Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The only time my Oscars show a behavioural change is when they are separated from the shark , when they sulk and retreat unto the plec 's cave . |
| 2 | Despite my soft soles , my steps had an extraordinary echo . |
| 3 | I began to hum and before I knew it , a tidal wave of crystal-clear sound swept my voice to hitherto undiscovered heights and depths , racing through tunnels of octaves until the sound was n't my own and my ears heard a stranger singing . |
| 4 | My words created an eerie silence . |
| 5 | As he takes the mobile from me he says , ‘ That 's my best boy , ’ and I feel my legs do a little dance . |
| 6 | Twenty-five years later in West Mercia , as a newly promoted superintendent , I listened at my first conference as my peers discussed a chief constable 's agreement which allowed officers to discard ties in hot weather and wear open-necked shirts . |
| 7 | I listened to my feet making a steady rhythm on the paved stones , as regular as a pulse beat . |
| 8 | Then out of the hat my parents produced an older sister . |
| 9 | For two summer holidays my parents took a Prep school outside Westerham and from here we bicycled over half of Kent with our Father or played on the small school fields or swam in the local swimming bath . |
| 10 | At any rate , for once my parents presented a united front . |
| 11 | My parents have a cruel sense of humour . |
| 12 | I just want my dancers to have a great time . ’ |
| 13 | Mr. Miller , of whom I must always retain the highest sense , both for the Knowledge I have received from his Labours , and more particularly that Friendship and Communicativeness with which he always treated me , was blessed with a more favourable Situation in the progress of his Experiments , by enjoying the kind Influence of the Sun ( the parent of Vegetation ) in so high a Degree as to have the Vine in full ripeness on the natural Wall , without the assistance of Art ; and could we all experience the same Felicity , I need not have communicated my Observations or my Countrymen wanted an other Tutor … |
| 14 | My stilettos made a clip-thunk noise along the black and white marbled hallway leading to the door . |
| 15 | I pushed up my goggles to get a better look at her . |
| 16 | And the mother says , ‘ The babby likes to stroke the fur , they 're like cuddly toys ’ ; and I says , ‘ Jesus , woman , you do realize there 's enough poison in them rats to kill a bloody army ? ’ ’ |
| 17 | Frank reports from Bavarian localities where the government and police agencies were in closer touch with reality than many of their superiors give a clear impression of the mood . |
| 18 | In Robinson 's version , resistances R 1 and R 3 were special ganged conductances so that their dials carried a direct frequency reading , according to equation ( 7.22 ) . |
| 19 | Companies like Toyota , Nissan , Sony , Hitachi , Honda or Matsushita concentrate on narrower product ranges but their operations involve an extensive array of horizontal and vertical relationships with affiliated firms . |
| 20 | Once inside , the new detective will quickly meld into the department 's style , pursuing its rituals to form a new link in the tradition of the CID . |
| 21 | He was deternined to use the dramatic location and its views to make a powerful memorial rather than to build a lofty edifice that would dominate the skyline . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'll change all that when we 're married , ’ Naylor assured her , and her heartbeats raced an erratic rhythm at just the very thought of being married to him . |
| 23 | British Gas , on 76 per cent recall , came second with its scenes of celebrities ‘ in control ’ as they flicked their fingers to reveal a blue flame . |
| 24 | You could take in the Hot Ice Show ‘ 93 , with international skaters combining their talents to produce a spectacular ice show for all the family to enjoy . |
| 25 | On that occasion the energetic opposition to Henry I 's accession put up by Constance of Arles and her sons created a serious crisis , in the course of which Henry was driven to take refuge at the court of the duke of Normandy . |
| 26 | But her copies had a witty twist . |
| 27 | But her copies had a witty twist . |
| 28 | In France before World War I , collective bargaining existed only in mining and printing — both being geographically highly concentrated industries in which employers had an obvious interest in organising , in this case in order to avoid ‘ whipsawing ’ by the union . |
| 29 | However , in 1896 the South African mining bureaucracy took MacArthur through their courts to prove an esoteric weakness in the patent , which allowed them to avoid royalty payments to the man who had rejuvenated their industry . |
| 30 | At noon , in a wide green meadow on the lush tableland that was the top of the impossibly-balanced Wyrmberg , the dragons and their riders formed a wide circle . |