Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [verb] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is , unless the amounts involved are sufficiently large to make them worthwhile . |
| 2 | Over 900 attended the reunion and as usual our thanks to all who worked so hard to make it successful . |
| 3 | In fact it is only because he is trying so hard to get it right that he can be said to get it wrong at all , and the gauche hero is above all the example of social over-anxiety , like Betjeman 's subaltern weak for love on a Hampshire tennis-court : his palms moist at the first handshake , one imagines , his over-careful manners a veneer masking racking uncertainties , and an over-developed sense of social duty enforcing its own inner punishment . |
| 4 | With the law as it is there may be some men who would prefer an adult partner , but who at present turn their attention to boys because they consider that this course is less likely to lay them open to prosecution or to blackmail than if they sought other adults as their partners . |
| 5 | thinking , where is he , and then he came back I was so angry made me sick , because |
| 6 | What was no doubt intended to be a moment of triumph fell absolutely flat , particularly as the late editor of the Evening Standard — Charles Wintour — was roused to indignation sufficiently vigorous to make it difficult to continue with the dinner . |
| 7 | Time spent on yourself in this way will also benefit the patient : if you keep yourself physically fit and mentally alert , you will be better able to offer him worthwhile emotional support , and you will find your situation less draining . |
| 8 | it 's not so important to get it perfect . |
| 9 | She was so stunned to find him close that she never answered . |
| 10 | Preston had more or less given up being a New Man since Carla — it was so difficult to get it right all the time and they kept moving the goalposts — but he still liked to make the right noises . |
| 11 | He is only obliged to pay you Statutory Sick Pay . |
| 12 | You looked very cute at eighteen months lying on your tug alter your bath , but all the same I was agreeably surprised to find you beautiful in the flesh , " Matthew continued . |
| 13 | You had the same problem as Malcolm , so , would it be fair to sign that or would it be more sensible to leave it blank ? |
| 14 | And , however badly Ratner appears to have screwed up the company 's finances — and public image — some people are said to be still willing to give him financial support . |
| 15 | It might seem like it 's all going to fall apart at any minute , but that 's the key to it — it 's totally wrong to call them shambolic ; you have to be right on top of things to sound this loose . |
| 16 | Even when parents strongly disapprove of the way their teenager is behaving , it is still important to make it clear that it is the behaviour and not the person that is being rejected . |
| 17 | Maggie was even more startled to find him alone when she came in and instantly relieved that she had n't allowed the boy who had seen her home from the village further than the road gate . |
| 18 | Obviously they can not be expected to vet all the publications they sell , and it would be grossly unfair to hold them responsible for libels of which they could have no knowledge . |
| 19 | They are also able to give them individual understanding , recognizing the uniqueness and importance of each grandchild . |
| 20 | There would be no point in designing software to control access to the video disc , unless suitable interfaces are also available to make it possible for the computer in the system to communicate with the video disc player and control its operation . |
| 21 | It is ironic , as research into the feelings and behaviour of childless couples has shown , that the voluntarily childless often shield themselves from criticism by implying a fertility problem , whereas the involuntarily childless find it difficult to admit their infertility and leave others believing they have chosen to forgo the experience of parenthood . |
| 22 | ‘ As you 're a fisherman , Mr Leland , if you 'd care to come down to Devon during this present season I 'd be most happy to offer you unlimited fishing . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ We do n't mind what they 're saying but we 'll be trying damn hard to prove them wrong , ’ vowed Curran . |
| 24 | On these occasions he was perfectly happy to leave me alone in the attic . |
| 25 | However , if the draftsman wishes to make time of the essence of some but not all of the procedural steps he should be particularly careful to make it clear which steps carry strict time limits and which do not ( as the draftsman failed to do in Bradley ( C ) & Sons Ltd v Telefusion Ltd ( 1981 ) 259 EG 337 and Art & Sound v West End Litho [ 1992 ] 1 EGLR 138 ) . |
| 26 | The teacher who uses this aid will have to be particularly careful to keep it secret and so not publish any libel to anyone at all . |
| 27 | Close the two lapels , and continuing the old traditional method , bind firmly but not too tightly with raffia — you can buy this as ‘ bass ’ from a sundries shop — that has been prepared previously into 18 inch ( 45cm ) lengths and well soaked to make it soft and pliable . |
| 28 | it 's just a matter of him sort of saying that 's perfectly okay , I mean , you can get a copy of that or phone call from them , well , if he 's , if he 's not happy with anything , they , they 're quite willing to contact him direct |
| 29 | Even the least sophisticated found it easy to blame the chronic unemployment which afflicted Britain on the war . |
| 30 | Oh that 's it , that 's why they 're coming down , that 's why are quite pleased to see us dear , especially at this time of the year , not many people will buy Christmas time , think oh we 'll wait and go and get Christmas over and the spring and |