Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [pers pn] [prep] [pos pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the main carriers of the disease was found to be in milk and that 's why today tuberculin tested dairy provide us with our daily pinta . |
| 2 | The T. S. Eliot Lectures show him at his best — relaxed , immensely well read and decisive . |
| 3 | So who exactly are the Enforcers , why do they do it and what sort of a hold have they over their fellow MPs ? |
| 4 | The Forza del destino arias opening this disc show her at her best . |
| 5 | Her class members thank her for the years of enjoyment she has given them ; her fellow-teachers thank her for her constant support and friendship . |
| 6 | Dexter noticed his boss did not suggest Lancaster address her by her Christian name in return : she only encouraged such informality from the victims of crime rather than its possible perpetrators . |
| 7 | Once again , Arthurian legend underlay the idea of the Order , but the adoption of the garter as its symbol was said in later years to have occurred when , at a ball at Calais in 1348 , the Countess of Salisbury dropped her garter and the king , who was rumoured to have been in love with her , picked it up and in the face of derisive cries from the onlookers put it on his own knee with the remark , ‘ Honi soit qui mal y pense ’ — shame upon him who thinks ill of it . |
| 8 | The fact that firms find it in their mutual interests to combine , or to develop lasting links , does not mean that such links are socially desirable in the wider sense ( as Williamson , for example , would agree ) . |
| 9 | The Editors thank you for your continued support as members of the Society and your interest in the ‘ Medau News ’ . |
| 10 | Corbett pushed the meat through and watched the leading dog seize it in his huge jaws , throwing it up and devouring it , the blood streaming down his black , slavering mouth . |
| 11 | Conservative politicians attack the BBC for its alleged left-wing bias ( Newton , 1988a , p. 326 ) ; academic sociologists attack it for its alleged anti-trade union and pro-right-wing bias ( Glasgow University Media Group , 1976 , 1980 , 1982 ; Beharrell and Philo , 1977 ) . |
| 12 | — were true but less than prophetic , since people read it in their millions . |
| 13 | He moved on to build up quite a successful sub-post office , yet still people remember him for his first novel ’ |
| 14 | Many people achieve it on their own , within their families , or with the help of friends or untrained helpers . |
| 15 | The people see us as their only hope of survival ’ . |
| 16 | Several different facts about cuckoos fit them to their parasitic way of life . |
| 17 | The plumber then set to work encasing the ‘ mummy ’ in its close-fitting anthropoid shell after which the carpenter 's men put it into its outer wooden case , upholstered in rich blue velvet . |
| 18 | For example , some Asclepiadaceae synthesize cardiac glycosides as defence but some danaid butterflies convert them to their own defences against carnivores , mainly birds . |
| 19 | Why does the House of York plague us with their romantic dreams and stupid ambitions ? |
| 20 | In recent years the popularity of the computer has soared , few people never come into close contact with computers , but a surprisingly small number use them to their full potential . |
| 21 | Men love him for his hearty back-slapping and hand-shaking , for his habit of bear-hugging his male aides when things are going well . |
| 22 | Take me , leaves , O take me on your dark journey . |
| 23 | They also expressed reservations over the concept of minority rights : ‘ Britain , for example , does not allow polygamy even though certain of its citizens accept it from their religious convictions ’ ( Irish Episcopal Conference 1984 : 18 ) . |
| 24 | Our students refer us to our own teachings : ‘ Good communication ’ , they say , ‘ is of the essence ’ . |
| 25 | Rocky sounded *desperate* to get inany the side … so Wilko play him vs his old side ( drop Hodge ) and get Pembers fit and I bet we win 3–1 on Saturday . |
| 26 | pair call me by my first name too as if |
| 27 | ‘ May the Prime Mover protect us under his divine providence . |
| 28 | Randolph replied , amidst his sobs , ‘ It 's j-just th-that the other re-reindeers tease m-me about my wh-white nose . ’ |
| 29 | The Liberal Democrats support it as their one chance of grasping real political power . |
| 30 | We 'd saved for it , taken enormous care in choosing the location , even-God spare us in our mortal error-looked forward to the holiday . |