Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Equally , sterling held up well as dealers ruled out an early cut in interest rates , or at least until the Bundesbank eventually shows its hand with some cuts of its own . |
| 2 | My chest duly received its dose of milirems . |
| 3 | And , when some other retired persons says in my presence ‘ I do n't know how I found time for work ’ , I no longer inwardly cringe with scorn at the well worn cliche as I used to do but instead I enthusiastically and of course sagely nod my head in hearty agreement . |
| 4 | Could we be sure in those circumstances that the American president and Congress would be prepared to risk the wholesale destruction of American cities merely to meet our point of view ? |
| 5 | Its body colour is exactly that of its food plant , but if an intruder shakes the branch and alarms it , the caterpillar suddenly lifts its head from its meal , exposing a scarlet face . |
| 6 | The central Asian khanates ( Khiva , Bukhara and Kokand ) did not trust the Russians enough to take their advice on trade routes . |
| 7 | Without warning , he 'd slowly reached his hand forward to touch her cheek , slid his fingers down to grasp her chin between his thumb and forefinger , tilting her face to the light . |
| 8 | Out of the hall , lurching , swimming , swaying , feeling shamefully sick and gritting his teeth together to stop his stomach from heaving . |
| 9 | Mandeville suddenly put his finger to his lips and stepped out of the window embrasure . |
| 10 | These burrowing earthworms literally eat their way through the soil forming deep , vertical , permanent burrows with smooth walls cemented together with mucus secretions . |
| 11 | He discovers he has a talent for predicting the future , but ironically this privilege only increases his sense of the present . |
| 12 | The Doctor 's mind slowly reassembled its awareness of itself . |
| 13 | Crabs that are short of shells presumably allow themselves room for growth . |
| 14 | Irwin eventually secured his capitulation by confessing to him that , as head of the government , with no guarantee that civil disobedience might not start again , he was unable to risk jeopardizing the morale of the police force . |
| 15 | Reference to the production history of Falcon s/n 157 will confirm that the aircraft eventually found its way into the Canadian Armed Forces ( designated " CC117 " ) , where it was operated by the Airborne Sensing Unit ( ASU ) , from Uplands CFB , Ottawa , Ontario . |
| 16 | ‘ But we do not proceed on some of the grounds mentioned at the bar , such as the effect of the plaintiff 's alteration of the instrument as making it void , or that the defendant thereby lost his right to contribution from the joint makers of the note ; nor on any doctrine as to the relation of principal and surety . |
| 17 | Corbett wearily rubbed his face in his hands . |
| 18 | While the clergy successfully defended their claim to be taxed in convocation and not in parliament , this really made little difference to the king 's income or , indeed , to the vulnerability of the clergy before his demands . |
| 19 | Ngo Van Loc instinctively eased his foot from the accelerator again , but Jacques Devraux lifted his open hand in a gesture of admonishment and leaned across to press the horn in the canter of the steering wheel . |
| 20 | The partnership sensibly place their account of five Seidl setting before the Rellstab and Heine sings . |
| 21 | In so adroitly ‘ carrying ’ Gandhi , Irwin greatly reduced his value as an ally . |
| 22 | Of course , animals constantly change their form over aeons . |
| 23 | The soldier idly flapped his hand towards our car . |
| 24 | Richard only estimated his age in relationship to his duties . |
| 25 | He was so innocent of the ways of the world that Hari just shook her head in amazement . |
| 26 | Meanwhile the Goldsmiths were taking steps finally to sever their connection with the School . |
| 27 | And Lily 's instinct for the winning side soon tempered her attitude to the new mistress . |
| 28 | Before the huge population rise of the eighteenth century English rural craftsmen normally combined their trade with the running of a smallholding . |
| 29 | Just jot the other people 's names down and then obviously when they 've been they 've said their piece just strike their name through so you do n't go and . |
| 30 | A profile that provides far too many irrelevant references is of little use ; such lists normally find their way into a wastepaper basket because the user sees that they are full of irrelevant material and is not prepared to search through them hoping to find some relevant references . |