Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was there a secret reason that made them hanker for a new life in a new world ? |
| 2 | The drunken porter allowing them entrance after the usual altercation . |
| 3 | Liese made me dinner in the Chinese style : miso soup , stir-fried vegetables , sweetsap for dessert . |
| 4 | ‘ Oh God , ’ I moaned , and lowered my head to the cool steel pipe of the bridge rail . |
| 5 | ‘ I got my chance in the national side when injuries put me into the match against Romania in Bucharest three years ago . |
| 6 | Because how does Philip know that in five years ' time , I 'm not going to ring him up and say , hey you know when you recommended me to invest my money in the Japanese fund , well it 's just gone through the bottom of the market . |
| 7 | This process and this work represent my own attempts to acknowledge my position as a feminist artist and seriously to consider my responsibility and accountability as such . |
| 8 | ‘ I will make my judgment about the overall balance of taxation in the economy at that time , ’ he insisted . |
| 9 | That morning I met my father on the middle landing of the stairs , and we were alone together for the first time in the holidays . |
| 10 | That was how she met my father in the early years of the war . |
| 11 | Turning to its startled owner , she shouted , ‘ You filthy brute , touching my bottom in a crowded train ! ’ |
| 12 | The music of Throwing Muses has inhabited my flesh like a cold flame these past six months . |
| 13 | ‘ I turned down a new contract at the end of the season , even though it meant getting a testimonial next year because I 've got to be playing in the Premier League to confirm my place in the Irish side . |
| 14 | By a week before Christmas , I was beginning to see my way across the spare bedroom at home , or the stockroom as my other half styles it , and light at the end of the tunnel . |
| 15 | I 'm now playing live again , and I want the audience to see my recovery as a positive thing . |
| 16 | ‘ I want the audience to see my recovery as a positive thing ’ |
| 17 | I began to see my environment in a new light as I connected the shapes and patterns I found in it with mathematics . |
| 18 | I seemed all set to continue my way to the top outdoors , but as it turned out , the highlight of my summer was getting my photograph in Athletics Weekly , the bible of the sport , for the first time . |
| 19 | The small flock of eight flitted before me along the hedgerow , drawing my attention to a white post in a bed of slender St John 's wort and wood sage . |
| 20 | I am helping my Pa with the outdoor work , as is right and proper . |
| 21 | I put the list away in my file , lock the room and carefully pick my way down the little staircase . |
| 22 | I just have to be careful as I pick my way past the grubby piles of snow at the edges of the pavement . |
| 23 | To the right was the outline of the dovecot where , as a child , standing in the doorway with my back to the sunlight , I fought my shadow with a wooden sword . |
| 24 | Overcome with necromancy , greed and competitiveness , she rushed out and began stroking my jacket in an ingratiating manner . |
| 25 | I plucked one of the torches from the wall and crouched down , wrinkling my nose at the mild sour odour . |
| 26 | After a few days my condition improved , the weather changed dramatically , and I made my way across the cultivated , fertile fields of Normandy . |
| 27 | Ignoring them , I made my way to the Norman castle . |
| 28 | I left the broch and walked uphill as far as I could without disturbing the bird colony , then made my way towards the southern end of the island , where the land sloped gradually down to the sea in long , flat terraces of rock . |
| 29 | I felt a strange sensation in my stomach as I made my way down the sloping gangway and on to the tarmac , If I had felt like this on the morning of the 6th June , Lord Lovat would probably been going ashore without his bagpipe music . |
| 30 | I left them to it and made my way along the inner side of the curving wall towards the doorway . |