Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Mum goes on about that wretched place as though he was chief jailer at Broadmoor . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm just interested to know what goes on beneath that hostile little shell you present to the world , Virginia . |
| 3 | Who knows what goes on behind those net curtains . |
| 4 | Er , what goes on behind those closed doors , even I do n't know . |
| 5 | The fact that the ad sits in between other normal commercials gives it added impact , but the trouble is it tackles the symptoms , not the cause and could feed on guilt . |
| 6 | What worries Spenser is how human action fits in with this determined overall scheme of things whose main signposts can be discerned in Scripture , but whose timetable and precise unravelling are not clear . |
| 7 | In Lawrence 's essays it goes along with that familiar stance of hard-earned adjustment whereby sickness is always someone else 's problem — the masses , the modern world , women , homosexuals , whoever . |
| 8 | But if the Section Sergeant goes in for any necessary purpose , the Inspector comes in , he is reported and gets a severe reprimand from his superiors for idling his time in the Station . |
| 9 | And she said wait here Mr and in she goes in to this bloody meeting and out he came . |
| 10 | Maybe this attitude lingers on in advanced Western societies , explaining why some people still wax so lyrical about arcane grammatical rules , the Oxford English Dictionary and all the other magical authorities , and why they are so indignant about feminists ‘ tampering with language ’ . |
| 11 | However , Merrill Lynch is running the risk of suffering a substantial loss if the market price holds on to any substantial premium . |
| 12 | Piero Fornasetti lives on in these pure silk ties |
| 13 | An' she drops in for another little drop , |
| 14 | All that happens is that the animal waits until the treated garments are discarded and then homes in on some other , more suitable surface . |
| 15 | SPURS boss Terry Venables looks down at controversial new skipper Neil Ruddock , sent off during Saturday 's 2-2 draw against Palace . |
| 16 | God looks down at this cooperative effort of man trying to make himself god-like , and sees it as the beginning of worse rebellion against him . |
| 17 | It is not just that high myth looks down towards low present reality . |
| 18 | It 's part of an education philosophy which I must remind erm which I must remind you starts off with local financial management of schools within the Education Service erm prior to local financial management County Hall was big brother . |
| 19 | Let's go to see you tomorrow Other languages have PrOnominal systems much richer than the English one : in Japanese , pronouns are distinguished also with respect to sex of speaker , social status of referent and degree of intimacy with referent , so , for example , the second person pronoun kimi can be glossed " you , addressed by this intimate male speaker " ( Uyeno , 1971 : 16-17 ; Harada , 1976 : 511 ) ; and village Tamil has up to six singular second person pronouns according to degree of relative rank between speaker and addressee ( Brown & Levinson , 1978 : 3206 ) . |
| 20 | It seems to be the case as she currently has up to 200 various groups and organisations on her books . |
| 21 | Division adds up to few rhythmic pluses |
| 22 | The present looks back at some great figure of an earlier century and wonders , Was he on our side ? |
| 23 | One building stands out in this dispiriting panorama of post-war mediocrity : a dark powerful mass of brickwork with a tall central tower that stands right across the Thames from Wren 's dome . |
| 24 | ‘ … he 's very depressed … see him when I can … he 's not working … not doing anything , much … still lies about in that appalling house drinking … |
| 25 | and that fills in with five other things |
| 26 | This allows up to ten different files to be open at once in up to four different windows . |
| 27 | and it it crops up at various different stages through the play as well , it 's not just erm , you know |
| 28 | The Forum kicks off with two all-day seminars on RISC and the Intel Corp iAPX-86 . |
| 29 | This leads on to some general considerations about decision-making in a bureaucracy . |
| 30 | Discussion of budgeting and costs leads on to another important factor . |