Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [verb] [pers pn] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You can freeze these buns or make them the day before and keep in an airtight container . |
| 2 | If , for example , the landlord is entitled to enter the demised property in order to carry out substantial improvements or to reconstruct it the tenant may be able to defeat a claim to determine his tenancy on the ground of demolition and reconstruction ( Heath v Drown [ 1973 ] AC 498 ) . |
| 3 | So much can be conveyed by putting your arms around someone 's shoulders or giving them a kiss . |
| 4 | However , this only happens if your debtor wants to defend the action or makes you an offer which you can and do refuse . |
| 5 | Well leaving them a key or giving them the key to get in . |
| 6 | The ensuing exchange over the months turned the whole cast of Balzac 's Comédie Humaine into Katherine 's familiars and gave her an awareness of greed and ambition , love and betrayal far beyond her years . |
| 7 | teachers see it as natural justice ( comparison with colleagues reduces isolation and gives them a yardstick ) ; |
| 8 | Peron needed the union movement for support and , indeed , it was the labour movement who brought him back from exile and won him the presidency . |
| 9 | I am already aware of some of your extremely worthwhile efforts and send my best regards to all those involved with the Association and wish you every success in the future . |
| 10 | She has done us many a kindness and fed us every morning . " |
| 11 | through my ears and gives me a headache |
| 12 | So we 'd got to take the card and show her the Mother , we 'd been . |
| 13 | He borrowed someone 's press card and brought her a drink . |
| 14 | The computer asks you a question via a sound card and gives you a choice of options on screen , and you respond by pressing the relevant button . |
| 15 | As last year , they will bring the skip on a Tuesday and remove it a week later . |
| 16 | The purpose of the Enterprise is to involve Third World countries in mining nodules and give them a share in the profits . |
| 17 | So he decided to add another fifteen knots to the approach speed and give it a go . |
| 18 | Barbara takes off her shirt and wraps a blue chiffon nightie around her waist ; while Elena is in the loo , she opens her purse and shows me a picture of her six-year-old daughter . |
| 19 | Mrs Young , who had paused in her search , finally found her purse and gave me a dollar . |
| 20 | Please positively encourage everyone to renew their membership for 1989 and speak to all non-members and offer them a Medau News to read ( special copies available continuing membership form and letter from the Office or ) there is a surprise gift pack for all new members in 1989 . |
| 21 | He rolled his eyes and blew her a kiss but unfortunately Maggie saw him do it . |
| 22 | Tod and I reclined on the wrung bedding as Irene advanced into the room , holding a tightly gripped paper tissue to her eyes and calling us a piece of shit . |
| 23 | Then he bathed her eyes and made her a cup of tea . |
| 24 | The clear , vivid patterns excite the zebra 's eyes and give it a sensation of strong identity , as if it were the member of a football team or a sports club with conspicuous striped shirts . |
| 25 | Knowing of Fothergill 's interest in natural history generally , Collinson invited him to breakfast at Mill Hill and showed him a diversity of William 's drawings . |
| 26 | You will tell me if you find it was murder and give me the name of the murderer . |
| 27 | He waved the clerk to a seat and served him a cup of watered wine . |
| 28 | So Sinead O'Connor — probably our last remaining real rock star , a maverick , a 1000 per cent attack merchant constantly taking convention by the neck and shaking it the way a terrier shakes a rat , the woman who stormed into the Irish PM 's office over the abortion issue , who refused to sing the US national anthem , who correctly pointed out that George Bush leaves Saddam Hussein standing in the mass-murder stakes , who has exposed her own sad past in vivid , gory detail , whose every record has fully stretched and excited the expectations of her audience — has released a version of Loretta Lynn 's maudlin Country classic . |
| 29 | There was nothing short of taking the chap by the scruff of his neck and showing him the street that would have done the trick . |
| 30 | My father paid for my digs in Paddington and gave me a pound a week pocket money , together with what he called ‘ travelling expenses ’ for my regular visit home ( home and a good , square meal ) , and to spend some time with Clare who was fifteen and slowly , very slowly , improving . |