Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Swallows and house martins have dispensed with them altogether to gain a clear view of the insects they catch on the wing . |
2 | Meanwhile , the unruly people of Rome , currently opposed to the Pope , suggested that it would suit them better to confirm the imperial crown upon Barbarossa . |
3 | It seems to me better to consider the particular relationship in hand , and see whether or not , as a matter of policy economic loss should be recoverable . |
4 | Ianthe picked up a bottle in each hand , then had to put one of them down to ring the front door bell . |
5 | Nothing so riled a sixteenth-century conquistadore as the knowledge that some men indulged in sodomy , and Balboa felt no compunction in setting the dreadful war-dogs on the culprits and having them tom to pieces in full public view . |
6 | Much as I tried to break in several times , they always caught me and would n't let me in to see the poor people travelling . |
7 | The drafter may be tempted to adopt a 'scissors and paste " approach , drawing individual clauses from a number of precedents and putting them together to form a finished product . |
8 | Perhaps Christian 's ownership of the farm depended in some way upon the manor , or the Fettiplace family , and Christian had called them together to break the bad news to them . |
9 | ABOVE The method of dating using tree-rings ( dendrochronology ) involves taking samples from timbers of different ages , and linking them together to provide an overall dating sequence . |
10 | Compared with Mitroff 's earlier paper , there is much more emphasis here on linking stakeholder analysis with research into cognitive schemas , and a greater recognition that there may be problems both in identifying the schemas , often held unconsciously , and in bringing them together to inform the corporate debate about strategy . |
11 | er , at the back page about nine inch by six wi you , were cut-outs and you cut it out and stuck them together to make a little paper , well , thick paper model . |
12 | Nothing better illustrates the social balance in the party and the fierce independence of the local parties than the argument about the selection of working-class candidates . |
13 | With the leave of the House , it remains for me only to thank the Select Committee on Energy for allowing us to hear the Government 's reply . |
14 | I instinctively had a quick look but I could n't see a damned thing . |
15 | Writing in the school bulletin , he said : ‘ I wholly applaud The Northern stance on this particular issue . |
16 | May I say that I wholeheartedly support a big increase in the tax on petrol ( even though I 'm a motorist myself ) . |
17 | And because of a very mild T S S infection , it 's very unlikely that my daughter will ever have another child , so I wholeheartedly support the composite motion , but want to emphasize what we as individuals must do . |
18 | At first the beeves were indistinct masses , cold and blurry , but I eventually got a satisfactory materialisation . |
19 | Taking one of the white roads , I eventually found a small village . |
20 | I additionally sported a wide silver tie furled in buxom Windsor knot . |
21 | I rather like the flexible concept of this circuit . |
22 | I do not normally give way to someone who has just ambled into the Chamber , but I shall make an exception on this occasion , because I rather like the hon. Gentleman 's florid looks . |
23 | I rather deplore the recent manifestation of Pop ; it does n't seem to me to have the intellectual force of the art of the Sixties . |
24 | As it happened , I emerged a little late and I fear I rather startled the young gentleman , who immediately pulled his attaché case away from me and clutched it to his chest with both arms . |
25 | I am sorry that I so rattled the Prime Minister with my question at the previous Prime Minister 's Question Time that he has not come to the House today . |
26 | ‘ My companion and I merely walk the same path as you do . ’ |
27 | I merely set a few wheels in motion . ’ |
28 | ‘ On the last tour I basically played the same thing every night and I suddenly came to the realisation that I was n't progressing as much as I should . |
29 | On the last tour I basically played the same thing every night and I suddenly came to the realisation that I was n't progressing as much as I should |
30 | And he all but confirmed this was his last match , saying : ‘ I basically feel the same way as I have all year , and although I am not going to announce my retirement , I guess that is it . |