Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] [vb past] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Oh aye that 's right I heard it on the radio . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm just grateful I met her before the final operation . ’ |
| 3 | IN FEBRUARY 1985 I found myself on a flight scheduled for the Yemen Arab Republic , now called Yemen since its amalgamation with the People 's Democratic Republic of Yemen in May 1990 . |
| 4 | When she was free she took him into the office and sank into a chair as though exhausted . |
| 5 | When her breasts were free she teased him with the top half of her peach-coloured bikini , waving it over his head and snatching it out of reach as he stretched up for it . |
| 6 | And when he had said this he placed himself at the feet of the Bishop , and there before all the people made a general confession of all his sins , and all the faults which he had committed against our Lord Jesus Christ . |
| 7 | Of the second category of bishops as regional leaders , the northern prelates afford obvious examples : in 1346 Archbishop Zouche and Bishop Kirkby of Carlisle participated in the defeat of the Scots at Neville 's Cross , while Bishop Hatfield of Durham rode into battle at Crécy ; ten years later he , too , campaigned against the Scots , and in 1372 he offered himself as a mercenary in the pope 's wars in Italy . |
| 8 | 2 He provided us with a new theory as to the essential reality of governing , in the period of classical parliamentary government , in the period when members of the Commons enjoyed a golden age of independence between the fall of patronage and the rise of highly organised political parties . |
| 9 | It hurts me now to realize how much I numbed myself from the searing pains of those years . |
| 10 | When I saw my friend Bob Hope in some comedy or other at the age of six I provided him with an imaginary wife , who was called ‘ Nothing ’ . |
| 11 | On 11 February 1963 she gassed herself in the flat . |
| 12 | Mary had a metal cow she bought it for a tanner and every morning just at six she milked it with a |
| 13 | There was a difference of opinion what happened next — she thought it went in from there , I was convinced it hit him in the head and went in . |
| 14 | Although in 1962 he had appealed to the Government of Ireland Act , in 1963 he described it as a ‘ constitution of bondage ’ . |
| 15 | After that she said nothing for a while , only sat watching me in a broody way . |
| 16 | Every other week after that you paid them at the end every week , |
| 17 | It 's incredible I heard her on the radio , she sounded very allusive |
| 18 | At any rate Herbert clearly had a high regard for his services , for in 1734 he presented him with a large silver cup as a token of his appreciation . |
| 19 | Well that was quick it saved it on the C drive . |
| 20 | I 'm sure she wrote everything from the ‘ What 's On in Stoke Newington ’ column to the reports of the Council 's planning committee meetings with equal sincerity , convinced she was helping to change the world . |
| 21 | only your mother was n't sure she asked me on the phone |
| 22 | When the band sensed that Harvey was growing tired they moved him towards a finale and spread a musical carpet and drew a musical curtain and the trumpet milked the applause . |
| 23 | I 'm sure he meant it for the best — I always told you , he means well — but I have to admit , he 's not an easy man to talk to . |
| 24 | We arranged to meet outside his local church , and first of all he took us to a garage where he negotiated a good price for a new car battery ! |
| 25 | In July 1908 he recruited him to the Board of Trade with the responsibility of making the proposals a reality . |
| 26 | First she was blind and then when she was a bit older they fitted her with a glass eye . |
| 27 | At 9.55 he presented himself at the door of the tall and impassive apartment-house a block back from Great Portland Street in the Marble Arch district . |
| 28 | When I left in December 1928 he succeeded me in the house as Captain of Games . |
| 29 | Conflicts with his superiors deprived him of the prospect of promotion , and at the age of twenty-five he found himself on the retired list , reduced to half pay in 1812 . |
| 30 | It was possible they thought nothing of the sort , but she still felt she had to do something to show she was not entirely alone and friendless . |