Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [prep] [det] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So good was his work , so fulfilling of my ambitions , that I have been well content to let my narrative in this book play second fiddle to his excellent photographs . |
| 2 | Sir Thomas had quarrelled with my husband over some business matter and persuaded the powers that be that my husband was no fit person to hold the position , whatever the quality of his poetry . |
| 3 | For me — who had consciously to struggle against the imagaic maelstrom implicit in the idea of retroscendence — to have to deploy my powers in this pedestrian manner seemed nothing less than absurd . |
| 4 | ( You will have noticed , I trust , that there is no mention of my walking stick and my gloves in this kiosk episode , thus proving that I certainly do not need to use them . |
| 5 | But my prize for all time lack of observation goes to the old gentleman who , after walking past row upon row of fish tanks , stacks of fish food and eye-catching displays of pond accessories , looked me straight in the eye and said : ‘ Do you do cheese and tomato sandwiches ? ’ |
| 6 | I clinic on this blood test , |
| 7 | My brew for this breeding attempt was to be tap water , rain water and tap water filtered through peat in equal measures , which gave me readings of 6pH and 2DH |
| 8 | I let the water out of the sink and dry my hands on this roller thing . |
| 9 | Other pictures took the place of these ; Neil 's tent , not far up the brae , and the possibility not only , at worst , of having its shelter for the night , but of my seeing from that vantage point when Neil came back with his boat . |
| 10 | ‘ That is my phrontistery , Mr Frere ’ , Louisa smiled , ‘ — my retreat in more clement weather . |
| 11 | Several hours later I was in London making my way to another railway station to catch the train going North . |
| 12 | I wound my way through this village scene , then quite suddenly I was no longer in an Indian village , but instead in a Mughal garden . |
| 13 | Most of my companions on this field trip to the mines are from the Third World . |
| 14 | Kandel , trained as a psychiatrist , spent a period working on Aplysia with Ladislav Tauc in Paris in the 1960s , saw the potential of the organism , initially for the study of short-term processes such as habituation , and over the subsequent quarter-century in New York he has made its study peculiarly his own and that of the generations of researchers who have cut their teeth in this Columbia laboratory . |
| 15 | Opera , ballet , symphony concerts , chamber recitals , art exhibitions and plays all hav their part in this 4-week programme . |
| 16 | Despite their expertise in such field craft , though , there was a limit to the area the Australians could control , and they had to send more men south to protect their supply line from the coast . |
| 17 | One interesting fact emerged from her description of that birthday party , however , when she was describing the games that she and the other children played . |
| 18 | A lot of people have said to us that our gigs remind them of when they 're in the bathroom , miming with a tennis racket , pouring water over their heads for that sweat experience . ’ |
| 19 | A lot of people have said to us that our gigs remind them of when they 're in the bathroom , miming with a tennis racket , pouring water over their heads for that sweat experience . ’ |
| 20 | The Food Safety Act has taken its toll on many kitchen ventilation canopy manufacturers . |
| 21 | But the problem which data of this kind present is whether or not contexts where the subject is realized by a personal pronoun or by these are possible ‘ variable ’ environments . |
| 22 | However , many songwriters still choose to sign an exclusive publishing agreement with a music publisher , thereby giving up a portion of their royalties and fees , and assigning all rights in their songs to that music publisher for a set period of time . |
| 23 | A number of the more left-leaning activists from the first strike , such as Bob Pagels and Glen Barr , made clear their opposition to this second stoppage . |
| 24 | She said 'er an' Fred only jus ' got in wiv their bid before that bastard Galloway bought the land fer 'is business . |
| 25 | He had n't had to tell them to take their shoes off before boarding at the Co-op quay and in three days of cruising they had washed the sand off their feet after each shore trip . |
| 26 | And Blackburn are desperately fighting for their lives in this league cup competition . |
| 27 | And the first crew back at base at RAF Lyneham to share their experiences of another mercy mission . |
| 28 | He was their paying guest and had been since that afternoon seven years ago when he had tracked Rachel Gebler down to her home in this seaside suburb close to the famous swimming beaches . |
| 29 | After making her name in children 's shows like Wacaday and Owl TV , Michaela has broadened her range to such adult fare as ITV 's The Hitman and Her . |
| 30 | Daughter Chastity , from her marriage to former singing partner Sonny Bono , is now 23 , while son Elijah , from a second trip down the aisle with rock musician Gregg Allman , is 17 . |