Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] [verb] [adv prt] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I was working at a hospice I followed up bereaved people who it was felt might need some support . |
| 2 | And quite sane friends of mine , whose opinions I respect over other things , believe in this terrible religion . |
| 3 | At this staging camp I picked up some mail . |
| 4 | The whereabouts of the other two tureens are still unknown and every time I open the mail I hold out some hope . |
| 5 | After tea she wrapped up some fruit cake for me to take back home . |
| 6 | The slow , deliberate verse movement ; the invocation of such abstractions as ‘ fortitude and patient chear ’ ; the careful avoidance of metaphorical expressions ; the weight of moral earnestness ; the balancing of word against word , of phrase against phrase , of the first half against the second half of the poem — in listing these characteristics we move back fifty years . |
| 7 | In the following paragraphs we look in more detail at the reasons which have encouraged a number of large manufacturers to start making or make greater use of temporary workers , at the terms and conditions under which these temporary workers are engaged , especially the forms of contract which are used , and at the characteristics of the temporary workers themselves . |
| 8 | The introduction of specialist qualifications would be a major strategic development for the Institute and it is therefore vital that any action we take on this front , reflects the views of as many members as possible . |
| 9 | Most of them were on the lean side because of the hard life they led and the long walks they took over hilly country to reach their fields . |
| 10 | When added to the usual treatments for this condition it cleared up persistent ulcers in 40 out of 60 cases . |
| 11 | In particular , I do not claim that the text " " presents " " these units " , in practice he picks out intonational units from the text as if they were given ( albeit he sometimes admits to ambiguities of prosodic structure ) . |
| 12 | In the warmth at home we planned out possible routes and looked long and hard at Robin Collomb 's guide to the Ecrins Park ( West Col Productions 1986 ) and at IGN sheet No. 241 , Meije and Pelvoux . |
| 13 | Any ‘ different ’ dream he had around that time might have served to give him the ‘ vehicle ’ he was seeking . |
| 14 | So absurd was the idea to Weinberger that he seems never to have understood the hold it acquired over other people , including the President . |
| 15 | With some difficulty she swallowed down further argument , but was honest as she stated simply , ‘ It was my fault , not his . |
| 16 | On the 1st March she took on wider responsibilities as Head of Scripture Union 's Development and Communication Department . |
| 17 | ‘ From the moment I picked up this book to the moment I put it down , ’ wrote GM , ‘ I could n't stop laughing . |
| 18 | These days I seek out radical publishers only for nostalgic reasons . |
| 19 | After so many years I kept up this contact , especially with one or two who were real friends . |
| 20 | With the fury that had accumulated over the years I pulled up some onions and flung them at him . |
| 21 | After retirement she took up many interests including cookery to a very high standard . |
| 22 | From the plinth you look down long rows of white crosses and plain headstones on the far side of the memorial ; some say inconnu , others ‘ A Soldier of the Great War ’ . |
| 23 | After you have studied the routes and prepared through do-it-yourself practice , your PP may give the names of the places you pass on one route , and at the conclusion you pick out which of the prepared journeys she was making . |
| 24 | They were doing in that shop exactly what they intended to do and in all probability , what they intended to do from the moment they got up that morning . |
| 25 | It was obvious to everyone from the moment they sat down that Zach was bursting to tell them something . |
| 26 | Away from the classroom they make up complex games , work on puzzle books and generally succeed in finding their way around their environment . |
| 27 | At the moment it costs around one pound twenty a pint . |
| 28 | Every second day I wash out this room — because it 's only lino . |
| 29 | Opening the wallet I counted out 19 dollars . |
| 30 | Last night I sat up last night to watch that George Foreman fight and they had to put football on before it and I fell asleep and I missed the bloody fight ! |