Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [noun] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of my research assistants did some investigation . |
| 2 | My work experience includes one year as an accounts clerk , and two years as a shop assistant in a women 's clothes shop . |
| 3 | If I take a bus into town during my lunch break to do some shopping I have to remember to throw away the bus ticket or he 'll ask me where I 've been , and when I say I 've been shopping , he 'll say he does n't believe me . |
| 4 | On stage I still have humbuckers in everything , although for the next tour I hope to change my amp setup to accommodate single coil guitars as well . |
| 5 | As the mother of two sons myself , I now find my childhood reaction extreme , and am led to suspect that my separation anxiety originated some time before the birth of my sister . |
| 6 | I am working part-time , but my maternity leave begins next month . |
| 7 | ‘ Since the turn of the year — and not before ! — I 've been concentrating on my retirement , while my wife Irene continues part-time mid-wifery , ’ says Bob . |
| 8 | My observer bias forbids any attempt at interpreting Lees ' fig 1 . |
| 9 | My catalogue essay to end all catalogue essays . |
| 10 | It has left one of my downstairs windows stranded next door with a Cyclopean view of the neighbours , occasional week-enders , sun-bathing on their colourful suites of beach furniture . |
| 11 | This is the one time of year when I wish I did n't live in the depths of Devon , as my nearest indoor school is 1¾ hours away , and Ferdi Eilberg my dressage trainer lives 3½ miles away ! |
| 12 | The CSCE crisis committee on Yugoslavia decided on Sept. 18 to extend its monitoring missions to cover other areas of ethnic tension , in Vojvodina and in Kosovo and Sandzak ( Moslem-inhabited areas spanning Serbia and Montenegro — see below ) . |
| 13 | She said she occasionally felt that a job she could have been doing was being done by someone else leaving her less than fully occupied , but as her case load increased this feeling appeared to lessen . |
| 14 | The cost of adapting their computer systems to handle new VAT requirements has proved to be an exceedingly expensive undertaking for the UK book business . |
| 15 | Tadpole Technology plc , lost its chairman Bill Gilkes last week : George Grey , Tadpole chief executive officer and founder said a replacement will be named within 90 days . |
| 16 | A simple case occurs when M is far more massive than m , in which case m has little effect on the axial rotation of M and changes in the semi-major axis of the co-rotation orbit are negligible . |
| 17 | Equipped for fast and comfortable cruising , her deck equipment includes 22 self tailing winches with electric push button primaries . |
| 18 | In recent years there has been considerable discussion of the extent to which university research addresses industrial needs . |
| 19 | Likewise it is sometimes difficult for adolescent boys who work hard at building an image of toughness within their peer group to drop that image for the sake of the drama . |
| 20 | Every one of those surveyed had a class , though some were released from part of their teaching duties to undertake other activities . |
| 21 | Concerned organisations are continuing their lobbying activities to have these animals included in the legislation . |
| 22 | Let us look at those towns that grew up in the midst of their own open fields , that entered the nineteenth century with their population rising at a phenomenal rate , but were wholly unable to expand their building area to meet this rise in numbers . |
| 23 | This shared emphasis upon the state as an organization , bureaucracy , or manager , is obvious in the near unanimity with which elite theorists describe modern states that are not liberal democracies . |
| 24 | ‘ If a patient is old , say over 65 , their cholesterol level makes little difference to their life expectancy . |
| 25 | Her college library has interesting books , as well as the latest art magazines . |
| 26 | She had either fallen or been pushed on to a spike on the plough ; the level of her blood alcohol gave some credence to the idea that she had fallen . |
| 27 | In its action plan to save threatened cetaceans the Cetacean Specialist Group of IUCN has given the highest priority to a study which would monitor the scattered gill-net fisheries in the Gulf of California . |
| 28 | In seconds the air is filled with hexagons , their Dacron lines shining bright white against the azure sky . |
| 29 | As noted in Chapter 3 , there is no inherent power for partners to rid themselves of an unwanted colleague short of seeking a dissolution unless their partnership agreement contains express provision . |
| 30 | The authority 's professional advisers could target an area of concern , brief community pharmacists on the issues , and use their practice visits to inform general practitioners . |