Could you comment or correct the following sentences, please?
1. A vast number of goods are being criticized for being difficult to handle these days.
2. In spite of the fact that Professor gave her a most difficult task she handled it well.
3. Peter will be handling her preparation for the coming exams.
4. That terrible storm reduced a huge number of buildings to rubble.
5. a) It was very strange that only 14-year-old girls were allowed in.
b) It was strange that 14-year-old girls were allowed in only.
Which of these two sentences would you prefer?
6. Authorities say at least 50.000 soldiers died in the war in Chechnya, but unofficial figures suggest the real number could be closer to 75.000. (I honestly don’t know how many soldiers have died in this war)
7. 2,000,000 more people (or another 2,000,000 people) are said to have been transferred to the freshly (recently, newly…) built cities.
8. It’s always hard on parents when their child transfers to a new school.
9. I think your mum will do her nut when she knows you’ve transferred the cake to this plate.
10. I emphasized in my report that it was very important to children to stay calm under any circumstances.
11. –I’ll never forget our stay there!
-Nor will I. It was not a barrel of laughs!
-Precisely!
12. He was so miserable when they had him over a barrel.
13. Lack of cheap tickets was putting potential customers off.
14. He must have put in a great deal of work to write such a good piece.
15. He pretended to be reading a book but all the while he was crying at the loss
of his friend who had died in the car accident.
16. I didn’t want to look as though anything terrible had just happened seeing as your friends had only just begun thinking I was not mad.
17. Seeing as it’s you who have earned all this money, you can buy whatever you want on them.
18. There were two policemen walking in front of me.
Could you also make up a couple of sentences using the expression ‘over a barrel’, please?
1. A vast number of goods are being criticized for being difficult to handle these days.
2. In spite of the fact that Professor gave her a most difficult task she handled it well.
3. Peter will be handling her preparation for the coming exams.
4. That terrible storm reduced a huge number of buildings to rubble.
5. a) It was very strange that only 14-year-old girls were allowed in.
b) It was strange that 14-year-old girls were allowed in only.
Which of these two sentences would you prefer?
6. Authorities say at least 50.000 soldiers died in the war in Chechnya, but unofficial figures suggest the real number could be closer to 75.000. (I honestly don’t know how many soldiers have died in this war)
7. 2,000,000 more people (or another 2,000,000 people) are said to have been transferred to the freshly (recently, newly…) built cities.
8. It’s always hard on parents when their child transfers to a new school.
9. I think your mum will do her nut when she knows you’ve transferred the cake to this plate.
10. I emphasized in my report that it was very important to children to stay calm under any circumstances.
11. –I’ll never forget our stay there!
-Nor will I. It was not a barrel of laughs!
-Precisely!
12. He was so miserable when they had him over a barrel.
13. Lack of cheap tickets was putting potential customers off.
14. He must have put in a great deal of work to write such a good piece.
15. He pretended to be reading a book but all the while he was crying at the loss
of his friend who had died in the car accident.
16. I didn’t want to look as though anything terrible had just happened seeing as your friends had only just begun thinking I was not mad.
17. Seeing as it’s you who have earned all this money, you can buy whatever you want on them.
18. There were two policemen walking in front of me.
Could you also make up a couple of sentences using the expression ‘over a barrel’, please?
