Example sentences of "[adj] and [vb -s] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 's blond , Sloaney , utterly vacuous and gossips on the phone . |
| 2 | Each one is a potential hypnotic and competes for the attention . |
| 3 | My prognosis is extremely grave and follows from the diagnosis , that these are consequences of a divided society . |
| 4 | The gallery canopy roof , which adjoins the house , is very old and lies below the house roof . |
| 5 | He 's holding his hand out to me , yelling at me , but I 'm stuck there , terrified , screaming , and I do n't know what to do , ca n't think what to do , even while he 's yelling at me to help him , come out to him , get a branch , but I 'm petrified at the thought of setting foot on that white , treacherous surface and I ca n't imagine finding a branch , ca n't think what to do as I look one way towards the tall trees above the hidden gorge and the other along the shore of the loch towards the boat-house but there are no branches , there 's only snow everywhere , and then Andy stops struggling and slips under the whiteness . |
| 6 | Your Maria Cork [ Healthcare , Beckton ] is so helpful , charming and comes to the bank promptly and early . |
| 7 | He traces the origins of contemporary attitudes to professionalism and public services , to the Victorian period , and argues that the model we have inherited is outmoded and stands in the way of improving professionally relationships . |
| 8 | What the Government are doing about the inspectorate is extremely foolish and flies in the face of its proud history . |
| 9 | His species propagation theorizing itself was accordingly constructed , from the very opening of Notebook B , as an argument that starts with the sexual generation of one individual organism from another and ends with the propagation of one species from another . |
| 10 | It 's square , blue and white , generally weather resistant and belongs to the genus Hague . |
| 11 | This analysis applies equally well to a star in the act of collapsing through its horizon : it grows redder and fades on a time-scale of |
| 12 | This came into force in October 1991 and introduces to the law important new principles about children 's rights and choices , parental responsibility , and the role of the education and welfare system . |
| 13 | The first person goes round the outside and pats on the head those sitting saying ‘ duck ’ each time . |
| 14 | It was inspired by the victory of the Poles over the Turks in Bessarabia in 1621 and sings of the heroism of the Slavs in their long fight against the infidels . |
| 15 | Experimentally the system is extremely simple and consists of a device rather like a geiger counter filled with an inert gas and containing the atoms of the element in question . |
| 16 | The tail is vibrated and shaken against rocks when the snake is irritated or alarmed and serves as a warning . |
| 17 | The festival opens on May 10 and runs until the end of the month . |
| 18 | My right hon. Friend is right and speaks with the authority of many years ' membership of the House . |
| 19 | sh , he 's really sort of like , dead brainy and goes to the child-minder and goes to school and whatever ! |
| 20 | You 've got ta to do it so it 's clear , concise and puts across the information that you feel is important to get across |
| 21 | Hot water is even more scarce and depends on the weather , or whether or not a fuse has blown . |
| 22 | Love is subtle and grows in the heart only slowly and after long and painstaking work . |
| 23 | They need a sympathetic response , that is understandable and starts at the beginning . |
| 24 | If he pleads guilty and begs for the mercy of the court , he may get off with a fine and deportation . |
| 25 | The rapist is described as black , five foot seven inches tall and looks like a body-builder . |
| 26 | When Jack and Alick , after being shipwrecked and narrowly escaping murder , starvation and sundry other perils , are reunited with Terence on board a brig-of-war , he declares it is worth being lost when reunion is so pleasant and ends with a flourish : ‘ Old fellows , I knew you would come back somehow or other ; I always said so ; astride of a dolphin , if in no other way … ’ |
| 27 | Mr Tapie is by no means a doctrinaire socialist and sits as an independent in the National Assembly . |
| 28 | Pip is initially horrified and recoils from the man but gradually comes to understand , and respond to , Magwitch 's love for him , and tries , with Herbert 's assistance , to smuggle the ex-convict abroad again to save him from the death-sentence he would face as an illegally returned transported criminal . |
| 29 | If the lamp is adjusted , by a circular knob set into the side , the purple glow can be made much brighter and plays over the mutant . |
| 30 | It is slim and fast and fits in the hand like it belongs there . |