Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [unc] [noun sg] [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But she could imagine his tolerant lawyer 's smile as he demolished her fears and speculations . |
| 2 | Keegan , though , declined to look beyond this afternoon 's match when he left St James 's Park with his 14-man squad yesterday . |
| 3 | There followed a few minutes ' discussion where it seemed Cicely Hepwood had been all set to cancel an arrangement she and her husband had to visit a sick friend in hospital that afternoon . |
| 4 | Nobody will mind if he just grabs a few minutes ' rest before he moves on — although rest , for Pavel , has become little more than a bothersome physical requirement with no spiritual element in it . |
| 5 | DROMORE High lifted their third successive High Schools ' Cup when they defeated perennial opponents Limavady High in yesterday 's final shoot-out at Ravenhill . |
| 6 | My master said : for my dear mother 's sake I will be a friend to you and you shall take care of my linen — God bless him — and gave me four golden guineas which were in my old lady 's pocket when she died . |
| 7 | I mean , I ended up staying a month at some bloke 's house after I went in for a pack of strings ! |
| 8 | ‘ That was the first High Queen 's instruction when it was being raised from the rock . |
| 9 | The foster-mother said , ‘ you light Granny 's fire before you come . ’ |
| 10 | In Indonesia , in October 1990 , post-graduate researcher Bonar Tigor Naipospos was sentenced to eight and a half years ' imprisonment because he ‘ attempted to undermine Indonesian state ideology ’ through participation in a university study group and distributing banned literature . |
| 11 | I am grateful for my right hon. Friend 's statement because it demonstrates the Government 's commitment to a better equipped fleet for the future , even though the fleet manpower is contracting , and because jobs will be provided in the Portsmouth travel-to-work area . |
| 12 | As the crow flies , Elterwater and Grasmere are only two miles apart , so it would be easy to miss out this day 's walk if you wanted to shorten the complete circuit . |
| 13 | I shall not deal with the second part of the hon. Gentleman 's question because it raises difficult issues which will no doubt be the subject of discussion later . |
| 14 | Eleanor sent Richard and Geoffrey to join their brother at the French King 's court while she herself summoned the Poitevins to arms . |
| 15 | ‘ You 're so beautiful , how can you be so callous of another woman 's unhappiness when you look like an angel direct from heaven ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ If you think for one moment I 'm going to wear another woman 's ring while you make love to me you 've got another think coming … ’ she choked . |
| 17 | Would you carry another woman 's would you carry another woman 's baby if she could n't have it ? |
| 18 | Would you carry another woman 's baby if she could n't have it ? |
| 19 | The second would be to hold by-elections in areas that were excluded from this week 's election because they were controlled by the Khmers Rouges . |
| 20 | ‘ I have family and friends who assume that Rangers will beat FC Brugge with a couple of goals to spare , but in order to do that we will need to play throughout this week 's game as we did in the second half over there , ’ he added . |
| 21 | It was usual for the Girls to stay at the English Girls ' Club when they first arrived . |
| 22 | They LIED last Tuesday in their weekly works ' newsletter when they said : ‘ Reprocessing has been temporarily halted because of maintenance work . ’ |
| 23 | Basque pelota looks like being this year 's corker as it involves catching a tennis ball in a fruit bowl and throwing it at a wall ( below left ) . |
| 24 | SPEEDWAY : Joe Screen , who won the British under-21 championship in 1990 , will start favourite for this year 's title as he chases a £10,000 bonus from sponsors Homefire . |
| 25 | " Even if you have a copy of the old ( September 1988 ) Catalogue , have a look at this year 's edition as it contains details of 15 new titles and information on many more books , packs , videos and projects . |
| 26 | of this year 's allocation if they wished to do so . |
| 27 | It is a tribute to the smoothness of the operation that many private pilots do not realise that they have effectively moved into another country 's airspace when they enter the Jersey zone . |
| 28 | After the first 26 weeks , you may be entitled to the widowed mother 's allowance if you have dependent children . |
| 29 | In the corner of the picture was a holdall , a scientist would say it was the same as that used to weigh down Chalky White 's body when it was found in the lake near Cirencester . |
| 30 | You have to put the the regional accents acc accent if they have one . |