Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv] [adv] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That she has so kindly obliged me this evening , and on Twelfth Night of all nights causes me no small surprise . ’ |
| 2 | As Sir Arthur Bryant has so vividly put it , ‘ That life of scholarship and labour , with the tireless hand writing amid the intervals of prayer and teaching , sometimes so frozen that it could hardly grip the pen , is one of the proud memories of England . ’ |
| 3 | For months , British diplomats have been wondering what to do with this thoroughbred stallion , an official present to the Prime Minister which has so far caused him nothing but embarrassment . |
| 4 | It is the only card he has left in a game which has so far seen her win every hand . |
| 5 | What has so far prevented them from becoming assimilated to each other is not only the fact that in the field of psychotherapy , differing theories do not readily and happily intermix , but that each theory tends to take sides ( without this necessarily being apparent ) in the eternal dialogue between youth and age . |
| 6 | The quantum theory created then has proved adequate for all that has so far followed it . |
| 7 | But a bungled , unlawful business deal has so far cost them £5.3m and led to the sacking of all the BRDC 's 12 directors . |
| 8 | His latest project ‘ The Duchess of Sutherland ’ , which is a copy of the full size engines and has so far taken him three years to build is just one of the engines which can be seen . |
| 9 | This could be the year Nigel Mansell finally overcomes his great rival Ayrton Senna and clinches the world motor racing championship which has so far eluded him . |
| 10 | That 's what Mansell does — not merely racing , but striving for the supreme prize which has so far eluded him . |
| 11 | For the British driver , it would be just one more step towards the world title which has so far eluded him . |
| 12 | Is this what we have been waiting for all these years , the answer that has so far eluded us ? |
| 13 | They can only conclude that ‘ Either badgers waste energy with the continued digging or very large burrows confer an advantage that has so far eluded us . ’ |
| 14 | Perhaps they once had the full response , but the ‘ hammer , hammer on the hard , high road ’ has long since dinned it out of them . |
| 15 | We have been considering the problem for some time — — unlike the right hon. Gentleman , who has only just discovered it . |
| 16 | The attack happened 2 weeks ago , but the victim was so distressed she has only just reported it to the police . |
| 17 | He has only ever given me encouragement and support . ’ |
| 18 | Unlike yourselves , Dr Blake has only recently joined us , and there are a few people she should meet . ’ |
| 19 | If an authority has decided to do an act which is allegedly illegal but has not yet done it then , of course , the applicant will want to challenge the decision to act and to obtain an order instructing the authority not to carry out its decision . |
| 20 | That body has not yet contacted me about the Bill although the Association of Railway Preservation Societies and David Morgan thereof certainly have . |
| 21 | Germany has not yet implemented it . |
| 22 | If my hon. Friend has not yet sent me details of the company in his constituency , I hope that he will do so . |
| 23 | the LIFESPAN user name of the assessor , and whether the assessor accepted or rejected the DC , or has not yet assessed it . |
| 24 | So the usual thing eventually after five months waiting for payment is to find out the bloody solicitor that told them this you see and inform the the solicitors that er his client has not yet paid us and we it ought to be done and eventually that 's how we get the money . |
| 25 | The success of their handhelds has not yet encouraged them to plan further developments . |
| 26 | Anyone who still has ideas about the group but has not yet passed them on should contact the clerk to the parish council . |
| 27 | Steve Pyle has not only done us all a favour ; he has done you one , Mr Laing . |
| 28 | But it is that same obstinacy or , put another way , determination to win , that has not only made him a successful captain , but also into one of the most feared batsmen in the world . |
| 29 | Whether she has yet reached the glorious state of fully-fledged butterfly remains a matter of interesting debate , but one thing is certain : each stage of transition has not only affected her personally , but has sent repercussions throughout the Royal Family and , most specifically , has completely changed the tenor of her marriage . |
| 30 | So far , he has not quite told us who he is or why he is there . |