Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] [pers pn] [be] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They said he understood the risks of the job but everyone on the case agrees it was a pointless killing . |
| 2 | Soviet strikes point to crisis of morale that threatens future of perestroika Broadcasts of parliament get more viewers than Agatha Christie films It is the first November 7 since the revolution that coal miners have been on strike . |
| 3 | John Parke writes It was a sad day when the news came some two years ago that Ann Hoare was suffering from cancer and that she had taken early retirement from her post as assistant manager of Exeter University Bookshop , where she had been on the staff since it opened . |
| 4 | Glenn Hoddle says it was a big win and rewarding after a week in which they 've had to sell a player and have been troubled by lots of injuries … |
| 5 | The Tenant Farmers Association says it 's a legal loophole which must be closed . |
| 6 | ‘ The lawyer says he is a perfect gentleman . ’ |
| 7 | But his lawyer says it was the wrong verdict and the wrong charge . |
| 8 | Police in Milton Keynes says he is a persistant criminal who should be locked up . |
| 9 | Police in Milton Keynes says he is a persistant criminal who should be locked up . |
| 10 | If your biography says we are a 3 piece rock group from Lancashire , we play soft pop and melodic songs ' , it does n't show much initiative . |
| 11 | I think Ibrahim must be ill or summat , cos Marie says he 's a junky — you know , he 's got to take drugs and stuff like that . |
| 12 | Daedalus reckons it is the single currency . |
| 13 | Spencer remembers it was a beautiful day but quite hazy . |
| 14 | Although the position of the mouth indicates it is a bottom feeder , it does rise to the side to feed enthusiastically on the freeze-dried tubifex and swims in the lower middle areas of the aquarium . |
| 15 | And every Delta employee knows they 're an important part of the team by the end of their training . |
| 16 | In the Truffaut interview book , Hitchcock agrees when Truffaut suggests it was a forward zoom ( ie zoom-in ) combined with a reverse tracking shot . |
| 17 | Pliny names Archermos in a family of Chiot sculptors , and another writer says he was the first to give Nike wings . |
| 18 | It is also said to be the largest UK supplier of Unix and open systems training , and ICL says it is the first company to receive accreditation from Unix International Inc for its portfolio of Unix courses . |
| 19 | Compaq Computer Corp says it is the first major personal computer manufacturer to receive a 1993-1994 US General Services Administration Schedule contract , which runs to March 31 1994 and makes it easier for the federal government to buy Compaq products at pre-set prices . |
| 20 | Sheila says they 're the best in England . |
| 21 | Steve Bradbury says it 's a great place to be stuck … they 've just had a fried breakfast and now they are having free drinks |
| 22 | But the council insists it 's a private dispute between the Maskells and the site 's new owner . |
| 23 | Then Don Mini turned to Little Billy and said , ‘ Swan thinks it 's a great idea . |
| 24 | The Stadium management thinks it 's a major coup . |
| 25 | Jeff Jones , the developer says it 's the best site in the region . |
| 26 | Paul Stephens says it was no more than New Zealand 's third string side with the best 30 on tour ( though Turner and Cooper played against the World XV and Seymour and Rush were picked to tour South Africa ) . |
| 27 | The city council says it is the wrong type of grass and is too lush . |
| 28 | Internal trimming allows a claim of better than +-0.25% multiplication error with no external trim and AD says it is the first type to offer fully differential , high input-impedance working on all inputs , including the Z input . |
| 29 | ‘ Ga says I 'm a little tragedy queen . ’ |
| 30 | When his train stopped with only one carriage next to the platform , a voice lamented : ‘ British Rail regrets we are a total failure . ’ |