Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pron] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words , he was still developing the characteristics that would eventually make him a character actor . |
| 2 | The terms sound harsh , not to say positively feudal : Benjamin was to serve his master faithfully , keep his secrets , gladly obey his every word . |
| 3 | ‘ That meeting with Ken and his decision to make Ken 's part big made it a sort of broken-back type of play . |
| 4 | 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 ’ . |
| 5 | While she was ponderously explaining what an LOA presentation was , they could n't probe at him . |
| 6 | Music became the voice of opposition to the war and its senseless waste of life , and effectively found itself a conscience . |
| 7 | Music became the voice of opposition to the war and its senseless waste of life , and effectively found itself a conscience . |
| 8 | Less than a year later we got married and I moved down here and eventually found myself a job . |
| 9 | Somebody had apparently given her the matchbook and she had been carrying it around with her ever since . ’ |
| 10 | I thought it was very unfortunate that Catherine had only given him a daughter , not a son . |
| 11 | Yes , but I 've , I 've only given him a lump figure you see . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ If you had only given us the Law : Dayenu ! … |
| 14 | But they would have only given you a book for |
| 15 | Give me the leave to make the best of my fortune and only pardon me the abuse of your house . |
| 16 | Why should he suddenly grant you an audience ? |
| 17 | Killing him would only make him a martyr . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | ‘ Better make me a list for Christmas , ’ Wayne said , and he gave her his hand to help her out onto the lakeside track . |
| 21 | Better make it a pound each . ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | On the rare occasions when the cooling towers are for maintenance , the staff wait eagerly to see what the pond reveals . |
| 24 | ‘ The client and I work together to see what the problem was in the past and how it affects the present . ’ |
| 25 | 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 |
| 26 | The new crossing will obviously make it a lot safer . ’ |
| 27 | A rented suit will be collected from a hire firm on the day before the wedding so make yourself a checklist which includes , ‘ Put speech notes in jacket pocket . |
| 28 | As they queued to pay , each of them was told : ‘ We ca n't add up your bill , so make us an offer ! ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I only realised what the problem was when I went to Kenya straight after Twin Cities . |
| 30 | Although Edward apparently promised him the captaincy of Berwick in September 1319 , during the English siege of the town , and grants continued to come his way during 1320 , his allegiance was soon to be severed by the ambitions of Despenser , whose attempts in 1320–1 to enlarge his share of the Gloucester inheritance in south Wales raised the whole march against him . |