Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [adj] [art] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 On the face of it such an action appears to be a simple case of cowardice in the face of the enemy .
2 In the Middle of it all a child crieing
3 One will stay with you all the time watching what he 's doing and the other one goes upstairs , while he 's left alone , and in that short space of time they can actually .
4 And if that were not enough , the paper 's critic went on : ‘ His performance is continually kept from affectation by underlying cockney savagery ; he releases in us all the longing to put out tongues , chalk on walls and pull faces behind the back of authority . ’
5 There is within us all an urge to make order out of seeming chaos .
6 It seems to me all the decisions have been yours ! ’
7 To me all the cows looked similar — small and black all over although I did recognize that some had longer horns and a few had none at all .
8 ‘ It needs money spending on it all the time to keep it going and in a fair state of maintenance .
9 And through it all the cats multiplied fatly —
10 Through it all the words dance like butterflies and dart like wasps .
11 All the pressures of people having a go at me all the time do n't help , ’ said Kylie .
12 For us two the war meant , as for so many others , a break in physical contact : but if , as Simone Weil said , ‘ every separation is a link ’ , such a break is not a breaking off , but a period in which , at least in my case , that ties of friendship continued in another form .
13 As his arms tightened around her all the fight left her body .
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