Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [unc] [noun] [subord] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The other curse was directed at the committee members of the local Working Men 's Club when they banned my father , on the pretext of his epilepsy , but really because he always won at cards and was n't keen to give people a chance to win their money back . |
| 32 | It was while I was attending Sally Carmichael 's dancing class that I accidentally entered a beauty contest — the local Working Men 's Club where we practised was running a ‘ Queen of Sheffield Working Men 's Clubs ’ contest . |
| 33 | I hope that he and his fellow enthusiasts of today will derive as much pleasure from looking back in 50 or 60 years ' time as I do from my battered old album . |
| 34 | They might make an incidental contribution to crop production by agreeing to graze their herds over settled farmers ' land once it had been harvested . |
| 35 | ‘ Chubby ’ Eliot and self had a bit of a dogfight for a while trying to get on each others ' tails as we were not certain the other was not a 109 until we saw the roundels . ’ |
| 36 | We all the lads that left at the same time , said , we 've got four weeks ' holiday before we look for work . |
| 37 | Recorder John Hugill , QC , placed him on two years ' probation after he heard he was now an ‘ emotional wreck ’ . |
| 38 | Six months before her overdose Liz terminated the relationship with her boyfriend of two years ' standing after she discovered he had been going out with another girl . |
| 39 | Answers to questions about their fellow workers ' reactions when they heard the news of planned redundancies suggested a difference in attitude between some of those who were close to pension age and had been with the company for long periods and other workers . |
| 40 | Take a single dose of Sulphur 30 but expect the thrush to get worse in three or four days ' time before it will get better . |
| 41 | It could be any other thirtysomethings ' flat if it was n't for the sled and cross-country skis on the balcony . |
| 42 | Back in the old days , in the Fifties , before the nights of car-park-training , people kept big dogs , with names like Nero and Saladin , Sakkie and Doris ; dogs that roamed the sandy ex-Servicemen 's estate where I grew up , on the edge of Johannesburg , a jumble of sandy streets named after English kings and queens . |
| 43 | Two answers may be given : first , just as they illuminate many other areas of social life , the methods and findings of our rivals may help us understand the work of the professions ( to illustrate this , some of my examples will be drawn from medical novels ; no doubt legal novels will be equally instructive ) ; second , it is not clear how far we can go in understanding other occupations ' behaviour unless we grasp that of our own . |
| 44 | Mahler needed to become a conductor of other men 's music before he became a real composer . |
| 45 | It is important the fireworks do n't get into young children 's hands because they themselves er will be in danger . |
| 46 | Women ‘ police ’ other women 's bodies because we know how important our appearance is in a society which objectifies us . |
| 47 | Raymond Allison , 17 , of Amberley Green , Pallister Park , Middlesbrough , was sentenced to nine months in a young offenders ' institute when he appeared before Teesside Crown Court yesterday . |
| 48 | Burglar sentenced : Jamie Raper , 20 , of Wharfe Way , Darlington , was yesterday sentenced at Teesside Crown Court to 12 months in a young offenders ' institution after he admitted burgling a house in Carmel Road North , Darlington . |
| 49 | Discuss what changes would need to be made if Susan and Bob decided to form a company to take over the business to protect both partners ' interests as they stand under the current partnership agreement . |
| 50 | His memoir of those days on page 138 , sheds light on the star of Good Morning Vietnam and Dead Poets ' Society before he was claimed by fame and fortune . |
| 51 | She now teaches at a local girls ' school where she finds the all-female staff ‘ extremely supportive of each other ’ . |
| 52 | Publicans would have to apply for a special children 's certificate as they have to do in Scotland . |
| 53 | But , with only 48 seconds separating the top nine riders overall after more than 1,000 miles ' racing as they headed out through the Birkenhead tunnel , Lillywhite and his team-mates had to be on their guard in today 's 85-mile penultimate stage to Salford Quays . |