Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] [prep] [adv] [det] " in BNC.

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1 Are those the candy-floss , Mickey Mouse jobs that the hon. Member for Bolsover ( Mr. Skinner ) goes on about so much , or are those people just sponging off the backs of the poll tax payers ?
2 That 's why it is expensive compared to eh , other cars , but , they , they seemed to go on for ever those cars , I mean they 're quite incredible are n't they ?
3 Do you think there 's enough of it in the educational profession , or do you think that one ought to go in for much more evaluation ?
4 Clearly , clearly , the survey could n't be carried on in very many parts of the sewer because the pipes are in such bad condition .
5 It caught on over here some years later with the Seven Men of Preston setting the trend .
6 My hon. Friend is a charming relative newcomer to this place and we are delighted that she is here , but if she had been here as long as I have — getting on for 18 years now — she would have heard me banging on about exactly that point .
7 A number of smaller PC makers have been forced to pass on at least some of that increase to their customers .
8 To my knowledge I know that it 's happening in at least half a dozen mines .
9 In the US , where the government is the only major backer , research has limped along at about half a million dollars a year .
10 And there is another five and a half K to come in from now that 's closed .
11 Unfortunately , relapse occurred in at least half of the responders after treatment was discontinued .
12 We may feel today that things might have been better planned , and that it is a great pity that what now looks like the decisive contribution of England to world history should have been carried through with so much muddle and mess .
13 The feeling of foreboding builds as soon as she wakes and remembers that in a few hours she will be jetting off to yet another exotic location .
14 Plantations outyield by almost 10 times managed ‘ natural ’ forest and these pines have a long fibre suitable for pulp , but hardwoods , notably Eucalyptus spp. yield higher total amounts of dry matter , and the most productive may yield up to twice that of the best pines .
15 It was good to meet up with so many others plus mates from the list .
16 It was never a question of somebody saying ‘ we have a depression , let's give them depression movies ’ but given the new dispensation it was Hollywood 's instinct to come up with just that added edge that the age required in its films .
17 Erm , firstly , we are looking at carers for employees , and we 're unlikely to come up with very much , because we have n't got much money to do it .
18 Ventilation : mesh ventilation windows under the flysheet storm flap help prevent a build up of too much condensation .
19 increase goes to arts projects — the museums and galleries improvement schemes and other proposals that his Department funds — and is not caught up in too much bureaucracy .
20 Nevertheless , efforts were made to persuade Israel to accept back at least some of the refugees .
21 This was wrenched out with as much theatricality as good taste and decorum would allow .
22 He appeared regularly in the shop , invariably walking out with yet another purchase for which he had scant use .
23 The love nest he had conjured out of so little would make up for all her pain .
24 Its virtue was that it had no neighbours and it had been picked out for just that reason : no-one to ask questions , no-one expecting to start up a friendship .
25 Having just shelled out for yet another year 's subscription to fabbo Guitarist magazine , I was raisy-eyebrowed to see under ‘ Postscript ’ in September 's issue : ‘ … will not only win that automatic free year 's Letter of the Month subscription … blah , blah , blah , blah … ’
26 A major life-extension programme was carried out on nearly half the Class 37 fleet , with a number of variants designed specifically for freight haulage and expected to survive into the next century .
27 However do not let note taking become obsessional , it can tend to interrupt the flow of conversation if carried out in too much detail .
28 Do n't fall back on too many old ones !
29 small wonder the next England manager agonised so long over a job that any other candidate ( were there any ? ) would have mulled over for about half a second .
30 I had been wept on by so many boyfriends that , had Home Sister known , she would have warned me of the dangers of pneumonia every time I went out on a date .
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