Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pron] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All of us probably envy the ability of Imelda , Ivana , Diana and co to indulge themselves with a glorious shopping spree whenever the desire grips them . |
| 2 | Keller 's Zurich upbringing made him into a skiier and sculler , and he raced for the Grasshopper club . |
| 3 | It ends : ‘ Will the tight budget bring us to a grinding halt ? |
| 4 | a Services Division to support them for a transitional period |
| 5 | This decision represents something of a final throw . |
| 6 | She could lie in bed at night and in imagination move confidently around the cottage touching them in a happy exploration of shared memories and reassurance . |
| 7 | He more than filled the gap left by Alex ; his presence animated her with a mysterious excitement . |
| 8 | Trent met it with a slight movement of the tiller bar , and the big catamaran lifted smoothly . |
| 9 | This rational presentation often follows a period of ingratiation through which the subordinate aims to get superiors to like him as a charming but intelligent expert . |
| 10 | Peregrine interrupted her with a languid chortle and was properly admonished . |
| 11 | At noon , the exhausted Pack gathered together and Brown Owl led them to a shady area . |
| 12 | I must have said that several times already because Ma fixed me with a glittering stare and exclaimed , ‘ If you say that word once more , Andrew , just once more , I 'll send you to the Science Museum again … with Annabel . ’ |
| 13 | Windows opened ; grocers ran to the doors of their shops ; customers stopped discussing bacon and turned ; our teachers wobbled on their bicycles as the noise buffeted them like a violent squall ; and boys sprinted to the school gates as they came out of the building , though many others , cool boys , shrugged or turned away in disgust , gobbing , cursing and scuffling their feet . |
| 14 | Lady Constance visited some suffragettes imprisoned in Holloway gaol , and this experience transformed her into a public figure with a single-minded burning cause . |
| 15 | Alon also experimented with the basic design , building a 130 hp Franklin-engined version and a prototype Alon A–4 with a Lycoming O–320 160 hp motor , before selling the type certificate of the Aircoupe to Mooney Aircraft , whereupon Mooney changed it to a single-tail design and manufactured it as the M–10 Cadet , producing 61 at $9,295 each before shutting the line down for good in 1970 . |
| 16 | On the day before de Macon sailed on his second voyage , the Ralembergs invited me to a formal supper . |
| 17 | For a time Malins regarded himself as a Liberal Unionist , but he made policy toward drink the only basis for supporting parliamentary candidates . |
| 18 | In the course of dealing with those who demanded excessively high wages or who broke their contracts , the courts provided us with a great deal of evidence about wage rates , and continuity and frequency of employment . |
| 19 | Notice also how these skills provide us with a timeless wisdom , applicable to all people-situations anywhere . |
| 20 | The Chinese , who used ivory for elaborately carved handles and vessels as early as the Shang dynasty and in later times used it for a wide variety of personal items such as brush pots , wrist-rests , boxes , seals , snuff boxes and fans , had increasingly to import the material as the elephant herds in the southern provinces diminished . |
| 21 | THIS OPPORTUNITY PROVIDED ME WITH A WELCOME BREAK FROM THE PURELY BOTANICAL WORK TO WHICH I WAS ACCUSTOMED . |
| 22 | Attempts to find him by a local Hezbollah cell had failed . |
| 23 | All the rotaries , as with any noise gate , take a little time to get into using and effective gating comes about through practice , although it can at times appear something of a black art . |
| 24 | Postine subdued it with a single blow to its long wrinkled neck . |
| 25 | ‘ When a dealing is had between a seller like Mr. Lewis and a person who is actually there present before him , then the presumption in law is that there is a contract , even though there is a fraudulent impersonation by the buyer representing himself as a different man than he is . |
| 26 | Santerre was about to protest but Mandeville dismissed him with a curt move of his gloved hand . |
| 27 | The Office tells us that he arranged for his sister to meet him in a nearby wood and to bring with her two of her over-dresses , one white and one grey , and his father 's rainhood . |
| 28 | At a symbolic rally , held on May 23 in the capital San Salvador , the FMLN transformed itself into a political party . |
| 29 | The brown eyes regarded her in a contemplative manner until he said , ‘ You must meet Matt . |
| 30 | The central figure points me to a single chair , placed opposite . |