Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [adv] [adv] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the ones that survive or breed more easily carry a particular version of the character , the character will be more strongly represented in future generations . |
| 2 | To call up SideKick use Ctrl-Alt or hold down both Shift keys . |
| 3 | If you would like to contact the Canine Crisis Council to give your opinion of their policies or find out more write to : PO Box 76 , Leicester or fax : 0533 743141 |
| 4 | Schemes which place teachers into industry without adequate preparation or follow up usually offer little of lasting value and may even have a detrimental effect on the relationship between education and industry . |
| 5 | Pheromones are the reason why women who live or work together often find that their periods coincide . |
| 6 | The whole effect is so convincing that flies not only visit flower after flower , transporting the stapelia 's pollen , but even complete the activity for which they visit real carrion — laying their eggs on the flower just as they do in a carcass . |
| 7 | ‘ Er weddin' dress 'ad been run up for 'er by Mrs Stuart that 'ad only just give up 'er job workin' for a dressmaker in Shoreditch . |
| 8 | Debt has been proverbially frowned on : ‘ He that borrows must pay again with shame or loss ’ ; ‘ He that goes a-borrowing goes a-sorrowing ’ ; ‘ Out of debt , out of danger ’ ; ‘ Better go to bed supperless than rise in debt ’ ; ‘ Let him that sleeps too sound borrow the debtor 's pillow ’ ; and , but only grudgingly , ‘ Debt is better than death ’ . |
| 9 | Closely related to the question of syntax is another feature of difference that has only recently become clear , as linguists have studied " real " as opposed to idealised language data . |
| 10 | To prove my point , it is a well-known fact that barbel quite often grab the ‘ feeder itself , sometimes even before it has reached bottom . |
| 11 | Simes how , do n't leave that lying around so put it on the side when you 've finished . |
| 12 | Those that drive down usually congregate around two pubs near the ground . |
| 13 | The halls were hardly respectable and they allowed ‘ young bucks ’ to escape for a while to an alternative world that offered not only contact with the masses , humour , and song but also drink , conviviality , and sexual opportunity . |
| 14 | The growth of the inter-bank market ( see below ) has meant that banks no longer have to rely on attracting deposits to cover their lending . |
| 15 | The trunks that fall over sometimes take root several metres away from the base of the tree , at which point a new tree will grow up . |
| 16 | In some cases , the star may explode and throw off enough matter to bring its mass below the limit . |
| 17 | Their freedom to pursue careers and to be liberated from child-care and housework depends on the labour of another woman who , although financially independent , is actually struggling and has yet more work to do when she gets home . |
| 18 | He cannoned against grey-quilted bodies , his breath came in sobs and the chill caught at that breath and sucked out little gauze puffs of air . |
| 19 | Count the change into the customer 's hand , and say how much change you are giving . |
| 20 | Babies that sleep little and cry frequently often go on to become hyperkinetic . |
| 21 | Because you do n't just suddenly go in give communion to someone and walk away again do you ? |
| 22 | You just equate to save you time and effort and hard work and going home just feel like this . |
| 23 | One said that while the pool 's new staffing levels give greater flexibility and save on overtime pay they are 25pc below the minimum safety standards . |
| 24 | He came over to the bed , holding up his hand to shade his eyes from the bedside light , and peering almost comically close , so that Tessa could smell the whisky on his breath . |
| 25 | Erm so what I 'm saying is that there is a partnership between the states and the federal government , there is no single fixed correct relationship between the central government and the state government , it changes from time to time er more and more of the cards are coming to the hands of the central government but you would , you would be wise not to underestimate the independence and the diversity of the American states which have a , a genuine er sense of , of local er democracy and difference er and states very frequently resist the federal government . |
| 26 | They have cajoled , bullied and threatened yet still do n't appear to realise none of that will make the Danes change their mind . |
| 27 | COLOUR PHOTOS Left : Back and footing up Deep Cut Chimney on Hell 's Lum Crag in the Cairngorms . |
| 28 | Once again it brings me in to the point where er double glazers have to go and measure up then do their , I know they 've got lovely lap tops I 've seen them now with their lap top comp their little samples there special catches here . |
| 29 | I pranced about and lay on the ground and turned the lens through 45 degrees and stepped in pore-scouringly close , but what I was really doing , what I was after , was a good shot of Stuart 's double chin . |
| 30 | If found dead please contact Dr M. Davies at the Summertown Health Centre — the only man who ever tried to understand my suffering . |