Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was wearier , I was more tolerant , that was the only difference and that change only enabled me the better to accept what I 'd always been . |
| 2 | I jolly soon learnt what a crome was , I did n't ask I waited to find out . |
| 3 | On the rare occasions when the cooling towers are for maintenance , the staff wait eagerly to see what the pond reveals . |
| 4 | ‘ There 's an inside to things , ’ he explained , ‘ and print only gave me the outside . |
| 5 | The 1940s were a decade split by the great peace that ended the last European war in May 1945 , but it has its own domestic character — a character soon to be forgotten by succeeding decades , though in The Girls of Slender Means ( 1963 ) Muriel Spark aptly called it a time when ‘ all the nice people were poor ’ . |
| 6 | Arnulf always considered himself a member of the court , although his services were somewhat sporadic and sometimes unappreciated by the king and his other advisers . |
| 7 | Trade & Travel kindly gave me a fez ‘ for my daughter ’ , which resulted in a complaint from one colleague that if I was going to invent one offspring why not a few more so that all the staff could have fezzes . |
| 8 | erm then erm what I 'll do I 'll pick it up next week and that will obviously show you a bit more about Abbey Life and any , any of your friends or anybody you think might , might like to look at the video erm you know just to give them an insight , people you mentioned erm to me that you perhaps know you 'd like to pass the video on to them to have a look erm and if er er you 've got my number and if you want to ring me then I can get some more videos if you think other people might be interested I 'm quite happy to pass them on , on to you as well , okay ? |
| 9 | You know probably make it a bit easier , but it 's not . |
| 10 | Sapt also brought me a letter . |
| 11 | But most important , please decide today to give yourself the financial protection of the Midland Personal Accident Plan . |
| 12 | Its design to avoid significant loading at the output or input has already been considered in section 3.7 for the special case of a direct input , which can be thought of as a sinusoidal input of zero frequency , but the discussion and conclusions reached apply equally well whatever the time dependence of the input signal . |
| 13 | Well Hayden says to me , if you go either give me a ring , he said , and I . |
| 14 | sort of sit there putting what the solicitor said in your |
| 15 | His presence and influence there made him a figure in world Christendom . |
| 16 | , I think perhaps give them the , the shorter years . |
| 17 | Or perhaps amphetamine just gives you an insight into the world as it really is |
| 18 | I do sometimes fancy something a bit more refined . ’ |
| 19 | If you do then tell me the truth . |
| 20 | So Vecchi hi-tails it out to the sanatorium , hangs around until the great man and Rico leave then gives it a few more minutes before walking in and giving Connie another grilling . |
| 21 | Certainly ‘ Scarlet Ribbons ’ was one he used to sing to her ; here Sinead tremulously gives it an elegiac quality with tin whistle and uileann pipes and painful memories nearly overwhelm her halfway through . |
| 22 | Next you come to the dark ride where history takes on a life of its own and light , movement and sound come together to give you a realistic living picture of the town and its history . |
| 23 | As I say , I 've only met her the once . |
| 24 | ‘ Well , I 've only done it a couple of times as you know . |
| 25 | Yes , but I 've , I 've only given him a lump figure you see . |
| 26 | ‘ They 're a good twenty years younger , and they 've only known them a year or two . |
| 27 | You 're just from the YTS. — You 've only known her a few weeks . |
| 28 | I 've only known him a few weeks , after all . ’ |
| 29 | I 've only known you a few days , Luke , and I do n't go in for casual sex . ’ |
| 30 | Now this P H test I 've only had it a few seconds and already look what it 's done to the paper . |