Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [coord] [verb] [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would not it have been more sensible to request all those concerned with the project to put forward their plans together and subject them all to just one public inquiry ? |
| 2 | Then he found her mouth again and gave her another of those butterfly-light kisses . |
| 3 | This syndicate of merchants would in effect become monopoly purchasers and exporters of wool ; in return they would lend the king £200,000 immediately and pay him half the proceeds from the sale of the wool . |
| 4 | Mr Hawke last week repeated his support for the airlines recruiting new pilots overseas and re-hiring their former pilots on individual contracts . |
| 5 | ‘ He 's had trouble with campers , who 've broken down his fences and left fires that have caused a lot of damage — not Guides or Scouts , of course , who you know are taught to leave behind nothing but their thanks but he puts all campers together and calls them all nuisances . ’ |
| 6 | ANDREW SMITH 'S TIP : After spawning is complete the male gathers all the eggs together and compacts them all into the size of a hazelnut , where they begin to turn yellow then grey and finally black when the fry hatch out . |
| 7 | My favourite of them is the Power Toolbox , a way of taking program launching and switching out of the Program Manager altogether and putting your own buttons on the desktop . |
| 8 | I wrote to the Earl personally and told him that Brownie Guides are taught to leave behind nothing but their thanks , but received a reply saying that my letter had been passed on to the agent , Mr. Bishop , who handled all such matters . |
| 9 | Catch him in Birmingham tonight and form your own judgment on the supposed heir to Bevan , Foot and Kinnock . |
| 10 | We are persuading logging companies and governments to manage the logging of rainforests better and to grow their own hardwoods on separate plantations outside the rainforest . |
| 11 | This is particularly unfortunate because in deciding to set aside the demand the judge exercised a discretion , and on this appeal I am discharging an appellate jurisdiction and not hearing the matter afresh and exercising my own discretion : see In re Gilmartin ( A Bankrupt ) [ 1989 ] 1 W.L.R. 513 . |
| 12 | For two pins I 'd send this lot home and have you all to myself . ’ |
| 13 | A number of schools take the idea further and produce their own Christmas cards based around a design created by one of the children . |
| 14 | I must see Butterworth and Clibber to-morrow and give them some more money . |
| 15 | He would hang about outside and then go up to the grave afterwards and pay his own quiet tribute . |
| 16 | Oor goats hev hed that green sickness lately but whativver they all say oor cheese is n't that much affected . ’ |
| 17 | It is now up to WACC , the churches and NGOs to monitor the discourse critically and make their own contributions . |
| 18 | She may fear Aids for her son ; she may fear violence from her husband ; she may fear that her son will have to move out of the family home and fear her own loneliness . |
| 19 | Watching a small , speckled lizard sunning himself on the trunk of one of the trees , Luce made an attempt to push her uneasy fancies aside and fulfil her half of the bargain . |
| 20 | He knocked back his drink , turned to the bottle-loaded table behind and poured himself another large whisky . |
| 21 | Check the bowls periodically and give them enough water if necessary to keep the compost evenly damp . |
| 22 | National institution the Zoo you know , people love to bring the kiddies here and show them all the animals . |
| 23 | Finally , when they get back home once again they are ‘ in demand ’ , and it is in their nature to work for the family again and put their own wants or needs to the bottom of the pile ! |