Example sentences of "thing [vb base] [verb] [adv] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 The report is important because it makes it clear that where safety is not given priority by both management and the regulatory authorities — in this case the Department of Energy and the Government — things begin to go badly awry .
2 well yes as soon as things get moving there then we would be ready really so hopefully in the next month or so
3 But there will be situations where you really feel you may be defending a lost cause , because after all things do go quite disastrously wrong .
4 So two things have to happen very quickly .
5 Things have become much more difficult since then .
6 Things have become far more sophisticated over the last fifty years , of course — from slowing down Clapton 's licks on record ( while 16RPM was still a reality ) to units like this one .
7 Although things have gone well so far , the Mozambican peace process is far from secure .
8 However , the difficult condition which requires the most consideration because it is not that unlikely is one in which the operator is faced with a situation where various things have gone wrong naturally or by inadvertent human interference in the plant or instrumentation .
9 She says things have gone too far the other way .
10 ‘ We are not alone in thinking things have gone too far , ’ said Wu Shih , picking up on what Tsu Ma had said .
11 Things have gone too far .
12 ‘ I was aware when I came that I was only Warrington 's third choice , after Michael Hagan and Trevor Kissell , so I feel doubly lucky that things have gone so well . ’
13 But things have gone so well that by June 1993 he hopes to launch a further 20 growers .
14 But I do n't think things have gone so far between us that
15 She said : ‘ Things have progressed so quickly since the initial idea last year that we are now seeking bookings a good bit earlier than expected . ’
16 I think things have changed quite dramatically in the last few years certainly , we admit very few people and we see them mostly as an outpatient .
17 I still love boxing but things have happened so quickly in football .
18 DO THE Neds have any theories as to why they appeal to so many people and why things have happened so quickly for them ?
19 DO THE Neds have any theories as to why they appeal to so many people and why things have happened so quickly for them ?
20 Thankfully none of these things have happened so far ! ’
21 THINGS have deteriorated so far and so fast at Higgs & Hill that shareholders were lucky to be offered anything as a final dividend .
22 ‘ I do n't think things have got quite as far as that yet : ’
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