Example sentences of "[n mass] [verb] [adv] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know , if it was a dog that was lost , if it was a cat that was lost , if it was even a pigeon that had got lost they 've got some homing device , but the sheep has n't even got that , it ca n't even find it 's own way home . |
| 2 | The cross-section data used so far gives us little indication about how many workers continue in employment long enough to recoup the wages that were deferred earlier in their career . |
| 3 | Partridge has previously only held annual exhibitions of recent acquisitions ; a thematic exhibition of relatively low cost items was , Mr Schroder conceded , an attempt to ‘ broaden the market ’ in these difficult times . |
| 4 | Meanwhile on Malta after a quick lunch the 213 and 229 Squadron aircraft took off again to fly on to Mersa Matruh , lead by four of 252 Squadron 's Beaufighters . |
| 5 | However , in September when he first saw the chemists ' proposal the ‘ good ’ data did not yet exist , indeed , did not exist until early in the new year . |
| 6 | The data presented here also imply that before any conclusions are drawn on biological effects obtained through point mutations in tRNAs , it should be investigated if the base-modification pattern was altered and if such alterations might have been the primary cause of the biological observed effect . |
| 7 | It would have been a great deal more difficult because military aircraft use more volatile fuel , and they tend to be armed , they tend to be carrying things that civil aircraft do n't normally carry , so yes , it would 've been much more difficult . |
| 8 | I told Michael Quirke how a heron had once nearly landed on my back in Wales , and he was mightily impressed , taking it as a good luck omen . |
| 9 | Li Yuan laughed awkwardly then turned and looked back up the path . |
| 10 | Some folk did not really connect ( until the next day ) that a late night and a rolling sea were not really ideal partners . |
| 11 | The radio plays continually , and some folk come in just to check the hourly news . |
| 12 | I hope your fish live long enough to recover and that the dyes fade away . |
| 13 | Bream do not always conform to this pattern . |
| 14 | Bream do not always roll so smoothly though . |
| 15 | The observation that large , predatory species of fish do not usually swim in schools might lead us to suggest that the advantage of schooling is in defence against predators , for large predatory fish are not themselves subject to predation . |
| 16 | For suppose that the disuse of meat causes a permanent distaste for it , and that an increased demand for fish continues long enough to enable the forces by which its supply is governed to work out their action fully ( of course oscillation from day to day and from year to year would continue : but we may leave them on the side ) . |
| 17 | The NRA says the fish have probably just moved away to find somewhere better to spawn . |
| 18 | But statistics do not necessarily make for good intelligence . |
| 19 | It is worth noting that there is a delay between diagnosis and reporting of cases of AIDS and that there is usually a long interval between infection with HIV and the development of AIDS , so the published statistics do not accurately reflect the spread of HIV infection . |
| 20 | True-kin do not necessarily love one another , but it is always presumed that they are friends until they are shown to be enemies . |
| 21 | Moreover , the cross breeding of domestic animals and livestock had long since proved that such changes could be artificially induced . |
| 22 | Allocation to specific wards allows the clinical teacher and ward staff to work closely together to improve learning opportunities for the student . |
| 23 | The influence remains dominant even when it becomes clear that the ill-health of many people has often more to do with the context of their lives and factors such as poverty , lack of access to land and food security , sanitation and employment . |
| 24 | Finally , the Polish General Staff has not only seen itself as an avid ‘ consumer ’ of Soviet military doctrine , but a contributor as well , which has authored its own innovations with Soviet endorsement . |
| 25 | ‘ There are very great difficulties in actually compelling people to come back here to give evidence — the crew for example — to a formal sheriff 's inquiry because of the time it takes to set up . ’ |
| 26 | But the erm the best thing would then be for the when the these people came round again to listen to the tape , |
| 27 | I mean now there 's a couple of people quibbling about actually paying at the that we did . |
| 28 | That meant no dancing , just hordes of people staying long enough to see and be seen , then passing on to some other entertainment . |
| 29 | our staff get very well treated here . |
| 30 | It is in the outpatient department that many people feel particularly vulnerable as they wait in a cubicle , wearing paper gowns with no idea of what is happening , as staff rush around self-consciously doing more important things than talking to a patient . |