Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [verb] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet if not all of them necessarily regarded Cnut with disfavour on his accession , it is likely that there were quarters in which he had to face considerable initial hostility . |
| 2 | This reply read : ‘ I duly acknowledge receipt of correspondence sent in respect of children in care and confirm that the mail has now been forwarded accordingly . ’ |
| 3 | His apparently unflagging zest for life impressed Bowler . |
| 4 | For much of this year , Glover 's drawn face has matched his prematurely greying shock of hair . |
| 5 | Now I just read news about death . ’ |
| 6 | I was at Nottingham Grammar School , I always came top in science , and literature , and I loved reading and learning , which I knew would be vital to become a doctor . |
| 7 | But I always spoke English with Mum , and I went to an English school in Athens . |
| 8 | I also use oil on paper finishing with gouache over the top . |
| 9 | I also had support from Lance house and from er Leith community centre . |
| 10 | Windows comes with a basic painting application and I also have access to Freelance . |
| 11 | His popularity had increased and his ambition had increased proportionately — the time had come , he told himself , to put his carefully laid plan into action . |
| 12 | Athelstan began to sip carefully at his now cooling bowl of soup . |
| 13 | As a keeper of Cichlids , I often use rainwater in addition to tapwater . |
| 14 | However , while I was in hospital , I had seen a boy I vaguely knew die of leukemia in the bed opposite me . |
| 15 | In London , Nicholas Knightly threaded ribbons through the bodice of his softly draped gown in midnight georgette , while Ghost had the perfect flowing robe for every latter-day Lady Guinevere . |
| 16 | No one else has got , has someone else got responsibility for client contact record sheet ? |
| 17 | Beatty , as befitted his newly acquired status in life , was in the high profile dating league and prime fodder for the gossip columnists . |
| 18 | Jeanne , the Vitou 's only daughter was being prepared for evacuation , but my newly found knowledge in medicine and sociology was making me over optimistic . |
| 19 | ‘ I never expected travelling on foot to be so arduous , ’ she said . |
| 20 | ‘ I never had time for fun when I was your age ! |
| 21 | ‘ I never touch liquor on duty . |
| 22 | We do always tell them not to keep cash at home . |
| 23 | After months of debate the National Assembly on Dec. 17 adopted a new abortion law replacing that in force under communist rule ( and suspended in 1990 ) which effectively allowed abortion on demand . |
| 24 | SUPEREAL : ‘ Elixir ’ occasional Meat Beat Manifesto members issue their eagerly awaited debut of trancey house rhythms , co-produced by former ABC and Unique 3 collaborator John Crosley |
| 25 | THE Soviet space station Salyut-7 made its long awaited return to Earth in the early hours ( 0400 GMT ) of Thursday 7 February . |
| 26 | The combined effect of these problems is currently felt in the Spanish railways ' extremely low commercial speeds which greatly hamper competition with road and air transport . |
| 27 | Only in cases involving ethnic groups does it suddenly forget its much advertised opposition to censorship and abandon its crusading zeal to defend the public 's ‘ right to know ’ . |
| 28 | Her highly alerted state of mind told her there was some purpose behind that question . |
| 29 | This was partly due to the fact that I did n't really understand what I was supposed to be doing and partly because I had a very intricate felt-pen and biro decoration to complete on my pencil case ( which obviously took priority over maths work ) . |
| 30 | It takes place all the time and should not be confused with organizational politicking ( which generally takes place behind closed doors ) or personal vituperation ( which generally takes place in committee rooms ) . |