Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [verb] [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What is questionable is whether Gandhi hypostasizes Religion or gives it a referential connotation in the same way as Tillich does by his use of the term Ultimate Concern . |
| 2 | And if you 're worried in case anyone in the family has drunk out of a cup her husband used , or sat on the same loo seat or given him a friendly kiss , relax . |
| 3 | They may also write letters to Sinterklaas setting out what gifts they would like to receive , or do a drawing or give him a small present . |
| 4 | We 've got to go there tomorrow , so ’ — he took his hand from the wheel and gave her a quick pat — ‘ put your neb under your wing until after the holidays and see what transpires then . ’ |
| 5 | I have great admiration for all those involved in the Academy of Culinary Arts and think it a fine , courageous and important creation , but can someone explain how a meal of such ineptitude can be served in its name , and how some of the best chefs and restaurateurs in the world can have eaten it without public comment ? |
| 6 | He was listening to old Legion marching songs and giving himself the Nazi salute in the mirror . |
| 7 | One of the porters nips out every day at five thirty to the off-licence and gets me a cold one . ’ |
| 8 | I got to , Benguiat 's girlfriend and told her the whole story and told her to explain to Benguiat and calm him down and he had like threatened to come to Parkinson 's speech and disrupt it and scream liar and things like that at him . |
| 9 | The employee behind the check in desk gave me a huge smile and welcomed me to the airport , gave me my seat reservation card and wished me a good journey . |
| 10 | We are Mick(19) and Steve ( 18 ) and we 're in the Forces- So let us open your eyes and show you a new way of life . |
| 11 | The woman at the door raised weary , gold-lidded eyes and gave her an anonymous welcoming smile . |
| 12 | I opened my eyes and gave him a puzzled look . |
| 13 | Bolt Head , the gangster who financed and masterminded both the Robocranker project and the computer generated hologram , meets the Robocranker after his defeat and offers him a new body in return for operating one of his machines … |
| 14 | Jim Bob , thousands of miles from home , still nurturing that Fagin-style goatee , sits backstage at Boston 's Paradise Club and allows himself a crooked smirk . |
| 15 | She had been a regular person once , but that had been before the voices started up in her head , before the dead woman got out of her rocking chair , before the preacherman reached into her mind and gave it a sharp twist … |
| 16 | I want you to take this neck and make it a neck-through-body Strat-style guitar . ’ |
| 17 | I decided that she had never really liked Richard and wrote her an angry letter attacking a Labour politician I knew she particularly admired , saying he did not care for Socialist principles and was no more than a cunning man who would do anything for power . |
| 18 | The prominent white clasts are fragments of anorthosites — calcium and aluminium-rich rocks that make up the bulk of the lunar highlands crust and give it the light colour that is visible from Earth . |
| 19 | In the last months of 1989 the people of Central and Eastern Europe take it upon themselves to address the future and make it a different place to be in . |
| 20 | I made sure I did n't put on too much weight and set myself a final goal — to get down to 13 stone . ’ |
| 21 | The prospects may therefore be good for a long-term strategy which aims at both restricting the scale of most operating units and granting them a reasonable degree of operational autonomy in order to make participative democracy a feasible proposition , while developing further the economies of administration , co-ordination , etc. which are at present realised by large-scale enterprises . |
| 22 | Buddie had been very angry , but everyone else had laughed at Frankie and called him a snivelling cissy . |
| 23 | Compressed charcoal , charcoal and carbon pencils and easy-to-hold crayons are all available in good art shops and offer you a wide range of possibilities and excellent standards of quality . |
| 24 | He ripped open one of the little silver foil packets and handed her the lubricated ring of rubber . |
| 25 | She recalled that she had at the time been a little put out by the prince 's interest in Joan — but now the important thing was to persuade Joan to join in the festivities and bring her a first-hand report . |
| 26 | I get hold of her shoulders and give her a good shake . |
| 27 | They shared a commiserating smile , and Mick put his arm around her shoulders and gave her a friendly hug . |
| 28 | He shrugged his broad shoulders and gave her a warm smile . |
| 29 | Suppose your neighbour 's tree grows into your garden , obscuring your light and giving you a harmful consumption externality . |
| 30 | We will concentrate on styling and giving them a different driving feel . |