Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [vb -s] [adv prt] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've got millions of beer bottles in my cellar , or My car breaks down every five minutes |
| 2 | My dilemma points up a basic dichotomy in the educational aims of the school . |
| 3 | They may both be the most humble men in Christendom , but their fiction gives off a sulphurous whiff . |
| 4 | The second deterrent is a financial one : course participants do not have to pay fees , since the course itself is financed by the DES , but they do have to fund their living costs over a ten-week period — a not inconsiderable financial commitment . |
| 5 | Just because yours is n't as good , her mind fills in the blank space . |
| 6 | Instead of assuming that their development progresses along a smooth and unproblematic path it is assumed that there have to be mechanisms and policies to overcome constantly recurring disequilibria and attempts to gain some sort of balance ( for example , between agriculture and industry ; between the amounts available for consumption and for investment in new capital ; between money and financial capital on one hand and production on the other ; and , especially , between capital and labour ) . |
| 7 | When Rebekah suggests that Jacob take his brother 's place , or when Potiphar 's wife tries to seduce Joseph , or Tamar calls attention to Judah 's progeny , their interference breaks up the exclusive father-son dialogue and forces recognition of their presence … . |
| 8 | Visitors look around and find themselves at a party , surrounded by chatting people , but their journey takes on a new twist as they glass is tipped , a face looms over the rim and they are poured into the drinkers throat . |
| 9 | Its position sums up the massive ego of a man who plundered millions from his empire 's pensioners . |
| 10 | Stress affects posture : often people look slumped , their shoulders sag and they hunch their back ; alternatively they hold themselves very rigid so that the muscles of the shoulders and neck especially are set ; their face takes on a fixed expression with perhaps staring eyes or clenched jaw ; muscular tics and involuntary twitches can arise ; for some people cramp is stress-related . |
| 11 | Its atmosphere takes up the outermost 600 miles of its 38,000 mile radius , and is mostly hydrogen , with some methane ( CH 2 ) , ethene ( C 2 H 2 ) and ammonia ( NH 3 ) , plus water vapour ( H 2 O ) and phosphine ( Ph 3 ) . |
| 12 | The collection of mementos on her mantelpiece sums up the different strands of her life . |
| 13 | This summary and climax of God 's covenant-agreement with his people sets out a basic ethical norm applicable to all men in all ages ( since they are in fact the " Maker 's instructions " ) . |
| 14 | His eyes pop , his ears burn , his chin rolls out an extra volume . |
| 15 | ‘ His family goes back a long way . ’ |
| 16 | Being at the other end of an extremely hostile divorce suit can be a very nasty experience — especially when your expartner cranks up an aggressive lawyer to screw you . |
| 17 | If you prefer to mount a stalwart defence you can wait behind long lines of hand gunners , massed ranks of halberdiers and hold important positions with volley guns while your artillery softens up the advancing enemy . |
| 18 | Your opponent takes up a left fighting stance , that is with the left leg leading . |
| 19 | ‘ That — that our relationship goes back a long way , of course . ’ |
| 20 | Stephen wrote for " Voice of Vangmoor " : " Those who declare our moorland puts up a poor showing when it comes to wildlife , should contemplate some of the offerings of my ginger tomcat : fieldmice , a shrew and even a water vole . " |