentleman to pursue his present line of argument under this new clause |
| 29 | Craig Chalmers , who was a casualty in Melrose 's game against Boroughmuir on Saturday , has not decided yet whether his leg injury will permit him to play this weekend against Stirling County . |
| 30 | The mother has made a phone call to the hospital asking after her daughter 's safety but she has not called back as promised . |