Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] [pers pn] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It ends : ‘ Will the tight budget bring us to a grinding halt ? |
| 2 | Notice also how these skills provide us with a timeless wisdom , applicable to all people-situations anywhere . |
| 3 | But not any more , because you see this is how I look at it now : those kind of schools grind you into a certain way of thinking and … and somehow , unless you become very careful , you 're stuck that way for the rest of your life . |
| 4 | The second key let them into a vaulted stone cellar , and groping torch in hand along the far wall behind the piled casks of wine , Thomas brushed the cobwebs from a low , insignificant door . |
| 5 | Popular images of parent-child relationships put them in a special category , distinct from other kin relationships , and suggest that this is where we will find the strongest feelings of duty and obligation . |
| 6 | The test of its validity is whether the subjects of the research accept it as a true account of their way of life . |
| 7 | Obediently she returned the gesture , meeting his mesmeric gaze , feeling the power of his appraisal bathe her in a tingling aura before taking a deep , refreshing swallow . |
| 8 | The danger of criticizing the appointment of particular judges was shown when in June 1980 a Belfast jury awarded £50,000 damages to a Northern Ireland county court judge for a libel contained in an article in the Economist suggesting that his appointment had been based , as The Times put it in a leading article , not so much on his ability but on the fact that he was a Roman Catholic . |
| 9 | Turtles provide us with a different example . |
| 10 | Save Air Miles tokens and make your Enterprise holiday something to really write home about — 1,000 Air Miles vouchers entitle you to a whopping £60 off any holiday in this brochure . |
| 11 | Save Air Miles tokens and make your Sovereign holiday something to really write home about — 1000 Air Miles vouchers entitle you to a whopping £60 off any holiday in this brochure . |
| 12 | Be it nuking the world , winning at Brand 's Hatch , or wrestling with pixies , will all this fantasy turn you into a blob-shaped brain-dead computer-zombie ? |
| 13 | Barnes and Seldon deploy it as a classic example of Macmillanesque subtlety in handling colleagues . |
| 14 | This female lays her eggs some distance away in a rabbit burrow and when the ducklings hatch , both parents take them to a different feeding position on the mud flats where , for a while , they again maintain a territory . |
| 15 | Either they ca n't afford private health insurance or the American insurance companies regard them as a bad risk to be acceptable . |
| 16 | By the end of the century they were dividing its work betwen them in a systematic and efficient way . |
| 17 | The improvements in performance over the last two years provide us with a secure base from which to move forward . |
| 18 | As well , Hi 's reflections on Carlotta establish her as a real woman as well as an ideal of love and beauty . |
| 19 | Does dew or rain reduce it to a sodden pulpy mass ? |
| 20 | Many will welcome that sensible proposal , but can the right hon. Gentleman underline it with a categorical assurance that the Government have no intention of privatising water in Scotland either this side of an election or afterwards ? |
| 21 | The real question is not whether the Book of Genesis has it right ( most modern theologians read it as a poetic account ) but whether evolution is correct . |
| 22 | Some writers use s/he as a non-sexist alternative . |
| 23 | ( including taxes and the cost of accessories ) at the date the damage occurred and such loss or damage is insured under this Policy the Corporation will subject to the consent of the Policyholder and of any other interested party known to the Corporation replace it with a new motor car of the same manufacture and model subject to its being available in which event the Corporation shall become entitled to possession and ownership of the lost or damaged motor car . |
| 24 | Recent developments of Darwinian theory provide us with a new and deeper understanding of the processes of natural selection . |
| 25 | Neighbours describe him as a reserved man who did n't mix much . |
| 26 | Neighbours describe him as a reserved man who did n't mix much . |
| 27 | Neighbours describe him as a reserved man who did n't mix much . |
| 28 | Neighbours describe him as a reserved man who did n't mix much . |
| 29 | His palms cradle me in a green cup |
| 30 | Older people still regard America as a refuge ; younger people regard it as a new home . |