Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [prep] [art] [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He quotes the view of Aristo , who produces two arguments : first , that by analogy with relegatio dotis and the stipulatio emptae hereditatis the word ‘ sums ’ should be held to include objects as well as money ; second , that intention is particularly important in trusts , and it appears to be the testator 's intention in first speaking generally of ‘ sums ’ and then mentioning certain objects to include them in the expression too . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've to see them at the bank shortly — there 's that Buttering to be fixed , and no money for it wi'out they 'll give me a loan . ’ |
| 3 | Well it 's good to see them in the bath anyway having a good good old splash about , you know ? |
| 4 | Thunder rolled over and round them from every direction so that Trent had the sense of being in the interior of an enormous drum on which giants beat from all sides . |
| 5 | The Russian Sputnik had been launched two years before , and produced in the United States a feverish alarm lest their Communist competitors should outstrip them in a world increasingly penetrated by science and technology . |
| 6 | Jackie led them through the wood where Joy Prentice had fled and fallen , then along the banks of the stream which fed the water-wheel , to a small wooden bridge . |
| 7 | Myeloski led them to the room where the girl had been found . |
| 8 | He has studied the details of their forms and physiognomy and renders them in a manner both truthful and original . |
| 9 | The gypsies themselves are puzzled by the apparant determination of the council to evict them from a site well away from public view . |
| 10 | I mean I , I mean I du n no I mean I just , I just ha , I just had to tell you because I mean it really is pissing me off the way fucking Catherine treats me , she was alright before like and when I 'm on my own , no |
| 11 | At last , a functioning airlock admitted them into a section where a breathable atmosphere survived , and warmth . |
| 12 | so it 's bad enough if they gather them in the gathering them in the barrel like , the barrel bit , but not the sort of |
| 13 | One of the lads asked me at a dance how I had earned my living before I had got married . |
| 14 | Well you got me for the day today , cos I ca n't go now until I fetch the car . |
| 15 | They are not prescriptive and it is open to you to implement them in the way that best suits your firm . |
| 16 | Shape curved arms from fondant icing and position , tucking them under the head slightly to raise it up . |
| 17 | We got about six sentences too deep in our conversation for her to institute personal questions about my background , without appearing offensive ( she had to treat me as a person now and not a peon ) , even for Asians who delight in asking pertinent questions as to age , income , etc. , unthinkable for more backward Europeans . |
| 18 | The BTEC HND courses consistently and successfully attract students of a more practical than academic inclination , and develop them to the stage where their natural pragmatic talents have been enhanced with a rigorous regime of integrated business skills . |
| 19 | So I asked them in the lodge like do n't do any damage and Tom was in e he gave them a good lecture so and the lads in the lodge said , Well look you tell them as well not to do this attitude and perhaps you 've seen it on these flumes when they saw a crowd that was there they were changing gear with the Land Rover and through you know like anybody in the way you 'd be underneath . |
| 20 | The result was that all New York fares could now be reduced , bringing them to a level only slightly above that of Virgin 's competing New York fare , and fares on the Boston route were adjusted to match the New York level . |
| 21 | Roger Martyn , churchwarden of Long Melford in Suffolk , for example , kept the reredos , organ , clocks , and bells of Holy Trinity Church in his own home , in the hope that his heirs would be able to restore them to the church sometime in the future . |
| 22 | Now we , we come out with plants and push them into the ground straight away do n't we ? |
| 23 | ‘ I came because I liked what I saw when you passed me in the corridor back in Helsinki . |
| 24 | If you have the spare points put a couple of heroes on Pegasi and send them into the sky where they can cover the field . |
| 25 | Make the invitations in the shape of a skull and crossbones and place them on the door instead of balloons . |
| 26 | Brush one edge of the strips with a dampened brush and carefully place them against the cake so that they are supported by the cocktail sticks . |
| 27 | Well if you want them out the way then take them back . |
| 28 | Skipper , Derek Hall cracked them into the lead midway through the first half . |
| 29 | My mate who is driving me to the match tomorrow says he wants to go straight to the ground so I wo n't be able to get to the Adelphi . |
| 30 | And Northumberland had chosen , rather than pursue them with a force then quite inadequate , to gather his and his sons ' levies and wait for the marauders to return . |