Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pron] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The strategy effectively neutralised what the Conservatives had hoped would be a vote-winner with an electorate wary about an upsurge in union power under Labour if it could be made an issue . |
| 2 | In other words , he was still developing the characteristics that would eventually make him a character actor . |
| 3 | The terms sound harsh , not to say positively feudal : Benjamin was to serve his master faithfully , keep his secrets , gladly obey his every word . |
| 4 | ‘ That meeting with Ken and his decision to make Ken 's part big made it a sort of broken-back type of play . |
| 5 | The king had himself portrayed on the last coinage of his reign , issued c. 1485 , wearing the closed crown of the emperor , at much the same time as Henry VII introduced the style into England ; but James went one better by having himself shown in a realistic three-quarters face portrait , thereby producing what the numismatist Ian Stewart has described as ‘ probably the earliest Renaissance coin portrait outside Italy ’ . |
| 6 | While she was ponderously explaining what an LOA presentation was , they could n't probe at him . |
| 7 | Music became the voice of opposition to the war and its senseless waste of life , and effectively found itself a conscience . |
| 8 | Music became the voice of opposition to the war and its senseless waste of life , and effectively found itself a conscience . |
| 9 | Less than a year later we got married and I moved down here and eventually found myself a job . |
| 10 | HAVING finished second to France , and thereby won what the footballers used to call the Home International championship , Scotland can hardly be grudged the eight players they have in the British Isles task force for the invasion of New Zealand this summer under captain Gavin Hastings . |
| 11 | Somebody had apparently given her the matchbook and she had been carrying it around with her ever since . ’ |
| 12 | That 's correct Chairman I think erm , we will be looking obviously to see what the prospects were within er the urban area and er sites do and surprisingly do continue to arrive and come up and we some other uses , erm they would make some contribution obviously erm , the other options would as you say be to look beyond beyond the greenbelt at the opportunities that are available there . |
| 13 | I thought it was very unfortunate that Catherine had only given him a daughter , not a son . |
| 14 | Yes , but I 've , I 've only given him a lump figure you see . |
| 15 | The couple were taken to police headquarters for questioning where they admitted they had picked up a man on the night of 10 July by the harbour but did not know him and had only given him a lift into town . |
| 16 | ‘ If you had only given us the Law : Dayenu ! … |
| 17 | But they would have only given you a book for |
| 18 | Before any of the officially appointed Dealers below sell you a Saab Approved used Car it will have undergone a stringent 40 Point Check and Service by dedicated Saab-trained Technicians using factory approved equipment and only genuine Saab parts . |
| 19 | Give me the leave to make the best of my fortune and only pardon me the abuse of your house . |
| 20 | Why should he suddenly grant you an audience ? |
| 21 | Killing him would only make him a martyr . |
| 22 | Mr Tsongas , a pro-business liberal , argued that to restart the campaign he abandoned three weeks ago for lack of funds would only make him a spoiler . |
| 23 | The average man may perhaps think it an exaggeration but I do assure you that this is factually so and nights are not now so dark that I can not be completely aware of what is happening around me before , during and after the nets have been set . |
| 24 | ‘ Better make me a list for Christmas , ’ Wayne said , and he gave her his hand to help her out onto the lakeside track . |
| 25 | ‘ Better make it a fruit juice this time , then , ’ she said . |
| 26 | Better make it a pound each . ’ |
| 27 | Thrill-seeking impulses led them to many momentary and immediate adventures , and it was this period of his life he referred to when he said he had never been in an orgy of more than three people , although he tried ineffectively to promote it a time or two . |
| 28 | On the rare occasions when the cooling towers are for maintenance , the staff wait eagerly to see what the pond reveals . |
| 29 | ‘ The client and I work together to see what the problem was in the past and how it affects the present . ’ |
| 30 | do you want some posters for Gordon and Adam , well I can only lend you a couple of ones , but those might do if she turns them over |