Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [pron] [adj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " You were upset and it seemed simpler to see you both together , but I will now give you information about all the bequests and tell you what I have arranged about probate and death duties . " |
| 2 | ‘ It is — ah — splendid and — ah — heartwarming to see you all here enjoying yourselves , and I want to say — ah — how much pleasure it gives my good wife and — ah — myself ’ ( he could never work out whether it should be ‘ I ’ or ‘ me ’ ) ‘ to be able to entertain you in our modest home . |
| 3 | you do not mind my taking this method of answering your letter and I hope that you , I did not put you to too much trouble to locate a recorder to listen to the tape , I am just too lazy to write it all down and think that what I have to say I can put it better in words than what I can on paper , I 'll let you do that part . |
| 4 | Each apartment sleeps 2–3 ( the third bed being a sofa bed in the lounge ) and each has its own fully equipped kitchenette , bath/shower and wc , as well as a balcony . |
| 5 | Each has his own highly developed notion of a free trading market of closely associating nation states . |
| 6 | Better ( > ) slow gentle motion ; this soothes them both generally and their specific complaints — pains , headaches etc . |
| 7 | By Southerness , she was back to her considerable best and it goes without saying that it will be interesting to see what this most confirmed of amateurs will make of 1990 . |
| 8 | Not that this made them live longer — average life expectancy was only 38 . |
| 9 | Yet few make it clear HOW we 're supposed to use them . |
| 10 | Exposed to Minton 's freewheeling , glamorous Bohemianism , some found it difficult afterwards to stand on their own feet , for Minton had effectively broken them away from their backgrounds or their jobs . |
| 11 | She became aware that her beige Sunday suit was looking a trifle out of fashion , compared with Mrs MacDonald 's burnt-orange outfit , and this confused her still more . |
| 12 | Wales halved 7–7 with Scotland yesterday and need to beat the English to record their first ever home international win . |
| 13 | Nobody had spoken of this new responsible attitude , because to do so would be to admit that his behaviour had previously left something to be desired , and my mother had spent too much time in implicit denial of this to waste it all now . |
| 14 | Juliet wondered why he was willing to do it all again . |
| 15 | Over the past year , I 've come across a dozen or more men of my age who are with women who simply are n't willing to give it all up for a baby . |
| 16 | She was not unaware that Therese disapproved of the use of her mother 's Christian name — the French had it all straight , about the family , about death , and how to talk about it ; and they did talk : familiar with death . |
| 17 | Of course , being members of the Tech-Green élite and therefore indispensable , he and his family were already on file for a place on Sky City One should he be willing to move them all up there . |
| 18 | She is one of a category of nominated judges who can hear cases under the 1989 Children Act with a public law element , that is where local authorities are involved , and this brings her some particularly sensitive and difficult cases . |
| 19 | This makes them liable finally to neglect the complications of their position , and simply to accept or reject ‘ tokenism ’ , without considering all its implications . |
| 20 | This makes it possible only to use one part if there is limited time available . |
| 21 | I guess that says it all really . |
| 22 | Our playing partners Paraguay beat us and that says it all really . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ What was it he had that made him mean so much to you in the war ? ’ asked Greg . |
| 24 | He said : ‘ There are so many products that can be used for intoxicating purposes it would be impossible to lock them all away . |
| 25 | You know I think he was fairly crucial to keep us all together . |
| 26 | Now it 's very easy for all the leaders around the world , not that easy to get them all together , but once they were together , it was very easy for them all to say yes the situation 's dreadful , it 's awful , it 's awful . |
| 27 | Sabine did her best not to flinch from the contempt in madame 's voice as well as the implications of what she was saying . |
| 28 | In addressing the problem of how British headhunting firms , in competition with the multinational search companies , were able to create and develop a sustained demand for headhunting services , it would be unnecessarily long-winded and tedious to examine every one in detail , yet at the same time it would be sketchy and uninformative to list them all briefly without analysis , and the basic information is given in the Select Directory . |
| 29 | When these combine they open up a new range of possibilities on which Darwinian evolution can act . |
| 30 | Professor Winston said : ‘ I 'm thrilled to see them all here . |