Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] [vb pp] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She feels her Australian temperament has left her with fewer inhibitions than her European counterparts . |
| 2 | The dragonfish has expanded them into spectacular defensive weapons , each ray barbed with poison . |
| 3 | It is not the only time my profound knowledge of football has stood me in good stead . |
| 4 | Steffi Graf has won it for six of the last seven years , picking up a cheque for around £45,000 for her latest victory in October . |
| 5 | His car 's got it on that |
| 6 | Actually Edward 's known me for ten years , but there we are . |
| 7 | His emphasis on the " common style " suggests that he is no longer interested in talking to himself but to others , and Four Quartets is at one level an oratorical performance : it would not be too much to say that all of his previous work has led him to this point , where poetry is married with public exhortation . |
| 8 | Although we have answered some questions , our work has presented us with many more . |
| 9 | His subsequent career in equipment and clothing has kept him in close touch with needs , and there is no PE jargon in his down-to-earth advice . |
| 10 | There are cases where owners genuinely believe that their pet cat has followed them by some mystical means to a new home several thousand miles away from the original one . |
| 11 | Er and Jane has sent us in some proposals , which erm she 's s since modified and is now working on and she 's calling in to see us for half a day in the near future |
| 12 | CARL Fogarty has done it at last ! |
| 13 | Kirsty 's solvent abuse has left her with serious health problems . |
| 14 | The ‘ Sinatra/Jagger/Jive Bunny 's Back ’ joke has seen us through many a long winter . |
| 15 | Conran is convinced , too , that his experience of manufacturing in the early days has stood him in good stead as head of a retailing empire . |
| 16 | Even so , striking on or soon after January 15th would help Mr Bush underline , for the benefit of critics at home and abroad , the clear legal authority the UN has given him for military action . |
| 17 | In recent months Christine Constant has re-introduced us to this idea , and it is this same Boy Scout , Camp-fire type of method that is used here by London-based potter Irene Winsby . |
| 18 | So can you er look at it in that light and you will see of course that and I can understand why Mr has done it in this way , he has actually broken down er his the approach to this to looking at this criterion , under the three heads , road , rail and bus . |
| 19 | A task force set up two years ago to raise extra money from international business has enabled it to more than double the number of support staff to five ( last year it raised £300,000 ) . |
| 20 | ‘ This business has knocked her for six . ’ |
| 21 | One of my dealers has told you about these … shares . |
| 22 | What we were talking about , or what I think is interesting is your experience from your early days in horse shoeing has stood you in good stead for the revival of interest in driving erm if you 'd like to tell us a bit more about that I 'd love to hear it cos I 'm never tired of that . |
| 23 | We have a long narrow area and the motorway has cut it in half . |
| 24 | We have a long narrow area and the motorway has cut it in half . |
| 25 | Several years of research into our love of meat has left me in little doubt that most of us nowadays would prefer not to face up to the carnal origins of our flesh foods . |
| 26 | Instead , Farbrace found his way blocked by Steve Marsh 's superior batting and duly followed ‘ Nobby ’ to Lord 's , where the same handicap has consigned him to 2nd XI obscurity . |
| 27 | His background with the round ball has stood him in good stead in becoming one of the country 's leading goal-kickers . |
| 28 | Mozart has shown us on many occasions in his scores how delightful a melodic phrase can sound when given to bassoon and flute at two octaves distance . |
| 29 | That prick Davy Mulligan 's stiffed us with brown sugar … ’ |
| 30 | For those people whose ego ideal has ruled them with especial strictness , the group situation can appear particularly attractive . |