Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [adj] [art] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Stunned by the sensation , she had to search for all the willpower she possessed not to let her reaction show in her expression . |
| 2 | His osteopath had premises near Regent 's Park and all the way Berg kept apologizing for all the trouble he was causing and Rain kept assuring him it was none at all . |
| 3 | He praised the performance of 18-year-old Grant Watts , scorer of Palace 's first goal in a shock 2-1 win , and said : ‘ It was a night to enjoy after all the trouble we 've been having this season . |
| 4 | They 've never felt the pain that lies behind all the hatred we can feel for women , our need to hurt them in return . |
| 5 | The word from Woburn House was that everybody should cooperate with all the enthusiasm they could muster . |
| 6 | In the event of death occurring in such a case I would accept that it could be an unnatural death . |
| 7 | When buying by mail order , keep a copy of the details relating to both the company you are buying from and the item . |
| 8 | When buying by mail order , keep a copy of the details relating to both the company you are buying from and the item . |
| 9 | As I think you will agree when you have looked at all the evidence it may well not have been quite so simple in this case to determine what was the best for the girl , as we , looking back on events from this point in time , may think . |
| 10 | Clarke explained that if Halsbury had won by such a majority he could not have expected elevation to a judgeship . |
| 11 | Ranulf felt his stomach lurch as all the wine he had drunk threatened to spew out . |
| 12 | And as we are unlikely to see any real harmonisation of accounting procedures , fiscal requirements or business practices throughout the Community in the near future , pan-European accounting systems will be increasingly important to the large number of UK companies looking for all the help they can get . |
| 13 | I felt like I 'd been kicked by a camel but I still needed food , so I polished off the eclair , belched with all the decorum I could , and started eyeing up a Danish pastry . |
| 14 | Palaeo-biological precedent dictated such an organ be housed in Gavin 's ample rear , and have responsibility for his lower limbs — not to say urges — rather than his arms , but then one never knew , and I reckoned Gavin 's modest forebrain — doubtless fully occupied with the post-modernist sub-texts and tertiary structuralist imagery of Red Heat — could probably do with all the help it could get . |
| 15 | He 's a Brazilian , and designs landscape with such an eye you 'd swear Mother Nature was his partner . ’ |
| 16 | Our descent was made in one-fifth the time it had taken us to climb to our record-breaking altitude . |
| 17 | ‘ Well , my dear friar , according to all the evidence we have , Sir Ralph went to bed , and locked the door behind him , keeping the key with him . |
| 18 | ‘ It came on fine the night I was there . |
| 19 | But now McAteer said that ‘ no matter what truths might be revealed by such an investigation they could only be interpreted as weapons of war at this stage ’ . |
| 20 | This is as true in any detective novel as it is in scientific research or investigative journalism , and in supposing that the test-tube fusion idea had been overlooked for half a century we are already repeating a media ‘ factoid ’ that is incorrect . |
| 21 | He took us to the Þingvellir National park where the clouds parted and the sun shone on square kilometres of snow that was so clean and pure it made me weep for all the time we had lost on the trip , and for the pleasure of being where I wanted to be . |
| 22 | The rabbit might as well have been stuffed for all the movement it made , and I could see that it definitely was staring right at me , its little eyes not blinking , its tiny nose not sniffing , its ears untwitched . |
| 23 | In the context of an infill project the competing contractors will be supplied with all the information they need to tender for the job but on a fixed price basis , including the total management of the contract and |
| 24 | Benjamin acted with all the authority he could muster : displaying Wolsey 's warrants and issuing orders in such harsh tones that everyone we met was soon running about as if the great Cardinal himself had arrived . |
| 25 | To escape from such a condition it must first be recognized and then a strategy to move backwards a step at a time until a new route is found must be followed . |
| 26 | Escaping from under the pillow on the bed was the hem of a caftan , the soft kind he 'd slept in all the time I 'd known him . |
| 27 | ‘ Oh , I 'm sure ! ’ he replied in such a way it made Maggie giggle again . |
| 28 | So what happened to all the muck we grew up with ? |
| 29 | It was absurd for her to be going on such an expedition She and Matthew sat at the back of the bus , and while they were bowling along into the country , with a beautiful view of the landscape , Matthew explained the history of the school forest . |
| 30 | Look at all the trouble you 've caused . |