Example sentences of "[adj] [vb base] [pers pn] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | There are no standard procedures , in fact , by now you will have realised that the ‘ flying fantasies ’ are unique to their creators and , although some sell theirs on a commercial basis , it is a case that , if you want to make one , then you have to devise your own creation . |
2 | This bring you to the main designing screen . |
3 | ‘ Oh , well , some make it to the big time , others do n't , ’ Melissa remarked smugly . |
4 | Ronny is wanted by 6 or 7 norw. clubs — some want him as a central defender , some as central midfielder , some as a wide midfielder and some as an attacker . |
5 | Put them in the top half of a double saucepan with the sugar , and steam them ( or if it is easier bake them in a covered jar in a low oven ) until they are quite soft . |
6 | Place the egg yolks in a small bowl , and half submerge it in a large saucepan of hot water . |
7 | Some do it with a bitter look |
8 | Some rob you with a six gun , |
9 | Some see it as the perfect exercise for keeping fit ; others train purely for self-defence purposes . |
10 | All accounts of Six describe him as a competent yet modest and unassuming man of great integrity , and a devout Christian . |
11 | The Labour Party was not deterred from developing a domestic program me despite the growing concentration on foreign affairs . |
12 | Hoxton was thriving with small businesses , and Benjamin was showing the first signs of a schizophrenic uncertainty about what his official professional title should be : the commercial directories for 1853 list him as a General Salesman , while Henry Joseph 's birth certificate plays safe with ‘ Silversmith ’ . |
13 | Only the last of these put him in a bad light , but it is enough . |
14 | So you try it with the sixes see if they work try it with the sevens try it with the eights see what works . |
15 | Right they all make the salt , they all make it in the same way Hydrochloric acid would make ? |
16 | Many know him as the British jazz singer , but he is equally respected for his brilliance as a film and tv critic , modern art expert , writer and fisherman . |
17 | Thank you friends , we all know him as the one million pound councillor . |
18 | The expression I is not of course the only such troublesome feature of English ; the following examples all present us with the same sort of problems ( with the relevant deictic expression italicized , a convention followed throughout this Chapter ) : ( 6 ) You are the mother of Napoleon ( 7 ) This is an eighteenth-century man-trap ( 8 ) Mary is in love with that fellow over there ( 9 ) It is now 12.15 The sentences are true , respectively , just in case the addressee is indeed the mother of Napoleon , the object currently being indicated by the speaker is indeed an eighteenth-century man-trap , Mary is indeed in love with the fellow in the location indicated by the speaker , and at the time of speaking it is indeed 12.15 . |
19 | They all remember it as a worrying time . |
20 | And ‘ first ’ is a word that suits them , for many recognise them as the finest original instrument group among baroque performers of the present day . |
21 | Scotland does not have national parks at the moment , and many see them as a nasty English invention . |
22 | In so doing , it may also win new respect in other areas of physics , where many see it as a fascinating but over-costly irrelevance . |
23 | The other 152 expect theirs within the next fortnight . |
24 | And on the occasions when there was an epidemic of sheep scab we all went to the sheep dipping tub kept by the Fawcetts , and later the Thwaites at High Birk Hatt , to double dip them in a special drench . |
25 | Unfortunately none of the five provide us with the expected objective measure of pain which we could apply with confidence to adults or to babies or to animals . |
26 | But it is unreasonable from this to extrapolate ‘ the school ’ as one of the cornerstones of society — for what are schools but institutions in which , in the name of knowledge , we ghettoize the young , and keep them from adult company , coop up the violent with the meek , those who like learning with those who do n't , and in general fit them for the modern world , which one quick glimpse of the television will show them to be a violent , murderous , greedy , vulgar and horrid place , in which people in a good mood throw custard pies at one another and in a bad mood chop each other to pieces ? |
27 | Can I say also a particular thank you to the unsung heroes sitting in the corner here . |
28 | Most pay them on the same rates of pay , but because they lack seniority and are usually filling low-skilled , entry-level positions , seasonal workers ' actual earnings are usually lower than those of comparable regular workers . |
29 | All the prisoners are given temporary parole and most use it to the full . |