Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What differences follow , for example , from the young Elvis Presley starting out from printed song-copies but slowly transforming them in lengthy sessions in Sam Phillips 's Sun studio , as against Lennon and McCartney taking mostly orally worked-out ideas to George Martin who then might transform them through literate methods — for instance , the addition of written parts ? |
| 2 | If our constitution does not altogether submerge us in wishful thinking , that is because pain and misfortune force themselves on attention from outside . |
| 3 | But having put him in , he rarely consulted him on general policy issues and gave hint little role even in industrial disputes , which were still the traditional concern of the Board of Trade . |
| 4 | Claims to have found new mechanisms of evolution are common in the press , but they rarely make it into respectable science journals . |
| 5 | After all , bright children usually expect to succeed , hence success and praise do not surprise them or necessarily raise them to new levels of performance . |
| 6 | Exporters can raise prices in sterling terms ( so maintaining them in foreign currency terms ) without losing competitiveness . |
| 7 | Despite their common backgrounds , shared interests , and childhood ties , Gould 's pre-eminence had swiftly distinguished him beyond social association with his former colleague . |
| 8 | • Any burns may be deeper than they appear , so cool them with cold water and cover with an antiseptic dressing or clean cloth . |
| 9 | Anyone trying to understand something will naturally compare it with other things to find similarities and differences . |
| 10 | Perhaps I was sent to the chippie , or café up the street to fetch cigarettes , or lemonade , or to go at full haste and deliver a note to one of his girl-friends ; or maybe he simply wanted to chastise me for something I had done , as for instance when I inadvertently got him into hot water by mentioning to Mum that I had seen him with a girl ( an infamous young woman ) after he had faithfully promised not to see her again , ever . |
| 11 | These agents are toxic when given systemically , and so producing them at high concentration within the tumour is an attractive goal . |
| 12 | Captaining Jamaica for the second successive season , he not only led them to Red Stripe Cup triumph ( their third in five years ) , but , with the ball , he broke the tournament record with 36 wickets at 11.30 . |
| 13 | I can only describe it as naked lust . |
| 14 | This guaranteed that the water fell to the ground just clear of the walls , so protecting them against damp , discoloration and decay . |
| 15 | But anything other than aquiescence with the regent could only tie them into political and ideological knots of Gordian proportions . |
| 16 | We felt we could only do it through local pressure , using the media and direct action ’ , a member of the group recalled . |
| 17 | Spending our lives in jealousy and envy can only isolate us from other people and make us unhappy . |
| 18 | They ‘ trapline ’ , moving directly from one food site to the next , apparently remembering them from previous days , and are fast fliers , visiting plants producing ( few ) flowers over long periods . |
| 19 | They deteriorated with time , and the only way to prolong their life was to store them carefully in airtight containers and only wear them on special occasions . |
| 20 | " It 's odd how you always have to ask that question , that you 'll only see him through other men 's eyes . |
| 21 | Daphne not only welcomed me with open arms but to my surprise expressed delight at the thought of my occupying one of her spare rooms . |
| 22 | We can only use him in one-day games this season because of his commitments with Cumberland , but his qualities are obvious and he is the aggressive type of batsman spectators love to watch . ’ |
| 23 | John-Paul Ziller is variously a drugs dealer , magician and con man , personifying — like Rinehart in Ralph Ellison 's Invisible Man — the flux of narrative stances ; Plucky Purcell , as his name suggests , represents the narrator of adventures and Marx Marvellous ( ‘ your host and narrator ’ ) embodies Robbins 's role as narrative compère , constantly leading us into new episodes with an appropriate verbal flourish . |
| 24 | ‘ I think I 'd better provide you with toasted teacakes as well , ’ said Amiss sympathetically . |
| 25 | And that implies that our learning together engages us in dynamic encounter dynamic dialogue which also releases some of those energies in various areas of life that would otherwise be sealed or indeed , locked ! |
| 26 | You can only swap it for nice things . |
| 27 | The Building News , The Gentleman 's Magazine and The Ecclesiologist all reprinted it in full . |
| 28 | The general technique used for stationery decoration is to cover the flowers with a clear adhesive film , which not only protects them from damp or dirt , but also holds them in position . |
| 29 | We can only stop it by international agreement and enforcement . |
| 30 | Time and effort must be taken to break its dependency on the other dog and increase its attachment towards the owner ; short walks without the other dog , short periods of being left at home by itself , perhaps feeding them in separate areas . |