Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pers pn] [adv prt] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Friend the Member for Aberdeen , North said that when an attempt was made in Committee to create a consumer body with a wider remit , the Chairman ruled it out of order on the ground that it went beyond the scope of the Bill . |
| 2 | Oh I cried when Penny went I really did , I said you with a temper and that last day you know , we all got a bucket filled it up with ash trays , dog ends , bits of paper , oh I do n't know what was in it |
| 3 | Sir Kenneth invited him round for tea and by the time he had left Andrews had been given the huge task of designing a fulllength ballet involving set changes and 300 costumes . |
| 4 | Switch on and move the appropriate levers on the banks of controllers , and the children come running out of the house , little pink-cheeked creatures half an inch high , who turn to wave at Felicity as she comes out on the terrace to see them off to school . |
| 5 | But he did n't turn round and I saw only his receding back , the narrow shoulders squared , the bent legs stepping it out in time with his men . |
| 6 | Although the drawing made it back to civilisation the pickled head , along with the rest of the ship , was lost . |
| 7 | Hazel and the others followed as best they could , with Pipkin limping and staggering behind , his fear driving him on in spite of the pain in his paw . |
| 8 | Research links it back to poverty and housing . |
| 9 | Several drunk Britons tried to hang him one night , and would have succeeded had not a French Corporal cut him down in time . |
| 10 | Indeed , aside from power steering , the basic Wrangler is probably less well equipped than the wartime Jeeps which at least boasted folding shovels to help the drivers dig them out of trouble . |
| 11 | Passing one by one in front of a counter , a Corporal sized us up for height and girth before dumping a pile of cast-off clothes in front of each one of us . |
| 12 | Might it have happened that she met a horse drawn set on its way to day , and that she squeezed herself against the tunnel wall in a vain attempt to let it by without harm to herself ? |
| 13 | It was a pleasure having her round to tea . ’ |
| 14 | Vacation time Francis arranged for him to caddy at the Lyford Cay club to keep him out of trouble . |
| 15 | Philip did n't believe what Lee had said about his stepdad letting him out on purpose , wanting him to get killed . |
| 16 | In regga a producer frequently utilises the same backing track for several different vocals , but only Steely & Clevie would dare let them all play at once on a dub , allowing several different melodies to fight it out for dominance of a different rhythm . |
| 17 | Did I think it would be a wise move or should she try to persuade Meredith to keep her on for Christmas ? |
| 18 | His angry words brought her back to reality , but did nothing to take away her sense of grievance . |
| 19 | ‘ These women usually live healthy lives , eat well , exercise , do n't smoke or drink — but fear of failure and anxiety about the future puts them out of touch with their bodies . |
| 20 | But a horse that anticipates trouble flattens his ears to get them out of harm 's way . |
| 21 | Small businesses see it as a boost to get them out of recession while other , larger firms criticised Mr Lamont . |
| 22 | These were only the official words setting it out in writing . |
| 23 | Sally-Anne tossed her head at this , and repeated that it was all nothing — ‘ And really you should not make such a fuss over so little ’ — but all the same she was happy to let Matey help her up to bed ; she felt strangely weak , and the thought of Sunday lunch and washing up , and all the work to be done before the day was over , made her feel worse than ever . |
| 24 | Next morning , a chauffeur-driven limousine picked them up after breakfast . |
| 25 | It was in a desperate attempt to woo them back to work two years ago that Spencer 's established its nursery . |
| 26 | So the electrons want to move inwards but can not because the ions hold them back by virtue of their electrostatic attraction . |
| 27 | The Standing Orders Committee ruled it out of order under rule A three , within the remit of Congress . |
| 28 | As Nancy helped him out of bed , Sikes swore and cursed at her clumsiness . |
| 29 | When fate marks you down for immortality you 'd just better bite the bullet and lace your boots up tight . |
| 30 | Karen brushed them off with talk of a ‘ little twinge ’ that she got from time to time and rose briskly to clear the table . |