Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [noun prp] [verb] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But we do not realise this till Gandalf remarks on their near-meeting some thirty pages later . |
| 2 | She reached for the .38 jammed into her waistband , trying to pull it free as Stark grabbed for her throat . |
| 3 | He was carefully trying to place one stone on top of another when Ballater called on him . |
| 4 | No sooner were they seated than Travis turned to her cousin with a faintly puzzled smile . |
| 5 | Terence came close to being stroppy until Mallachy got to his feet and squared his iron jaw , but the incident was enveloped by a late surge to the bar . |
| 6 | The issue behind these questions becomes clearer when Paul speaks of what is promised to us . |
| 7 | We 've got ta buy players Deane 's having a mare and Hodge is n't premier league material — he 's had a fairly long run in the side and has n't produced as much as Rocky did in his few opportunities . |
| 8 | We 've got ta buy players Deane 's having a mare and Hodge is n't premier league material — he 's had a fairly long run in the side and has n't produced as much as Rocky did in his few opportunities . |
| 9 | In principle , of course , the conclusion of such a struggle need not be as straightforward as Dearlove implies in his own study . |
| 10 | He had asked if he could go to the seminary school at once , but he had seemed relieved when Tom advised against it . |
| 11 | Annie took off the brake and started to push the pram along the paved path , feeling decidedly uncomfortable as Billy walked beside her . |
| 12 | The effect of the order of Waite J. , had it not been immediately stayed by this court , might have been to require the health authority to put J. on a ventilator in an intensive care unit , and thereby possibly to deny the benefit of those limited resources to a child who was much more likely than J. to benefit from them . |
| 13 | It 's more comfortable if Herta lies on her side and I take up position behind her . |
| 14 | Back in the bedroom , he handed her the discarded nightshirt , his face carefully blank as Leonora scrambled into it , so unsteady on her feet that it was a relief to get back beneath the covers . |
| 15 | For otherwise how can we ever be sure whether Beethoven intends for us to see a horde of goblins or a host of elephants ? ’ |
| 16 | Andrew was indulgent when Judith talked of her ambitions to star in a Broadway production , or better still , in a London West End success and we all voiced assurance and encouragement as one talks to a little boy who hopes to become Prime Minister . |
| 17 | Hinting perhaps of bringing subtle pressures to bear , Watkins reminds us that SunSoft has at least 1,000 engineers working full-time on its Unix implementation , many more than USL has in its entire organisation . |
| 18 | There must be more evidence than some existentialists desire for their ‘ splendid ’ leap of faith , but there may be less than Copleston required for his certain assurance of God 's existence . |
| 19 | Mark Wright , John Barnes , Ian Rush and David Burrows were all missing as Liverpool crashed to their second defeat in four days . |
| 20 | The critique of Nietzsche 's apocalyptic aestheticism , with its injunction to build your dwelling on the slopes of Vesuvius , just can not be reduced to the cliché about Baudrillard fiddling while Rome burns with which the book closes . |
| 21 | Even Granny was shocked when Grimma looked at her with a face from which all the colour had drained away . |
| 22 | Since it was the golden-fleeced ram the king really wanted , he was not at all pleased when Marko came before him on the seventh day with a jug of sweet wine and a cluster of grapes in his handkerchief . |
| 23 | Helen was called home to help her sister , Irene , in her employment and during this ten-week secretarial stint she and Edward met frequently on the Common as Helen returned from her work . |
| 24 | But in May 1981 the contradictions finally became irreconcilable when Elliott insisted on his right to hire prestigious journalists at ‘ appropriate salaries ’ . |
| 25 | It seemed to me that he needed reassurance , needed people other than Margot to believe in him . |
| 26 | I believe that the benefits of the portfolio concept may be greater than Porter sees from his largely industrial-economics perspective . |
| 27 | The courtesies to be shown are seen at their best when Aurora dances with her Prince in the last act of The Sleeping Beauty . |
| 28 | Claudia pressed the door-handle in vain as Roman laughed at her efforts . |
| 29 | He had wooed her with hunger tempered with tenderness , lifting her to heights of fulfilment she could never have even imagined before she had met him , and she 'd been a willing , eager vessel , wreaking her woman 's power over him , submitting joyfully to his possession until in the final moment of consummation she had robbed him of his strength , leaving him as helpless as Samson shorn of his crowning glory . |
| 30 | He had been frightened until Ivan explained to him that the sun went to bed like everyone else and would be up and shining for them in the morning . |