Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [vb past] [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Mrs Van Smirren , the County Commissioner for Lincolnshire South , also came and Brown Owl gave her a phonetic alphabet worksheet .
2 There was also substantial cross-group agreement on the selection of this feature , with most groups arguing that the 'summarising " nature of this sentence made it a strong candidate for an opening to the story .
3 It was only when the high priest asked him the direct question :
4 Fucking what , I , I 'm , I think it was he 's mum or not , some old biddy gave me a right old .
5 When he was at school another boy told him the Chinese see a rabbit in the moon .
6 I was still nursing my Freddieland injuries , and the way she was looking at me with her unflinching gaze gave me a queasy feeling I 'd only narrowly avoided providing lunch .
7 The rare ability shown in the digging and publication ( 1928 ) of this site gave her a promising place in Palaeolithic studies , reinforced by her first book , The Upper Palaeolithic Age in Britain ( 1926 ) .
8 Down 's handsome appearance , high principles , and genial manner won him a powerful influence over his patients and the real affection of his colleagues .
9 WELL , WHEN I OFFERED SIR WILFRED MY RESIGNATION , THE OLD BUGGER GAVE ME A SECOND-HAND YACHT HE 'D PICKED UP AT AN AUCTION …
10 At Corbett 's bidding an old man showed them the blood-spattered piece of ground where their priest had been found .
11 IN THE beginning there was John Mortimer QC , waxing lyrical about the great ideals of the 1945 Labour government and judging that its commitment to the welfare state and social equality made it the greatest this century .
12 Orientation operates in much the same way as the intelligence test used to … its particular value being that its apparent scientific objectivity made it an excellent means of justifying selection .
13 By the time we met I had almost reached The Old Castle Inn at Old Sarum and good old Dad bought me the largest ginger beer I 've ever had .
14 What is clear is that the military origins of nuclear power in this country gave it a powerful boost as an infant technology , and that the umbilical cord has not been severed .
15 Those who worked for ‘ Laura Ashley ’ at this time found it a mixed experience .
16 The Scottish Office allowed them an additional borrowing consent of £750,000 and £370,000 came from their existing financial resources .
17 The following day , a Spanish lady gave us a guided tour of Cartiera , a partly excavated Roman town only three miles from Gibraltar .
18 and I said yeah she said that lady sent her a ten pound note .
19 That lady tamed him the first time he set eyes on her .
20 I 'll admit that hearing about that sermon gave me a cowardly frisson of fear .
21 Quite different from her brother , who was slim where she was rotund , and whose dark hair lent him a certain swarthy , though boyish , kind of good looks .
22 Only Father Kolbe remained alive until a bored guard gave him a fatal injection of carbolic acid .
23 In Soho , hell-bent on a good time , her tremendous vitality made her the female counterpart of Minton .
24 His role as chief mourner gave him a certain glamour .
25 Erm so we then moved back towards the doorway erm and then P C requested the persons in the bed to tell him where the light switch was , which a male voice told him the approximate area where the light switch was .
26 Riven caught Bicker 's eye as he had that afternoon , and the dark man threw him a rueful grin .
27 Yet the size of the rural community gave it a potent voice in political affairs .
28 That Emilia thought her a mere child revealed how little she understood ; but then Louisa herself had only limited comprehension of what remained dark and unspoken in this woman who studied her , almost coldly , summoning resolve .
29 He told Johnson that Warburton ( the combative English divine and man of letters , whose generally controversial national presence made him a common topic of Johnsonian conversation ) had a close relationship with an unnamed ‘ eminent printer ’ .
30 A tall thin boy with straggly hair passed her a joint and Lizzy took it from him , inhaling the fragrant mixture deeply .
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