Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [verb] [indef pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | say by the way Jim you could have fixed that boiler take everyone off the pipes |
| 2 | For those wanting to satisfy that itch there is an extensive factual section with each trek giving lots of useful practical information . |
| 3 | For those wanting to satisfy that itch there is an extensive factual section with each trek giving lots of useful practical information . |
| 4 | No-one has the complete freedom to do anything in our modern , regimented society . |
| 5 | The timetable we had to work to meant there was little opportunity to do anything with the draft scripts except change factual errors . |
| 6 | er we were given very little opportunity to raise anything with Mr |
| 7 | The Labour Club does nothing about it all . |
| 8 | In her early childhood , a threepenny piece had seemed like a fortune , whereas Félix Verveine 's rich clients thought nothing of paying 3,000 francs to be dressed by him . |
| 9 | ‘ I did n't know , ’ Sarella said dully in a last-ditch attempt to salvage something from the wreckage of her self-esteem . |
| 10 | ‘ Do n't worry , I wo n't get any idea that you 're interested in me ! ’ she replied in a weak attempt to say something in her own defence . |
| 11 | Cos he would maybe , you see you 've got ta say now , would that fella take anything from me for er you know helping me if he 's decent and he wo n't then you help him . |
| 12 | A social studies programme must suggest the use of resources such as the market , the shop , the dispensary or the roadside , even though its makers may be aware that a very large number of deep rural schools have none of these resources at hand . |
| 13 | Many inside of Sun at the grass roots level have not agreed with that corporate gospel , hence the repeated attempts to wheel one out the door only to see those plans aborted by management and marketing . |
| 14 | Investigations of this kind reveal something of the structure of poverty by indicating those who were kept going by the poor rate , the only eighteenth-century tax which was redistributive . |
| 15 | This resort has something for everyone . |
| 16 | So how has this suburban paradise spawned something like Throwing Muses ? |
| 17 | This decision represents something of a final throw . |
| 18 | But as we have seen , the law in some cases allows anyone with a genuine interest to make an application for judicial review , and it may take such persons a considerable time to find out about the decision they want to challenge . |
| 19 | This division set something of a precedent . |
| 20 | Despite the fact that at least one in 10 couples — some researchers suggest one in six — have fertility problems , the new technology results in the birth of a child in only 30 per cent of cases at best ( often the rate is lower ) . |
| 21 | In a nationwide poll conducted in the second week after the massacre , the question was asked : ‘ Some people believe that this tragedy says something about the problem of male violence towards women . |
| 22 | Do you think that this tragedy says anything about the problem of male violence towards women ? ’ |
| 23 | Few homes have anything like enough socket outlets , and so people are tempted to use multiple adaptors , and trail l=flexes all over the house in a desperate attempt to get power where they want it . |
| 24 | This force possessed none of the gentle , coaxing qualities associated with telepathic races . |
| 25 | They have been written about in Scotland and Wales , and a fascinating piece of field work and historical research awaits someone in this country who head . |
| 26 | Notice that this condition says nothing about the possibility of proving that a topic referred to on a given occasion is the same as the topic referred to on a different occasion . |
| 27 | In the twentieth century surfing has been appropriated by the advertising industry and invested with enough sexual connotations to sell anything from soap powder to condoms . |
| 28 | Right so Steve is undertaking to be the next brave soldier to write something for |
| 29 | Lawrence 's views on brown dominions owed something to his intimacy with Lionel Curtis , the indefatigable imperial publicist who was the first person to think seriously about the idea of a multiracial Commonwealth . |
| 30 | The modern-day locator has everything in its favour — provided only that it is fitted with a functioning battery . |