Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [art] [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fran regretted her hasty words the very moment she saw the way his mouth thinned into a cold anger . |
| 2 | It is difficult to come to terms with the fact that I mean it 's people that you 've worked with for a week , at a time and I mean for three and a half years every second week you 're working with that guys in a confined space , you get to know them really well . |
| 3 | In the following months he defeated Lord Franks in the election of a Chancellor for Oxford University : he was still in office in 1983 , and still using in public ceremonies the Latin pronunciation he had learned at Eton in the last Edwardian days . |
| 4 | NEEDING to unwind the key in my back for 10 minutes the other day I passed a church near Everton 's ground declaring ; ‘ It 's never too late to talk to God . ’ |
| 5 | I am already planning to catch more and bigger ones the next time I come . |
| 6 | There 's no doubt it 's going to be difficult for us but if we play for 90 minutes the same way we did against Cork in the first half last week , we 'll return with something from the game . ’ |
| 7 | During the worst period for external conditions of the whole three years the only book I could get hold of ( and then only after putting my name down on a waiting list ) was Somerset Maugham 's enormous Of Human Bondage . |
| 8 | I do n't quite know what 's , what happened , because I remember very well amending these details the last time it came to policy and resources , and that was agreed , because the changes you have made use the working , wording of the Thamesdown scheme , it seems to me far better , erm , as you have moved it , because er , very many people who are elderly , who are sixty-nine years or more or less do n't need any supervision at all . |
| 9 | Sighing helplessly , she 'd merely said , ‘ If you do n't give these girls a terrific reference they 're likely to turn around and sue you in the courts for defamation of character ! ’ |
| 10 | a Perfect clue : Vandals who attacked a bus station left police the perfect clue they daubed their names over the freshly-painted terminus in Seaton Carew . |
| 11 | He is clearly rather tired of preaching the design gospel when it has been evident to him for many years the fundamental role it plays in good business practice . |
| 12 | This is a splendid opportunity to enjoy the fantastic visibility from the Trislander 's big windows , for many passengers the first time they have really had much of a view from an aircraft . |
| 13 | Family Allowance as it stands at present is for many women the only money we have which belongs to us by right . |
| 14 | In those days the artificial leg you were given did n't meet the skin ; you had to wear thick woollen socks over the join where the artificial leg met your own leg , and a metal belt to hold it in place , which pulled your body over to one side . |
| 15 | We should make a strenuous and united attempt to incorporate in the management of our own institutions some of the features which have given the American schools the high character they enjoy . |
| 16 | ‘ They had twin beds the last time I was here , ’ Tweed recalled . |
| 17 | At the Northern Championships the same year she won the doubles and reached the singles final , in which she extended Maud Watson , the reigning Wimbledon champion , to 8–6 7–5 . |
| 18 | In a letter written to the junior ministers the same day he reiterated this theme : |
| 19 | She hoped the police would give the two journalists the hard time they deserved . |
| 20 | I just got two two bottles the last time I was in , I ca n't . |
| 21 | He took me out last Sunday and I said as we were driving over to Lavenham , I said an early would be much appreciated , I said I cooked the Sunday Lunch for my lodgers , but I have n't , in fact , had any myself he said you 've got to have a high tea , he said you must have a proper meal and he ordered up salad and a a ham salad and have this and have that and have the other , where as some of them like this chap Gerald who was erm sent me by one of the other agencies the first time we went out he took me to a meal and he obviously felt that quite enough , after that he used to come out to see me after he 'd had his meal meanness , hanging onto money ! |
| 22 | Most children reject new foods the first time they are offered , but if your child clearly finds the food disagreeable , even after trying it three or four times , then do n't serve it up again . |
| 23 | , writes : WHILE LOOKING through a book of Royal photos the other day I noticed that Prince Charles seems to wear kilts of different tartans . |
| 24 | If any other readers would like to save money and the rain forests , call in at a local reclaimers the next time you need timber . |