Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [adv] [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 She screwed her face tight and then let go and relaxed the muscles .
2 He wrote to Sheldon , ‘ My folly and forwardness hath wrought my trouble ; but yet there was zeal in it , and I thought there was much reason , and I am sure I intended piously , and there are very many that still do think so . ’
3 ‘ Cool guys think it 's great and so do cool girls , too .
4 ‘ Cool guys think it 's great and so do cool girls , too .
5 The consequences of dieting generally fall into two distinct categories : those you dearly wish would happen , and those that actually do happen .
6 Some individuals are not at all photogenic and really do look much better in real life than in pictures .
7 Banks are important and often do take a leading role , but they are not the spider .
8 This band is very neat and really does give a garment a professional finish .
9 Of course the young girls , they sometimes started off very enthusiastic and perhaps did do quite a lot without realising the implications and effect of it but the older women often had trouble keeping up .
10 Andrew assisted in amputations , removing bullets and shrapnell and even helped deliver two babies .
11 I thought , ‘ Oh my God , I 've found someone at last that really does care for me . ’
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