Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [art] [adj] [noun sg] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | ONCE again baseless charges of lewdness and indecency in this column make it impossible for me to report the following headline in the newsletter of Wolverhampton and Dudley Breweries : ‘ What 's Five Inches Long — and Worth £200 ? ’ |
| 2 | Many of the reformers of the 1870s and 1880s believed that women would earn both a new respect , if they could eschew the frivolities of fashion , and a new freedom which would liberate them to perform a useful role in society . |
| 3 | UNESCO , who has suddenly come alive , has invited the two of them to plan an experimental city in which new technologies and new ways of living can be explored more fully than they were in the real world . |
| 4 | Thank you very much for inviting me to attend the forthcoming AGM in Aberystwyth . |
| 5 | More touching was the sad list of names in Sasbach churchyard , each of them representing a large loss in a small community . |
| 6 | But singers with this ability ( and who also have absolute pitch ) are not very common , and if we want to have our music sung by the majority of singers , it is best to write within the normal limits : Many singers can exceed these limits , but we must remember that , apart from the fact that most people these days have middle-range voices , everyone has a limited zone in which the voice is at its best . |
| 7 | However , nothing has a better chance in the Rous Conditions Stakes than Solar Wagon . |
| 8 | His polite smile did nothing to diminish the flat ultimatum in his eyes . |
| 9 | I needed to earn a bit of extra money when I went on the tour and so I became a professional wrestler in my spare time . |
| 10 | When I became a permanent presenter in Bristol , the main newsreader was Ken Rees , more recently to establish himself as a top foreign correspondent for ITN . |
| 11 | So I became the only bluesman in Kensal Green . |
| 12 | I caught up a bit during the '60s when I became the oldest teenager in town — in fact I was in my early thirties . |
| 13 | Could I make a constructive suggestion in this context of board salaries or remunerations or compensation packages or bonuses I 'm saying that in a slightly tongue in cheek way because I believe that the majority of shareholders do n't understand the differences between these concepts , as you gentlemen evidently do . |
| 14 | When I asked a Pakistani woman in her forties about this interpretation , she said : |
| 15 | I cite the twentieth century in his defence . |
| 16 | I made a similar argument in chapter 1 about practical support in contemporary society . |
| 17 | In fact , I made a major decision in '84 , and followed it through in '86 . |
| 18 | The following year he beat both Sergio Casal and Emilio Sanchez in a 4–1 victory over Spain at Telford and said : ‘ I made a good start in the Cup so the first few matches will always stick in my mind . ’ |
| 19 | I , personally , always tried to avoid being drawn into any kind of union or political affairs , but in the case of the Association I made a slight concession in that I agreed to become Editor of our newsletter , which started out as a news-sheet and eventually grew into a magazine called " Coastlines " , featuring articles , reports from the cutters , poems and competitions . |
| 20 | We do n't want her thinking that you and I made a secret assignation in Piccadilly Circus . |
| 21 | LEADING scorer Paul Wilkinson , who saw a move to Blackburn collapse last year , yesterday insisted : ‘ I made the right choice in joining Middlesbrough when I left Watford . ’ |
| 22 | I made the same point in the previous chapter but it may help if I give a concrete example . |
| 23 | I , I , I notice from the schedule that , I mean a tremendous difference in cost per person if you just add , divided the people into , which suggest the way you 're being work out on a basis of individual needs , and what the carer provides . |
| 24 | I mean the Welsh population in percentage terms is now rising more rapidly than that of England and therefore by the year two thousand and one when the next review would take place er we er will certainly fully occupy if you like , that fifth seat in terms of the average size because Welsh Euro constituencies were during the past ten years , very slightly larger on average than those in England and so er we are moving from under representation to slight over representation for a temporary period er simply because er you know Wales is regarded as indivisible for this purpose and that 's why we welcomed this debate . |
| 25 | The secret is holding it in check , rationing it , saving the best of yourself for the night , and as I scanned the running order in the lull before the storm , I still could n't decide on a personal favourite . |
| 26 | I produced the original cartoon in tempera ; it was entitled Treasure Trove and based on an Aesop Fable . |
| 27 | I inserted the following advertisement in the personal columns of The Times : |
| 28 | I was not aware that circumcision might be a painful , controversial , and perhaps an unethical procedure , but I planned the next attempt in compliance with the editor 's requests . |
| 29 | I passed a military truck in the hedge . |
| 30 | That is when I got a real bee in my bonnet about British restaurants . |