Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [pos pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strapped for cash , he hurried inside and bartered for sex by handing over the silver watch given him by his sick father . |
| 2 | May I take this opportunity to thank you for your continuing support of the Society . |
| 3 | Thousands of warriors collect from the huge Masai district to have their heads shaved by their mothers before undergoing rituals to launch them on their new — somewhat dull — life as elders . |
| 4 | Weakly she willed him not to , but if he sensed her resistance he ignored it , his mouth tantalising her with its warm desirability . |
| 5 | The tendency to render horrific incidents of this sort into funny tales or ‘ atrocity stories ’ ( Dingwall 1977 ) , told ritualistically within the occupational culture of the station , is a further attempt to strip them of their emotional hold . |
| 6 | That same feeling of pride and excitement is here today and I use those so so meaningful words to greet you as your National President . |
| 7 | But the fight did not prevent the fundamental beliefs in the nation and ‘ the historic integrity of the island of Ireland ’ , as nationalist parties described it in their New Ireland Forum ( 1983 — 4 : i. 28 ) , from remaining basic to the perceptions of both parties . |
| 8 | Pat told me of her other' schemes for making money which , of course , never came to anything . |
| 9 | Both districts selected him for their under-21 practice matches in January , but the youngster , who played for Ayr while he was still at Kyle Academy , opted for his home district , Glasgow . |
| 10 | Two versions of the tune appear in the collections of Captain Francis O'Neill of the Chicago Police , a contemporary of Honeyman , and Alastair Hardie includes it in his Caledonian Companion , where he acknowledges its publication in Kohler 's Violin Repository of 1885 . |
| 11 | For the first time in his life Karelius realized how narrow was the gap separating him from his pagan ancestors , the Germanic warriors of a thousand years before . |
| 12 | The French still use the word ‘ negre ’ for a ghost-writer because Dumas quite openly used other authors to help him with his colossal output . |
| 13 | Fred , the eldest son , was never interested in the business , his homosexuality and leaning towards the arts alienating him from his conservative father . |
| 14 | ‘ No , ’ he agreed , his glittering black eyes holding hers with their remorseless stare . |
| 15 | A runaway horse takes her to her ancestral home , and her past unfolds . |
| 16 | Finally his eye was caught by the billowing of Izzie 's blue dress , as the wind pressed it against her thin , flat-chested body . |
| 17 | Markby thanked him for his prompt intervention and help . |
| 18 | The familiar waste-land of the empty auditorium engulfed him with its seedy , oppressive presence . |
| 19 | Rhodri watched them with his hooded , wary eyes , and said nothing . |
| 20 | Defoe mentions it in his Northern Tour , 1724 . |
| 21 | ‘ Susan Swales hit her with her clenched right fist four times in the face and three times in the head , ’ said Mr Walker . |
| 22 | That Bernard had broken noses defending her to his chauvinistic schoolmates . |
| 23 | It is a pleasure to welcome you to our Open Day . |
| 24 | The Spirit of the Lord , the ruach adonai passes to David to equip him for his princely service . |
| 25 | As the Local Government Chronicle put it in its leading article of 1 November : ’ To introduce poll tax is a mistake , to bring in council tax is a disaster . ’ |
| 26 | When the young are older , able to run with her , the vixen shepherds them to their new home , induces them to move in and somehow makes sure that they are disciplined enough to stay underground in this new home even when she is not with them . |
| 27 | So in the third and last soliloquy Richard reminds us of his concealed plot , his ‘ deep intent ’ to kill Clarence — deep to the rest of the world , visible to us and tells us of his further plan to marry Lady Anne ( ‘ What though I kill 'd her husband and her father ? ’ ) . |
| 28 | I 'd like Mrs Perks to have it for her little boy . |
| 29 | As I escorted Marinka to the Oasis Arena in the torrential rain , the scene of mimose reminded me of my halcyon days at . |
| 30 | He never reacted hostilely to any such suggestion , except to say to me that she was difficult enough in a friendly association and matters might be worse ( his own words ) if he took any action to remove her from his political scene . |