Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [prep] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Twice a week she vengefully looks in here to dust the place , and dirty all the dishes , and worry the bed . |
| 2 | The Germans , who are so widely attacked for not coughing up more for a war on which they were n't consulted , are the only Western country making real sacrifices , not only to integrate East Germany , which is costing them 150 billion Dm this year , but also to help Poland , Czechoslovakia , Hungary and even the Soviet Union . |
| 3 | In 1912 the Labour Party overcame its caution sufficiently to agree at least to inquire into the feasibility of such a strike . |
| 4 | When negotiations with BR are complete and the Plc can be launched , it is basically intended to hopefully purchase land and trackwork etc . |
| 5 | The pessimistic conclusion is that electoral democracy can only survive by not tackling major social injustices and alienating powerful interest groups in society — in which case the poor will , in the long run , not consider democracy worth supporting . |
| 6 | De Gaulle could only survive by continually raising the stakes over issues that were crucial to his position but not so crucial to the British or Americans . |
| 7 | She felt a bit like someone caught in quicksand , whose every turn only succeeded in further compounding the difficulties . |
| 8 | Since formal application for the erection of suitable fencing would only result in further delay it was decided to proceed on our own . |
| 9 | Since formal application for the erection of suitable fencing would only result in further delay it was decided to proceed on our own . |
| 10 | He is merely suspected of not having told the authorities of a 50 million lire ( £21,000 ) contribution to the costs of having election posters printed in last April 's general election . |
| 11 | She was so absorbed with not missing the plane she did n't notice the pale faced girl with an aquiline nose and a scraped bone look . |
| 12 | What you 've obviously got to why did I mention yeah , you marry , but if something 's be down , is n't gon na change . |
| 13 | However , as most of you are only used to leisurely paddling for an hour or two in low drag vessels , please consider your decision carefully ; rafting is physically and mentally demanding and pushes mind and body to the limit . |
| 14 | You must be so used to always seeing people under stress … |
| 15 | For the second series , at day 3 , 45 mice were randomly allocated with even weighting so that there were 15 in each group . |
| 16 | I was on level four , I' [ d rescued hostages , destroyed the nuclear reactor , and was all set to finally put an end to the madman . |
| 17 | A TIP : If a power failure occurs ( or the mains have to be turned off ) temperature loss can be much reduced by just throwing a blanket from the bed over the aquarium . |
| 18 | ‘ You do n't know them , Sister , ’ he said darkly , ‘ and if they 're not thinking that then they 'll say I 'm skiving or only coming over here to chat up the nurses . ’ |
| 19 | I was told that my chances now have been greatly reduced of ever having my own family . |
| 20 | Obviously this memory overhead can be greatly reduced by only allocating space for those routes which are used ( i.e. an n-ary tree where n is variable between 0 and 26 ) , for example typical routes from ‘ z ’ would be ‘ e ’ , ‘ i ’ and ‘ o ’ . |
| 21 | One such room was especially adapted for partially sighted people and the hard of hearing , so that special interest groups with immobility or other disabilities could make use of the function room . |
| 22 | Perhaps the greatest contribution that fictional novels can make to human rights and changing attitudes is in giving us a timely reminder that all the statistics we 're constantly bombarded with actually constitute human lives , just as valuable as our own . |
| 23 | The older villagers mainly watched , but by so doing at least attached themselves to and reinforced the validity of the actions of the young . |
| 24 | Michael Heseltine , President of the Board of Trade , said he agreed the merger raised competition issues but concluded the public interest would be better served by not referring the deal . |
| 25 | He said he agreed the merger raised competition issues but concluded the public interest would be better served by not referring the deal . |
| 26 | if your the victim , its major , it has effected her life , maybe not to dramatically but she has been greatly inconvenienced by not having a car |
| 27 | Romania was not only dotted with scarcely visited residences , each filled with furniture in gilded styles that the reigns of twenty more Louis XIV's could not have conjured up . |
| 28 | The older woman stood straight-backed and fixed Christina with a hard gaze , her face suddenly charged with barely suppressed anger . |
| 29 | Furthermore , this histone accumulates in differentiating cells and its amount , compared to other H1 variants , is greatly increased in terminally differentiated tissues . |
| 30 | The harbour at Victoria was more to my liking , for here were extensive areas of tidal sands , all dotted with busily feeding waders . |