Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These section 52 agreements became the object of increasing contention in the 1970s , with local authorities seeing them as a means of bargaining for planning gain , while developers , at the extreme , regarded them as blackmail . |
| 2 | Father Devlin clapped him on the shoulder with a large heavy hand . |
| 3 | Devlin clapped him on the shoulder . |
| 4 | Wilful and wasteful of such innocent , joyful music , Mordkovitch wrenched at the tempi , disregarded the dynamics and , showing a wanton unfeelingness for the orchestra 's commendable attempts to accommodate her in a notey accompaniment , trailed Yuasa reeling in her wake . |
| 5 | The animal began to gnaw at the ropes binding her to the altar . |
| 6 | I loved it when a whole pile of notes met me in the morning and I did not surface till lunchtime . |
| 7 | A branch whipped him in the face . |
| 8 | This uncertainty might , on the one hand , encourage social commentators in the attitude expressed by a writer in The Economist in 1848 : ‘ In our condition suffering and evil are nature 's admonitions ; they can not be got rid of ; and the impatient attempts of benevolence to banish them from the world by legislation , before benevolence has learnt their object and their end , have always been productive of more evil than good . ’ |
| 9 | He was too deeply into the part to see anything outside the stage . |
| 10 | We might conceive of the aside as occupying a zone midway between the play and the audience ; we continue to experience the play , but we do so via the new information or attitudes given us by the character or characters speaking the asides . |
| 11 | How many uplifts should I use , and do I need special adaptors to connect them to the filter ? |
| 12 | Patrick flung himself on the mattress which Sarah was to use , and jumped up and down on his knees , full of boyish energy . |
| 13 | Data could pop up in boxes around the screen , and in due course graphics , mice and icons led us into the wimps era ( window , icon , menu , pointer ) . |
| 14 | However , the prior hypothesis led us to the finding in the rural high oil worker category ( table II , both for all ages and the 0–4 age group . |
| 15 | Laura 's insistence on punctuality for meal times became something of a fetish , not because she was herself preparing meals which risked being spoiled ; she rarely had time for cooking any more . |
| 16 | There is little evidence that peasant faith declined , but the authority of village priests was progressively undermined : in terms of culture and way of life they differed too little from the ordinary villagers to inspire much respect , and the miserly provision made them by the State resulted in constant friction over money matters between priest and parishioner . |
| 17 | Contemporaries distrusted them in the belief that they brought an unsavoury speculative element to the market in stocks . |
| 18 | SWEET JESUS : ‘ Albino Ballerina ’ / ‘ Your Baby Loves Me ’ West Midlands-based glamour pop four-piece follow their recent UK support spots with Pop Will Eat Itself with a double A-side |
| 19 | The head of national television , Elemer Hankiss , initiated legal action in December to reverse Antall 's Dec. 9 decision to suspend him pending an investigation of charges of financial misconduct . |
| 20 | But after three disappointing Five Nations games , Ciaran Fitzgerald drafted him into the side — as well as making him captain — for the game in Paris . |
| 21 | All I can remember is having a pickled onion and my sister stabbed it with a fork and the middle shot across the room . |
| 22 | She said she did not want any birthday presents unless they could be enjoyed by everyone , so her friends spent £500 on young trees and got permission to plant them around the town . |
| 23 | Strange said : " Athletes who are in the public eye have a responsibility to conduct themselves in a manner which can set a positive example . |
| 24 | Trent seated himself on the taffrail . |
| 25 | The Tisseran itself is now in the Bate Collection ( illus.4 ) : its painted and gilded case reminding us of the harpsichord the princess is playing in The music party . |
| 26 | Your heart fits me like a glove . |
| 27 | Bernie Scholtz passed her on the iron stairs as she was hurrying out . |
| 28 | Harvey led me to a room which he unlocked with a key . |
| 29 | MacDonald read it to the members of the Cabinet ( imposing further conditions before a loan would be given ) . |
| 30 | Maybe one of the powerful merchants regarded it as an eyesore . |