Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [art] [det] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as I had n't minded when asked if I would like to take care of Jeffrey Bernard for a few days while he was in Sydney to promote the play about himself , Jeffrey Bernard is Unwell , which is currently playing here . |
| 2 | This is associated with a reduction of freedom for the former group and increasing personal access to motorised transport for the latter . |
| 3 | ‘ After the Smiths I had been playing the guitar for a few years and I was listening to things like Aztec Camera and Orange Juice . |
| 4 | Various Grand Met managers and executives now take the Institute of Chartered Secretaries ’ exams for the same reason that I did . |
| 5 | Now actually Mill did put the his erm this proposal forward , he was a member of parliament for a few years and he was trying to get this discussed in parliament . |
| 6 | ( Hawks wear bells for the same reason as mountain cattle — so you can hear them when you ca n't see them . ) |
| 7 | If you give yourself a shake , change your seating position slightly , open the clear vision panel for some fresh air , change hands on the stick for a few moments and have a sweet or drink , you can snap out of it and start to work normally again . |
| 8 | He evidently also wrote to the earl of Northumberland for the same purpose since the earl was raising men in the East Riding on 16 June ( the day after the duke 's letter reached York ) . |
| 9 | He evidently also wrote to the earl of Northumberland for the same purpose since the earl was raising men in the East Riding on 16 June ( the day after the duke 's letter reached York ) . |
| 10 | : Ma for a few years and recently we 've reassessed the doses and also we 've reassessed the risks so those two things together have caused us to express our concern and to advise the government what to do about it . |
| 11 | Hebrew letters might , therefore , have undergone differentiation for the former group and would certainly have become involved in some associations . |
| 12 | Asquith replied that the question of mandates was not so simple , but he was opposed to an election for the same reason as Unionists wanted one : — both knew that Home Rule was not a winning policy outside Ireland . |
| 13 | I think my father used to work in a university for a few years after he graduated , and he might have invented something ; he occasionally hints that he gets some sort of royalty from a patent or something , but I suspect the old hippy survives on whatever family wealth the Cauldhames still have secreted away . |
| 14 | Gould was immediately attracted to the art of lithography for the same reasons as Lear — the relative inexpensiveness of production and the lack of training required — but he also saw great potential for Lear 's large-size format and colourful plates , which could , Gould thought , if properly promoted and well managed , prove extremely lucrative . |
| 15 | This accommodating and recommended summit is Bruach na Frithe , reached from Sligachan by a path leaving the pedestrian track over the Bealach a' Mhaim ; it is safe , without hazards , and calls for no more effort than the ascent of Scafell Pike in the English Lake District . |
| 16 | The first cultivators in Africa , as in all parts of the world , would farm a field for a few years and then , when its fertility began to drop , move on to an adjacent , or occasionally distant , area where high yields could be maintained for a similar period . |
| 17 | ‘ I still ca n't work out how they got away with it because I 'd only left it outside the tent for a few moments before it vanished . |
| 18 | If they do not , then the ‘ pussy ’ miaows two more times for the same response and possible penalty before trying to get someone else to laugh . |
| 19 | Volume users should pay 30% to 40% less than on analogue cellular , lower-volume users will get three times as many minutes for the same price as cellular . |
| 20 | Yet another strategy is to put progress on ‘ hold ’ and stay with your current level of progress for a few weeks until you feel more accustomed to the level and better able to proceed . |
| 21 | If there is no luck after a few days or the child is showing antagonism to the potty then the parent should leave the training for a few more weeks . |
| 22 | He came into the kitchen after a few moments and she turned away , wandering to the far side to get away from him , battling with the sudden incredible desire to break down and sob like a little girl who had done the wrong thing yet again . |
| 23 | That is why people are attracted to horror books , because it makes us feel part of the action for a little time but yet we can get out of it as soon as we desire . |
| 24 | I have my doubts about the latter vision since archivists , librarians and museum creators deal with materials which are differentiated by the type of activities which created them , rather than simply by the physical form of those artefacts . |
| 25 | No I can understand her not having , not wanting kids for a few years but , ca n't you ? |
| 26 | ( There is often a degree of integration between these ; this aims for the use of the same key-presses for the same effects and allows the transfer of data between functions . ) |
| 27 | A couple of years ago I was staying in Malham for a few days and decided to set out one morning for Attermire by the old pack lane from Settle to Malham . |
| 28 | The Union organises meetings of its members , presents a comprehensive entertainments programme on all sites , and provides funds for the many clubs and societies in the University , as well as offering a wide range of services to students . |
| 29 | Advertisement er , revenue at Westminster Press ended the six months at about the , advert revenue about the same level as last year but it was below last year 's level early on , so in other words erm , advertisement volume is growing , because there 's next to no , there 's , the yield is about the same overall . |
| 30 | I had lived in a motor car for a few years and the rediscovery of my legs was painful . |