Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [verb] [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most needs can be met by products available on an off-the-shelf basis and you will rarely need to design your own software . |
| 2 | Britain has apparently undertaken to review its own aid to Vietnam once it becomes clear that forced repatriation is working smoothly , and that Hanoi keeps to its side of the bargain , not to punish boat people who are deported from Hong Kong . |
| 3 | However , they apparently failed to consult their own solicitors on the matter and simply conformed to the request of the mortgagees as a formality . |
| 4 | The former did not invariably experience substantial development as commercial centres — some railway centres were better located than others — but were better placed to market their own products and to develop economically , even though Le Mans developed at the expense of Alençon , for example , and Orlèans , Besançon and Montpellier all lost some of their traditional importance in the wine trade , the last losing out to Béziers and Nîmes which were at junctions in the railway network . |
| 5 | With all that history of service and success behind him , Austin remains as sharp and on the ball as ever , having only stopped swimming himself some three years ago . |
| 6 | As for you , you 'd better come to see me this afternoon . |
| 7 | Oh it should be covered definitely , I mean I watch I mean you 've got all the extended programmes , I mean last night I watched the nine o'clock news until ten o'clock and then the one o'clock news at dinner time until two and , and erm various things , I mean I think it 's quite enough myself , I mean I 'm speaking as an ex-soldier at seventy years old , and I think well I do n't think really that people necessarily want to hear it all , even the people who 've got people over there . |
| 8 | Unable to stand it any longer , Sheila went up to him and before he had time to react seized both envelopes , feverishly tearing open her own and handing the other to Mona , who appeared almost unable to take it . |
| 9 | And we 're going to go through them , you do n't necessarily need to write them all down because there is such a lot , but , because they 're all sort of shown individually here . |
| 10 | He could not help her by attacking Havvie and creating an even worse scandal ; that would be self-indulgent , merely seeking to exorcise his own guilt for not believing her . |
| 11 | Dumpy , down-to-earth Nellie faced facts and realised people would spot the difference in age between herself and Robert , so decided to confuse them all by calling him her adopted son . |
| 12 | Anne Hammond 's courageous acceptance of the cruel hand fate had dealt her had moved her far more than she would have believed possible , the more so because it only seemed to emphasise her own feeling of helplessness . |
| 13 | It would be misleading to profile school teachers as only seeking to maximize their own prestige by cultivating exaggerated interests in sport among black schoolkids and thus jeopardizing their chances academically . |
| 14 | ‘ I 'm only going to ask you these questions once , ’ he said , ‘ so listen . |
| 15 | Thank you , so we 've obviously got to behave ourselves this morning , and act in a proper manner . |
| 16 | A hot temper had perhaps helped fire her many activities , starting as artistic director of the Oxford Pilgrim Players , which she founded after a year as a dogsbody in a Norwich Theatre . |
| 17 | An anemone is of course naturally equipped to recognise its own mucus to avoid stinging itself . |
| 18 | Wordlessly she pulled herself from her chair and swiftly began making him some ham sandwiches . |
| 19 | You may not need to keep very old deeds , engrossed in manuscript on real parchment , often with impressive seals : but your client will often much appreciate them , so remember to send him any such documents . |
| 20 | I suppose , poor woman , she had been repeating this phrase for days on end to hundreds of us on our way out , and she would obviously have preferred us all to disappear down a big hole and relieve her of the tedium of wearing out her voice . |
| 21 | In the course of a short time the farmer was sufficiently restored to relate his own story , as already recited , and in gratitude for his miraculous escape ordered a silver collar to be made for his friendly protector , as a perpetual remembrance of the transaction . |
| 22 | Better try putting it another way round . |
| 23 | Now here was this gifted sister , who had so many opportunities that he had been denied , apparently threatening to throw them all down the drain , and bury herself in some backwater in Africa . |
| 24 | If you play against a particular army a lot then you 'll naturally try to assemble your own force so that it stands the best possible chance against that foe . |
| 25 | Harsh overhead lighting will only serve to remind you both of an operating theatre or a visit to the dentist ! |
| 26 | Better leave showing me all the good reasons for hanging you out of hand . |
| 27 | My parents could only afford to give me some small change on Sundays , but it was enough for a cinema ticket and an ice cream . |
| 28 | Our local starling population is a race apart in that they are non-migratory and have been isolated in the islands for long enough to have developed their own characteristics . |
| 29 | She had not been absent from her home for long enough to have forgotten her own house smell . |
| 30 | She did n't try overhard , she just wanted to let me know I was secure with her , that the break-up of my parents ' marriage was n't the worst thing that ever happened , and that she had enough love to cover us all . |