Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [noun] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had had a sudden image of Syl bringing me breakfast in a bed which we had shared , and I heard myself saying aloud , ‘ No ! ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Ah , but I am not a pretty young skivvy , ’ said Dr Neil wickedly , ‘ and dear Mr Sands does not wish to see me walk through the door . |
| 3 | They attack the status quo by pointing out that the reasons given for denying rights to children are bad reasons , and then explicitly or implicitly deny them duties for no reason at all . |
| 4 | Had Andrewes remained in Cambridge , his reputation would probably have been unblemished but he would have lacked the stimulus to write the magnificent sermons which he preached at Court ; and he would not willingly have engaged in the controversial writing in which for the first time he set out the Anglican Church 's position in terms which European scholars could respect ; above all his Preces , even had they been written , would not have contained the breadth of experience , and the depth of feeling , based on that experience , which made them treasures of the Church . |
| 5 | Frankie 's very success made them part of the pop family . |
| 6 | For Clarke , football hooliganism developed at the intersection of these trends : the fans have now taken the traditional values of toughness , masculinity , local identity , collective action and partisanship and made them part of the game 's new , more spectacularised style . |
| 7 | The fact that the local authority had the legal right to control the premises made them occupiers to the exclusion of the previous owners of the house . |
| 8 | ‘ That will make them pause for a while , ’ Jehana said , her tone satisfied . |
| 9 | Miners may strike in support of nurses , but that does n't make them fighters for the equality of women or for women as women . |
| 10 | Timothy Gedge was as ordinary as anyone else , but the ill fortune of circumstances or nature made ordinary people eccentric and lent them colour in the greyness . |
| 11 | I have just met some colleagues in the House — and I do not dare to name the Opposition Members — who asked me questions about the amendment because there were points that they could not understand or that they had not seen before . |
| 12 | — Oh airs and winds , you bring me stories from the living , rustle of leaves and heave of branches , you speak to me of pain , and you , streaming magma from the belly of Adesangé and cold rivers too spouting from down below , you swollen sea where Manjiku glides , and you , shining pale moon , and you , oh bright sun of the zenith and green glittering star , HEAR ME ! |
| 13 | They cite Germany 's Abitur , where school-leavers are graded in eight subjects , and where their grading wins them entry into an apprenticeship if they do not go to university . |
| 14 | Travelling by bus at night in winter could be a chilling experience , so my mother made me anklets from the fur cuffs of an old coat ; these stayed on by means of snap fasteners , and I must have looked like a poodle , but they provided considerable comfort . |
| 15 | Is she alright now without them or does she have to wear them part of the time ? |
| 16 | They go to Phoenix on Saturday to play a team which has given them trouble in the past . |
| 17 | Right I 'll read you this piece and you 'll have to forgive my facsimile of a Herts. accent . |
| 18 | We grabbed the ‘ speeder from the motor park and amazingly enough got ourselves passage to the Festival on a grain hopper . ’ |
| 19 | This may all sound very trivial but it has the effect of making me almost hate my body to the extent that I feel ashamed to let John see me naked . |
| 20 | Certainly , when you realized my connection with the case at Bloomwater , they were the bully-boys you turned on to me . |
| 21 | You 've heard my explanation of the fact that it was poorly worded and I think that is a great shame . |
| 22 | As I commented a little earlier to somebody , I still have n't quite forgiven my mother-in-law for the chemistry set she bought my seven-year-old . |
| 23 | Well they 're a lot of fun and kids love them , and as I commented a little earlier to somebody I still have n't quite forgiven my mother-in-law for the chemistry set she bought my seven year old . |
| 24 | As I commented a little earlier to somebody , I still have n't quite forgiven my mother-in-law for the chemistry set she bought my seven-year-old . |
| 25 | With a mounting feeling of dread , I went to a chair at the far end of the table from Quigley and lowered my head in the gloom . |
| 26 | ‘ If I like , I 'll throw my dinner on the floor and put clams in my hair and have tantrums , and … ’ |
| 27 | Pitching my voice to a tone of mild puzzlement , I called , ‘ What 's a rattlesnake doing up here ? ’ |
| 28 | And erm I got my ironing out the way and then I can go to my mother then , and start to paint , paint the bathroom tomorrow . |
| 29 | I got my part of the control lines together and carried them in a loop round to the kite . |
| 30 | I got my schooling on the hoof . ’ |