Example sentences of "[coord] [adv] [prep] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " They may be familiar with the paintings of Whistler , or perhaps with Whistler 's statement that when evening mist clothes the riverside with poetry , as with a veil , and the poor buildings lose themselves in the dim sky , and the tall chimneys become campanili , and the warehouses are palaces in the night , and the whole city hangs in the heavens , and fairyland is before us — then the wayfarer hastens home , and Nature , who , for once , has sung in tune , sings her exquisite song to the artist alone , her son and her master — her son , in that he loves her , her master in that he knows her ? " … shall I read you that deposition again , Mrs James ? " |
| 2 | This observation corresponds more or less to Jacobsson 's list ( pp. 60-2 ) of the ten types of context where need can be used as a modal : Type 1 Need I be present ? |
| 3 | Er , we were , as I say , responsible more or less for staff erm and er so we were pretty busy really . |
| 4 | two people to go to John , erm because erm , apart from anything else it was agreed John 's arm was twisted yesterday to take two people and g and the work but the issue is is that the K does n't , the issue is is that there is no budget anywhere for it either here or down in John 's area . |
| 5 | Incidentally , if you 're stuck without a copy of this song , it 's available on a CD released in 1988 , a compilation of some twenty or so of Gene 's recorded tracks in the ‘ Rock And Roll Masters ’ series from EMI Records , catalogue number CDP 7903282 . |
| 6 | From 12 May , Sabine Wachters will be exhibiting ten or so of Parmiggiani 's most typical sculptures . |
| 7 | For the last two years or so of Phillip 's life , Marje never visited him at home , according to friends . |
| 8 | ‘ What does it mean ? ’ she had asked Henry , a day or so after Donald 's death , ‘ what does it mean ? ’ |
| 9 | La Paysanne , executed at La Rue-des-Bois ( where Picasso spent most of August ) , or shortly after Picasso 's return to Paris , is one of the largest and most powerful of the group . |
| 10 | Did he or not for God 's sake ? ’ |
| 11 | Whether the Ephesian disciples were Christians or not before Paul 's arrival — and the development of the story suggests that he finds they were not — Paul 's initial question still assumes that it is possible to be a believer in Jesus without receiving fully the Holy Spirit . |
| 12 | The one who had not yet spoken , or not in Jarvis 's hearing , was swearing under his breath . |
| 13 | Bowley confessed himself unable to understand how any of those living at or slightly above Rowntree 's minimum could be described , as Rowntree had done , as being ‘ neither ill-nourished nor ill-clad ’ . |
| 14 | During his conversations with Marcus , when they did take place , Ludens had the impression that Marcus was pursuing a consecutive line of thought , sections of which were randomly surfacing for Ludens 's benefit , or even for Marcus 's benefit , at moments when Marcus felt it might clarify his ideas to verbalise them aloud , and even to listen to a response . |
| 15 | This need arose either through specific statutory requirements or alternatively through management 's growing need for up-to-date , accurate information about company manpower . |
| 16 | Like dissolves , slow motion can be useful for scenes of sexual love or simply for lovers ' meetings — a usage now long derided , though , and so no longer even parodied , after its long descent through so many TV commercials . |
| 17 | IT 'S fair to say that the insurance industry has one of the greatest effects on the success or otherwise of Heggie 's business ; that and the inability of drivers to drive properly . |
| 18 | Yes , but what about the truth or otherwise of Lamb 's accusation ? |
| 19 | For if metaphor is indeed metonymic , either in general or specifically in Proust 's choice of images , it demonstrates only that the alignment of metaphor and metonymy with the dialectic of inner and outer worlds was imperfect from the start . |
| 20 | And what , one now wonders , happened to the brown silk , of which there is no sign — neither here in the chest nor upstairs among mother 's things . |
| 21 | Some 80 km from the Ugandan border , Torit was strategically placed on the land route to Kenya and since 1989 had been a stronghold of the SPLA and latterly of Garang 's Torit faction . |
| 22 | Our shared experience in that campaign was in marked contrast to the role played by the right hon. Member for Islwyn ( Mr. Kinnock ) who , throughout that campaign , spoke vociferously and vigorously against Britain 's membership of the European Community . |
| 23 | The staccato vocals , and Morrison 's sudden interjections , utterly transformed the song , and the duo moved on to swap vocals to and fro in Lewis 's hit , What 'd I Say . |
| 24 | Their demands were to have a radical effect on British livestock on a national basis and a massive trade developed in which cattle were reared in the more remote northern and western regions , sent in droves to fatten on grass and turnips in the Midlands , Norfolk , Essex , Hertfordshire , Middlesex and Surrey , and thence to London 's slaughterhouses in due course . |
| 25 | I talked too much to the other girls over coffee , I went on and on about Eliot 's Chinese jar moving perpetually in its stillness , how ironic , and you could hear them wishing I 'd stop and somehow I could n't . |
| 26 | On 23 November 1917 , the Battalion entrained for Italy and , after a six day journey , arrived at Marseilles and from there along the French Riviera to Ventimiglia and on to Villa del Conte to become part of the XIXth Corps , taking over positions on the Piave , and then on the Asiago Plain . |
| 27 | ‘ Thompson at your service , ’ said the landlord coming to meet him with a welcoming smile which disappeared quickly as he saw Midnight — his glance sliding from the metal collar to the handcuffs and on to Jess 's flushed face . |
| 28 | The system has worked flexibly and effectively to Britain 's advantage . |
| 29 | The task now imposed on everyone , and especially those preparing to spend the weekend in Strasbourg , is to think big and flexibly about Europe 's future . |
| 30 | I feel a certain sympathy for their wallflower purity , none for their legislators ' regard for the morals of others , and most for Mapplethorpe 's prophylaxis . |