Example sentences of "[pron] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Villeneuve and Scheckter managed to score just eight points between them during the 1980 season and the reigning world champion failed even to qualify for one race . |
| 2 | ‘ I shall do nothing for the simple reason that — knowing Doreen — it would be a waste of time and effort . |
| 3 | You do n't hurl them through space and put them through an electric field and a magnetic field and the rest of it . |
| 4 | Too often businessmen through reticence or unawareness neglect the resources available to them through the local banks and the purpose of this short article is to draw their attention to the servies and assistance available . |
| 5 | These are n't my lecture notes they I cribbed them off the social psychologist and made copies last night . |
| 6 | But then he suddenly dumped me for no apparent reason and left me broken-hearted . |
| 7 | My course will eventually qualify me for a good career but meanwhile I 'm struggling on an allowance . |
| 8 | Indeed , the fact that he did not refer her to a different psychiatrist convinced me for a long time that I had misconstrued the situation . |
| 9 | The owner had known me for a long time and asked me if I could run a brothel . |
| 10 | And the , I went to the my little now in Italy , making this conditional he says it 's no bloody good on me , poor old curly what , I think he 's about ninety , he looked it , he said what they keep making you conditional for he said you 've got no ruddy condition it 's gone and the , the recommended me for a complete discharge and , and eh , I started off with fifty per cent pension . |
| 11 | Can you excuse me for a few minutes while I have a word with the others and then I 'll be straight back to you ? ’ |
| 12 | Yeah , even on the phone our Rob rings up and er , he 'll speak to me for a few minutes and he speaks |
| 13 | The Brigadier glared at me for a few seconds and replied rather quietly . |
| 14 | It occurred to me for the first time that he might not know whether or not I 'd lost the baby . |
| 15 | It hit me for the first time that the bands and comedians were going to be performing here for free , for John , for us . |
| 16 | When my feeble protests were ignored back there it hit me for the first time that I was n't a civilian any more . |
| 17 | Well that 's what everybody sings to me when them and they meet me for the first time or get introduced to me . |
| 18 | Nigel turned his head to look at me for the first time and smiled in a kindly manner . |
| 19 | Bessie kissed me for the last time as I held tightly to her . |
| 20 | The point is that the inference which you give to it is that they 're not quite fit to be Governors , by comparison with others , and I 'd like to defend that because I can assure you that I have never ever nominated a Governor for a school who I have not thought would be advantageous to that Board of Governors to have as a member and that he will be he or she will be a contributor to that particular school , and I 've done it time and time and time again and indeed on occasions have had headmasters coming to me and thanking me for the particular person that I put in . |
| 21 | Everyone loves me for the very things that you want me to cover up ! |
| 22 | ‘ I am , ’ Piers agreed , ‘ although you can continue to think of me as a glorified carpenter if you like . ’ |
| 23 | It has come through to me as a firm conclusion that , if there is such a thing as premonition , it is something which is instantaneous — a flash of intuition … . |
| 24 | The agent never treated me as a serious buyer because I did n't fit his image of a businessman ’ ) , the adaptation process began . |
| 25 | Fiona hugged me as a long-lost brother and said Harry still could n't be quite clear in his mind as he was saying now that he remembered drowning . |
| 26 | ‘ Other students did n't treat me as a mature student and I got to know students aged 17 to 70 . |
| 27 | Wessex region would not recognise me as a senior registrar until the college 's approval had been received . |
| 28 | It means giving the report to someone who knows little or nothing about the actual subject and asking them to say what they do n't understand about it , right down to individual words and sentences . |
| 29 | Mr H knew nothing about the new law when he arrived in the UK . |
| 30 | Mr Noyes will claim the MoD said nothing about the alleged landing because it wanted to save any embarrassment . |