Example sentences of "[noun pl] [subord] [adv] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and you get the walkers as well saying I 'll give you er |
| 2 | How happy it is to see with what zeal and what promptitude all over the country the working population have exhibited their readiness to take advantage of the opportunities when once afforded them . |
| 3 | In the Scottish tradition , following upon our Scottish theologian Dun Scottas although not representing him properly , it says that righteousness and moral items are just to do with the will of God . |
| 4 | But the Department of Transport says it 's important to ban the plates because simply having them on the car , changes the driver 's behaviour and the idea is that speed is always a danger on our roads and anything that contributes to safety is to be encouraged . |
| 5 | It has the advantage of restricting a dog 's more exaggerated movements while still allowing him to eat , drink and in Sam 's case , yawn . |
| 6 | For the fates as surely directed you to me as they directed my feet this morning to a path I never took before . |
| 7 | A book published in 1960 , reprinted in 1962 , revised in 1968 and reprinted several times since only requires you to obtain a copy of the revised edition and not necessarily the most recent impression . |
| 8 | It is a young woman 's role , in her eyes , to play by society 's rules while not allowing them to define her . |
| 9 | From the moment he had come to power , Napoleon III had made it plain that for him the problem of Paris was not simply one of creating prosperity for its inhabitants ; rather it was one of transforming and embellishing the city in such a way as to make life better for its inhabitants while simultaneously making it worthy of the new France . |
| 10 | He met frequently with the Congressional leaders of both parties ; and he made considerable use of the telephone in seeking the votes of rank-and-file members while also inviting them to the White House in groups . |
| 11 | They should n't be like that , we should , like , be able to pull cords and curtains as well gathering them a bit . |
| 12 | I 've got wellies as well have I ? |
| 13 | The microcomputer as an information retrieval tool is already seen by many teachers and librarians as one means of encouraging and motivating pupils to become more involved in information handling assignments while also helping them develop information retrieval skills . |
| 14 | For ‘ prodigies ’ ( ‘ Mr Binyon 's young prodigies ’ ) surely we ought to read ‘ protégés ’ ; and then it becomes possible to wonder whether the jocularity about bulldogs does n't mark a wistful or resentful sense that Binyon and Sturge Moore ( ‘ old Neptune ’ ) might have done more with their respective protégés than merely set them to sniff and snarl at each other 's heels ; to question whether the two senior writers could not have established themselves — at least for some purposes — as masters of ateliers in which the two young hopefuls might have enrolled as apprentices . |