Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] [pron] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where once we had Tizwas and The Tube , we now have Bob and Paula 's Big Breakfast and The Word . |
| 2 | Where once I felt hatred , now I only feel compassion . |
| 3 | Pigs had to be kept near to the farmstead , probably in nearby closes , but they could be taken to wastes and pasture and , of course , woodland , where traditionally they ate acorns and beechmast . |
| 4 | He had a passionate concern for the welfare of football in general , and was always on the lookout for ways to make it more efficient , more attractive and more popular , although naturally he wanted Arsenal to be in the forefront . |
| 5 | Climbing the steep mountain roads round hairpin bends was quite dramatic and more than once I had glimpses of distant eagles . |
| 6 | Somebody said that it was a colder day than any we had morning I read Houghton 's Life of Keats and copied out some passages from Keats ' letters . |
| 7 | In the Christian case , it led to the periodization of history , a chronological method that we still use , although nowadays we approach history from a purely secular point of view . |
| 8 | I think it 's worked on the whole , although sometimes we have reservations . |
| 9 | A notable illustration of this complexity even among hard-core racists was the NF official who pointed out that he had been elected by both black and white work mates , despite his well-known NF affiliation , because he fought equally hard for blacks and whites ; he claimed a liking for blacks and maintained that he played football and drank with them , although politically he supported repatriation . |
| 10 | Mr Collum felt that implementation of international standards in the future would fall more and more to the Accounting Standards Board , although ideally he felt leadership should come from the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Accounting Standards Board in the US and , ‘ if it can ever get its act together ’ , the European Commission . |
| 11 | The nuzzling continued as his lips found her own , teasing and provoking her to yearn for more depth in the caress , until suddenly he took possession of her mouth in a forceful kiss that went on and on as though it would last for ever . |
| 12 | Ah , if only we had clarinets too ! |
| 13 | If only she had £6.5 billion . |
| 14 | If only she had flowers … |
| 15 | If only she had time . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm thinking of the sort of attitude that suggests the unemployed do too little to help themselves , that if only you have determination and drive you can get on in the world . ’ |
| 17 | If only I had wings , Oh what a difference it would make to things , All day long I 'd be in the sky , up on high , Talking to the birdies that pass me by |
| 18 | ‘ The things I could do if only I had oodles of cash , ’ she added with an intense longing . |
| 19 | If only I had understanding , to send them back to their waters ! ’ |
| 20 | Disclose separate totals of political and charitable contributions made by the group , if together they exceed £200 . |
| 21 | Give separate totals for political and charitable contributions if together they exceed £200 . |
| 22 | They set off along the coast of Venezuela and Colombia , south to Panama , past Costa Rica and Nicaragua , until finally they reached Honduras , their intended destination . |
| 23 | In fact , we 're disappointed with it cos usually we have vegetables out of our own garden all the year round but they did n't do very well this year did they ? |
| 24 | These big events must be properly controlled if ever they take place and they must only take place with police permission and proper licenses . |
| 25 | His lips were moving quietly as he mouthed to himself what he would do if ever he had Corbett in his power . |
| 26 | If ever you have word when I am not by , it will bring you to the prince in my place . |
| 27 | If ever you see bream at the surface moving in several different directions , or merely lying with their backs or just the tip of their dorsal fins out of the water , or cruising sedately along , then they are not rolling or feeding bream . |
| 28 | So if ever you read work apiece , and re-submit it , you must change the title because if if you send it in , they look up to see if they 've seen that title before , if it was rejected before it will be rejected automatically . |
| 29 | If ever she needed Andrew to herself , it was tonight . |
| 30 | ‘ A rum fellow , ’ the doctor had said , ‘ if ever I clapped eyes on one . ’ |