Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're well-disposed enough , all the Percy tribe , because their own holdings are in the north , and they have nothing to lose here on the Welsh border . |
| 2 | Such persistence is not easy because there is nothing to go on except the general hunch that there ought to be an opportunity somewhere about . |
| 3 | Everyone goes in for a little enhancement , one way or another . |
| 4 | In the 1987 budget , a " carryback " was introduced for BES investors , enabling them to carry back to the previous tax year relief on up to 15,000 invested . |
| 5 | My conclusion makes it unnecessary for me to proceed further upon the natural justice argument . |
| 6 | He tried to bolster his courage by reciting the reasons for what he was doing : go per cent of them boiled down to a pressing need for money , so pressing that the bank was threatening to foreclose on his mortgage ; the other lo per cent was divided between the desire to do Lorton a good turn and the feeling that the Newleys deserved whatever fate could throw at them . |
| 7 | My father wanted me to go on to a Public School and I received special lessons in Latin Verse and in Greek .. |
| 8 | We had a grand doctor from London once , who told me to go out in the fresh air and try to get well . |
| 9 | In fact , he was the one who encouraged me to go down to the Lesbian and Gay Centre in Edinburgh . |
| 10 | It 's easier for you to experiment to see how it works than for me to go in for a detailed but boring explanation . |
| 11 | Lush 's large audience , most of whom chatter blithely through the sensitive acoustic numbers , seem to agree . |
| 12 | Lush 's large audience , most of whom chatter blithely through the sensitive acoustic numbers , seem to agree . |
| 13 | More of them got in on the industrial act — Sri Lanka was the latest brave new industrializing country , while India finally took off as a major supplier of iron and steel on the global stage . |
| 14 | Maisie pushed Robert towards the stairs , and the two of them moved down towards the crowded entrance hall . |
| 15 | He waited for them to pass through into the central chamber . |
| 16 | On the ground floor he walked a few feet ahead , leaving me to trundle behind like a meek Arab wife . |
| 17 | Something made me glance over to the long french windows leading to the back verandah , and there she was : Poppy , dressed from head to foot in black . |
| 18 | You had me pegged down as a full-time thief . ’ |
| 19 | As he moved slowly at first his mouth sought first her breasts and then her lips , his breathing ragged as the pulsating , rhythmic movement quickened , echoing the rising heat in her blood , both of them caught up in a swirling vortex of emotions . |
| 20 | Everyone dined together at a plain wooden table more suited to the kitchen or servants ' quarters than the guests ' dining room , and the fare was similarly lacking in charm . |
| 21 | ‘ Michael asked me to come up with a funny line for him to say on leaving the house , ’ recalled scriptwriter Raymond Allen . |
| 22 | ‘ In fact , I could swear your image-maker wants me to come across as a free spirit , someone who does n't need the convention of a male escort — and I do n't . |
| 23 | While subjects were actually driving around they were required to give risk ratings , this may have caused them to concentrate unusually on the risky situations and think about them to a much greater degree than they would have normally . |
| 24 | I mean you see them walking around particularly people who go for the big dogs , you see them walking around with a big thick necks , the tattoos , the er the boots and the jeans rolled up . |
| 25 | ‘ Perhaps someone got through on a short-wave transmitter ? ’ |
| 26 | The tide is low and someone points excitedly into the clear water to where a couple of large sea-urchins are making their sedate way along the rock-face . |
| 27 | I gazed across to the rising ground beyond the farm buildings . |
| 28 | I gazed down at the reclining form . |
| 29 | Move along ! " bawled the orderly , and as I shuffled away I gazed appealingly at the white-coated figure . |
| 30 | I shied away from the very American-sounding compliment . |