Example sentences of "[noun] [pers pn] [vb base] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other story I recall to mind about this time is that Cranwell in those days must have been the coldest spot south of the Arctic Circle and the ration of coal to fire the single stove in a billet of 22 erks took little account of the temporary hutment , Some genius had laid down that the ration of coal would he 1lb of coal every other day was sufficient to ward off armies of brass monkeys that descended on Cranwell in winter . |
| 2 | ‘ Mind you , I 've been shocked by some of the secrets I 've uncovered in ordinary bedrooms . |
| 3 | ‘ I know from the messages of support I have received from those in the arts world and elsewhere how much your leadership , interest and enthusiasm will be missed . |
| 4 | The best description I have heard for this position is ‘ well plugged on ’ — a plug will not go into a socket if it is crooked , that is the baby should not be twisting his or her neck . |
| 5 | But , even while her spirits were taking a nosedive that , supposing he was offering her a lift to Prague , there would n't be any point in accepting if it was unlikely she 'd be able to book in anywhere , he , to her absolute astonishment , was going on , ‘ There 's a spare room in a suite I 've reserved for this month — you can have that if you wish . ’ |
| 6 | But of course I enjoy going to Red Cross |
| 7 | May I thank you both for the most delightful afternoon I 've had for many years ? ’ |
| 8 | Our hair became longer and — in police terms — almost verged on the wild , confirming Hallpike , ( 1969 : 260 ) , who argued : ‘ the hypothesis I wish to advance in this article [ is ] that long hair is associated with being outside society and that the cutting of hair symbolizes re-entering society , or living under a particularly disciplinary regime within society … . |
| 9 | And when they were come , and settled into conference with him : ‘ I desire your views upon the decision I have taken in this matter of the Welsh war . |
| 10 | Now as regards signs I 've spoke to numerous , oh school holidays I 've got erm |
| 11 | six times I have returned to that country , demanding the past from the present , flogging my emotions , requiring of them , still , that freshness they once owed to novelty , and from year to year finding in my ageing desires rewards ever less vivid … |
| 12 | " My teachers desire me to address this letter to you relative to my education , that you may form some idea what progress I have made in different studies since last Midsummer . |
| 13 | In the result I have returned to another of my main interests , contempt of court . |
| 14 | Indeed some research I 've done on this shows that only three players have managed 400 such dismissals , namely Richard Hadlee , Hapil Dev and Malcolm Marshall . |
| 15 | That 's the only fault I have to find with these activities . |
| 16 | Over the last few months I 've read with some considerable interest and humour all the back-biting and jibing from the Pittman and Peavey camps . |
| 17 | If you do not understand how it works and you want more information about the method used then I again refer you to the books I have written on 1-2-3 and SuperCalc . |
| 18 | The problem with the period-instrument performances I have heard in recent times is a technical one : they do not play in tune . |
| 19 | While I owe much to that tradition and trust that I am still persona grata within it , in many respects I have gone beyond Evangelical thought on matters to do with the Church and sacraments . |
| 20 | This is the first proper daylight I 've seen for two months . |
| 21 | Yet not all have been so fastidious : of the last eight Rameau recordings I have reviewed in Early music , four have been based on the Oeuvres complètes , three derived from the most unreliable volumes . |
| 22 | When you join the Royal Air Force you expect to work on some of the world 's deadliest aircraft , Jaguar Fighters , and harriers , but there 's another side to aviation . |
| 23 | To find the roots of the tragedy you have to look at Somali history . |
| 24 | You might be able to do the odd one but I do n't think that you 've got the time , I mean bear in mind you 've gone from four to three to two there 's two of you now supervising all of us if you tell me you 've got spare time then great , and you want to do one or two equally great , however unless you tell me to the contrary |
| 25 | This is one of the things I want you to se see today and this wonderful film I was gon na show today and I hope I 'll show next week , third time lucky , they actually interview the wives , the polygynous wives of of some erm erm guy in Africa , some African erm and they to them they actually ask the wives , why do you , you know why are you married to this man and they say well he feeds us , you know th that 's why we 're married to him , he gives us food and he 's apparently got five this particular man they interviewed , three of them were active and two of them were elderly , and the three active wives are quite open about the fact that this man 's a good provider and therefore they stay with him , but they , they would n't in the case of Australian Aborigines , they would n't stay if they did n't get fed and they only get fed because he 's a good hunter and to be a good hunter you need to go on good terms of men and that 's how it works . |
| 26 | c ) Add up the three angles of the four other triangles you have drawn in this exercise . |
| 27 | For the women 's movement now this is one of the most important issues we have to deal with — our relationships with each other and the eradication of all the oppressions we have inherited from capitalist patriarchy . |
| 28 | no , do you remember that photograph we 've got of that dancing troop ? |
| 29 | This can draw on the kind of research we have described in earlier Lectures , although it is likely to be easier in some areas than in others . |
| 30 | That 's probably overstating it , but certainly in its regional and local aspects we do deal with many environmental problems the geographers are familiar with . |