Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [verb] [adj] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | This I found impossible to date . |
2 | ‘ No , I 'm afraid I dashed that at dinner that night . |
3 | Being English she knew little about wine — that had been her father 's province . |
4 | In 1984 she came third in class in the Yachting Monthly Triangle and in 1985 she came second in class in the Round Britain Race , taking part in Ann Frazer 's Contessa 32 Gollywobbler . |
5 | After a few minutes of this he grew breathless with anger and rage and flurried his wings so much that he was hardly able to lift them any more he was so tired . |
6 | Over time his sermons moved away from emotional appeals to more reasoned ones ; in this he had much in common with the British ‘ gentleman evangelist ’ of his day , like Brownlow North [ q.v . ] . |
7 | Instead of flitting from one employer to another he remained constant in Richard 's service and was with him still at the end at Chalus . |
8 | Northern Ireland 's squad , to be announced on Thursday , wo n't vary much from that which lost 1–0 to Scotland at Hampden Park in February with Kevin Wilson ( Notts County ) , Iain Dowie ( Southampton ) and Colin Clarke ( Portsmouth ) requiring a goal to break the Irish international scoring record as the strikers . |
9 | Vinelott J noted that the issue was not the admissibility of the transcript ( see s 433 of the Insolvency Act 1986 which makes admissible in evidence statements made under a requirement imposed by the 1986 Act ) but whether the SFO should be allowed to use it as evidence otherwise than in accordance with s 2(8) of the 1987 Act . |
10 | I 'm convinced she knows all about image and metaphor , and just does it to annoy . |
11 | Virginia Woolf in her Collected Essays writes that women 's humour tends to make serious what appears insignificant to men , and trivialise what is important to them . |
12 | In 1924 she was promoted to chief of that section and in 1935 she published Labour in Agriculture , an International Survey . |
13 | And with that she took two of Granny 's pennies from her pocket , put her fingers on Granny 's eyes to push her eyelids down and placed a penny over each eye . |
14 | In 1984 she came third in class in the Yachting Monthly Triangle and in 1985 she came second in class in the Round Britain Race , taking part in Ann Frazer 's Contessa 32 Gollywobbler . |
15 | Many times when a much-loved pet falls sick we think first of diseases and infections , when the real cause is simple chemical poisoning of a completely accidental nature . |
16 | Over twenty varieties of this Cape genus are , he says , well figured from drawings made there and of these he grew three at Chelsea : Protea conifera , P. argentea and P. nitida , although the last was lost . |
17 | you , you , you 're relying on , but you did n't really sort of go back and say , I mean I , I would use a phrase like erm you know , regards to planning your future I 'm sure you found that of benefit to you tonight and get re and actually dig a bit deeper in that and say what was it in the , in , in that actual form that , that |
18 | Make sure you see some of Tenerife 's fascinating scenery during your holiday — join in some of our most popular trips , including a cruise on the Nostramo , an authentic Spanish galleon or our ‘ Skool Dinners ’ BBQ ; the ‘ Last Resort ’ , a special cabaret by the reps in Tenerife 's top nightclub and the very popular Medieval Night — a delicious banquet in an old castle with jousting displays followed by a live , top named band . |
19 | For twelve years after J. and I were married we lived first in West and then East Africa , an entirely different kind of life from what had gone before . |
20 | That 's all he does eight to quarter to eight |
21 | In 1981 it launched one of Japan 's most precise assembly robots , capable of inserting objects into 0.5 mm-diameter holes and of performing delicate laser welding . |
22 | In 1962 he remained concerned about America 's role in Europe , via NATO , he disliked President Kennedy 's ‘ Grand Design ’ for the improvement of Atlantic co-operation , and he became gravely upset when the British purchased a new nuclear weapons system , ‘ Polaris ’ from Washington . |
23 | He remained a close friend of Vaughan up until his death , but after 1950 he saw little of Minton , finding him a social hazard . |
24 | One particular group of people which has been more or less completely overlooked are those who became disabled in childhood or adulthood , and who are now ageing with a disability . |
25 | Those who became active in PPU groups , however , could not long avoid Clifford Allen 's question — did pacifism , as such , provide an adequate basis for political action ? |
26 | Not only is Jesus the only saviour but he 's also a presence saviour not for the future or the passed , but he is there now and he says now , Paul to the Corinthians now is the acceptable time , now is the day of salvation , not to be put off , not to wait until you 're older until this is settled and till that 's done and you 've had this experience or that experience , now is the accepted time , he is the presence saviour , he is not a saviour for you tomorrow , you do n't know what tomorrow will bring but he is a saviour for the present for now , also he is a complete saviour in Hebrews seven twenty five he is able to save forever , those who draw near to God since he always lives to make intercession for them and finally not only is he a complete saviour , but he will actually save you , not the person beside you , do n't worry about that he will actually save you , there in Romans chapter ten , thirteen , for whoever , for whoever will call upon the name of the Lord will be saved and so the invitation 's to you and it 's to me , it 's to us as individuals , are there a few that 's gon na be saved . |
27 | The bulk of those who remain interested in UFOs seem less likely to have been motivated by personal experience and are more willing to undergo the reappraisal needed to rationalise their approach . |
28 | The resources of organisations will include people and money and those who control these in terms of salaries , promotion or budgets will have power . |
29 | They keep the infirmary for those who die clean of infection , from a falling gable , perhaps , when your serpentines find the right range . |
30 | RIOT and conspiracy charges should be brought against those who travelled ticketless to football matches determined to confront police , the Birmingham MP and former sports minister , Denis Howell , said yesterday . |