Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] and [verb] [adj] " 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 | The designation is a form of landscape protection only and has little value in nature conservation terms . |
| 3 | If he failed to turn up , the Commissioner had the power to hear the plaintiff 's case only and give immediate judgement on it . |
| 4 | Erm however he 's saying that you know where , where there is erm you know , pe peasant erm associations basically that they are trying to , you know , get together , club together and make sure that say the surcharge of , of each of land erm is at least being re reduced or abolished . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | But it was er we all sort of had a respect for each other and each other 's jobs , but there was none of this erm upstairs downstairs and running frightened for people or anything like that . |
| 7 | ‘ One barged past me and said I was not going to be taking the car away and became abusive . |
| 8 | The child had to take the card home and get different fabric cuttings from her or his Mum . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Diana drafted her reply carefully and made several attempts at matching the frosty tone which Philip had used in his . |
| 11 | Teachers working in the three phases of education ( primary , middle , secondary ) seem to have experienced the review differently and have different attitudes towards it and towards SSE in general . |
| 12 | Cut out some administration today and put more time into leading your people to an even more profitable contribution . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Educated women seem to be at a particular disadvantage because they are expected , and expect themselves , to accept the loss gracefully and suppress irrational feelings associated with a process which is not unlike mourning . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | You must keep your Card safely and take all possible care to avoid its loss or theft . |
| 17 | In addition to the traditional vented system , it is now permissible to have an unvented hot water storage system , which does away with the cold water cistern altogether and has other advantages ( see page 58 for details ) ; sealed central heating systems ( which do away with the feed-and-expansion cistern ) have been legal for some time . |
| 18 | Let me pay and then we 'll have lunch together and do some catching up — unless you 're meeting someone , of course . ’ |
| 19 | Why can not this incompetent Government get their act together and put those building workers to build houses for those families ? |
| 20 | ‘ A lot of people are saying that the board must get its act together and get some money to spend . |
| 21 | Contractors must get their act together and take more responsibility . |
| 22 | unless the local printer 's very cleaver somehow and got that advertising to sponsor er the booklet they 've had to charge for it . |
| 23 | If you write a fair amount , and read your work critically and let other people criticise it , you will get better . |
| 24 | Read through your work carefully and correct any errors you find . |
| 25 | Read through your work carefully and correct any errors you find . |
| 26 | So have a winter check now and make sure your home will be weathertight when the wind and rain start in earnest . |
| 27 | Spread on lather evenly and shave first with downward strokes , then relather and shave in the opposite direction . |
| 28 | He pushed the bottom half of the window upwards and swung one leg over the sill . |
| 29 | The staff member who is the first to encounter the death should summon help immediately and reassure any other residents who may be present . |
| 30 | In a study by Mayes into various measures of testing the readability of guides , he found that guides were jargon-filled , unappealing etc and suggested many ways in which they could be made more readable . |