Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You think because you 've read a few crappy books you know it all . ’ |
| 2 | There was a lovely tree outside old Boots shop there they took all them away and put these little ones down the middle and I also brought it up when they did Weekday Cross they took the trees which had only been there a few years they took them all down and put put some others up some little twiggly things you know . |
| 3 | In different ways she loved them all ; even her weak-natured husband , who showered all of them with affection , and who was filled with excitement that , at long last , he was about to become a father in his own right . |
| 4 | A generation away from the British urchins who started it all . |
| 5 | We venture into public life protected not so much by the sanctions of formal law but by an unwritten charter of civil rights which assigns us both access to and independence from others with whom we come into contact . |
| 6 | It is these adaptations which make it such a fascinating bird . |
| 7 | Three privileged siblings who discover they all have different fathers — and none is the man their mother is married to . |
| 8 | Great Britain , for their part , will be looking to recapture the many admirable qualities which brought them that improbable victory after Steve Hampson 's early dismissal reduced them to 12 men . |
| 9 | So then you start thinking about visual images which give you this impression of power and menace , something like the Nuremberg Rallies of the 1930s , and use that as the basis of your inspiration . |
| 10 | The upper class has clear distinctive characteristics which give it such a sense of identity : not only its ownership of productive property ( the fundamental and defining feature ) but also its distinctive culture and status hierarchy . |
| 11 | We are now coming to the time of the year when paddlers start competing again in marathons and it would be nice to remember the ancient Greeks who started it all off . |
| 12 | For a few terrible moments they saw it all , and cowered , covering their eyes . |
| 13 | It must in fact plunge into the heart of the matter in order to lay bare the fundamental conditions which made it all even possible . |
| 14 | It was good to read Leslie Patterson 's article in September 's Amicus to find that her committee meetings are no different from our meetings , with frivolous items ( such as peeled grapes ! ) to important items which affect us all , like the office 's smoking policy and PEARL . |
| 15 | My face resembled the back of one of those baboons who let it all hang out at mating time . |
| 16 | In nine months we get them all back again . |
| 17 | Mr Hall denied this and maintained his 270 new recruits had been bonded together by the ugly scenes which confronted them each day as they passed picket lines . |
| 18 | The Hon. Gentleman should perhaps speak to some of his own colleagues who gave me that advice . |
| 19 | We are to drink beer , eat cheese , get herded around in coaches , grab every photo-opportunity with ‘ the two lads who made it all possible ’ and officially launch the new Carter long-player ( EC-standard length ) ‘ 1992 — The Love Album ’ . |
| 20 | This is about the pilots who make up this famous aerobatic team , and it focuses on the three new pilots who join it each year . |
| 21 | It looks rather splendid , but it attracted so much attention that after two days she took it all out . |
| 22 | For another generation , this Covenant was to be held up as a model of political excellence within the Middle East , especially by the Western powers which gave it such approval but which did not have to suffer its consequences . |
| 23 | ‘ What 's happened to old McWhirter ? ’ said Penny , deciding not to mention the comparison in the company of two young men who gave her some gratifying doggy devotion . |
| 24 | In modern organisms we see them all the time . |
| 25 | During my sheltered youth I had two fleeting experiences which gave me some indication that I was not alone . |
| 26 | And smoke billowed from seven huge masts which held it all together . |
| 27 | ‘ It was one or the other of your bright boy-friends who sent me this , was it ? ’ he demanded , tossing the paper down in front of her . |