Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] ['s] [noun pl] [pers pn] [vb past] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | He ate a gargantuan meal , starting with some plovers ' eggs they had overlooked earlier , working on through a few roast geese with a brace or so of ducklings on the side , and ending with one half of a cheese and a couple of bowls of fruit . |
| 2 | Petty had already intimated that he might not be able to continue his attendance at the debates further ( after 29 October ) , but before the end of that day 's proceedings he explained why ‘ we [ the Levellers ] would exclude apprentices , or servants , or those that take alms , it is because they depend upon the will of other men and should be afraid to displease [ them ] ’ . |
| 3 | The reply was murmured into the string of turquoise shark 's teeth she wore round her neck . |
| 4 | I tried just about every diesel and the Peugeots performed better than other manufacturers ' diesels I tried . ’ |
| 5 | Like all the other officers ' wives she wore a uniform of their own devising , pale-green skirt and shirt . |
| 6 | In the middle of this strange house 's celebrations she felt much more of an outsider than she had done sitting on her own in her room . |
| 7 | Anyway he owned the place and in most people 's eyes he had every right to chuck me out . |