Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [conj] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Far from being grateful , she complained of the smell within and declared that sleeping in the open air had its merits . |
| 2 | One of his most senior colleagues , Mr Michael Heseltine , the Environment Secretary , indicated that , if the Tories were the biggest party in a hung Parliament , Mr Major would draw up a programme of legislation and put it to the vote in Parliament rather than seeking any formal deal with the Liberal Democrats or Ulster Unionists . |
| 3 | The other answer is that erm certainly some trials have been done with patients not being diagnosed by a computer , but by giving initial information like their age , their date of birth , erm where the pain is , etc. erm actually interacting themselves with the computer , and studies have shown curiously that patients actually prefer to use a computer rather than to give this information to a doctor . |
| 4 | To gain the maximum benefit from each interview ( if you are aiming to learn a proper selection technique rather than treat each interview selection as a one-off event ) you should do a thorough follow-up . |
| 5 | The designation is a form of landscape protection only and has little value in nature conservation terms . |
| 6 | We do n't , we turned the valve off , we take a bunch of newspapers and put it on top of the bricks , then we light the newspaper , then we go back and turn the valve on and let this hundred octane mixture of oil drip on the bricks and it would burn . |
| 7 | By the autumn of 1837 , he had developed this analogy so as to understand all long-run trends in diversification and progress through an arboriform extrapolation , on a changing but stable Lyellian earth 's surface , of successive species propagations ; these being analogous to the successive bud propagations whereby any tree grows , with many buds ending without branching , in species extinctions , while other buds branch without ending , in species multiplications . |
| 8 | Lay the herring fillets skin side down and put some of the finely chopped onion and gherkin mixture on each . |
| 9 | so , but she said on the day when she come over and she getting a letter off the Social about what interest we pay on the house she 's got , she says they do n't pay any , she 's , for last two or three years , they have n't paid any , she had to fill his side in and send all his side to Halifax or whatever , she 's er |
| 10 | and up the steps out of the underground there was this lass there and I , I ca n't help it I mean I 'm always aware of the fact of having this twenty five year old child , so offspring and there was a girl roughly about his age or slightly younger and she was grey you know that translucent look your skin gets when you 're not eating properly you know that grey sort of pallor and I had an overnight bag in one hand and a briefcase and a handbag in the other and I remember I walked past her and she was begging and I had gone to the sleeper and I 'm sitting there and I 'm thinking you bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep bleep , you could of put briefcase down , overnight bag down , handbag down and got some money out . |
| 11 | Of course , he had known they would use the Microwave Gun on him ; they always did when he was up in front of somebody , whenever he was at a disadvantage anyway and needed all the help he could get , whenever he was going for an interview for a job , or being asked things by the Social security people or even clerks in the Post Office . |
| 12 | One of the men was passing round a big china bowl into which money was being thrown , and as Sabine watched Marie-Christine began , with raucous and vociferous encouragement from the men , to lift her skirt demurely and reveal more and more of one shapely leg . |
| 13 | It 's the same as everything and everybody and because er they were satisfied with it , they wanted some more and they took the old lo lock off and put some more on what I 'd made , see what I mean . |
| 14 | One of the highest scoring fighter pilots of the Battle of Britain , Bob Doe has written an interesting book that goes a good deal further than describing some of his exploits in the Battle . |
| 15 | And that would have been time enough if you had n't shot your mouth off and brought that foul man roaring round here … ’ |
| 16 | Diana drafted her reply carefully and made several attempts at matching the frosty tone which Philip had used in his . |
| 17 | I caught the Corporal up and pointed this out . |
| 18 | So I have decided to stick my neck out and to make some predictions for the next 30 years . |
| 19 | Cut out some administration today and put more time into leading your people to an even more profitable contribution . |
| 20 | I 'm not breaking my stated rule here and recommending this hotel , just saying that it is there and that if you could get the back bedrooms you would have a most remarkable scene to look out on . |
| 21 | They they will have the same script almost and say this is a free of charge item , all we need from you is this this and this and if you 're interested I 'm gon na ask a marketing executive to come in and agree a contract with you . |
| 22 | You must keep your Card safely and take all possible care to avoid its loss or theft . |
| 23 | It is suggested that in the context of a monogamous union , adultery was elevated to the status of a sin ( or indeed a crime ) and grounds for divorce so as to reinforce this concept of marriage and , in the absence of birth control , to prevent the social ‘ untidiness ’ caused by the production of children not the product of a couple married to each other , with all the inheritance and support complications which could follow . |
| 24 | We planned and performed our audit so as to obtain all the information and explanations which we considered necessary in order to provide us with sufficient evidence to give reasonable assurance that the accounts are free from material misstatement , whether caused by fraud or other irregularity or error . |
| 25 | Let me pay and then we 'll have lunch together and do some catching up — unless you 're meeting someone , of course . ’ |
| 26 | They turned the telephone down and spent most of the evening at the cinema . |
| 27 | By 1330 hrs it is complete and I 've managed to throw some lunch down and grab another brew . |
| 28 | Put one piece of salmon skinside down and spread more of the mixture over the cut side . |
| 29 | To cooperate may be defined as to work together or to operate jointly-These terms are therefore not dissimilar , yet co-ordination may be seen to be of a higher level and a more difficult operation than co-operation . |
| 30 | Why can not this incompetent Government get their act together and put those building workers to build houses for those families ? |