Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I will grow my hair out to its natural colour until it falls long and lank about my shoulders , allow my skin to fade to a startling winter white . |
| 2 | I do n't want my child to turn into an anti-social loner which , as your article pointed out , is one of the perils of spending hour after hour playing computer games . |
| 3 | Then there was the question of what sorts of costume were appropriate on such a journey , and whether or not it was worth my while to invest in a new set of clothes . |
| 4 | It 's not my way to leave behind a wrecked side |
| 5 | I knew an immovable object when I saw it , and I retreated through the first sleeping car , where grooms in T-shirts lolled in open day compartments ( shut off by heavy felt curtains for sleeping ) , on my way to consult with the Chinese chef in the forward dome car 's kitchen . |
| 6 | He 's been visiting family ; I 'm on my way to write about the Russian submarines in Murmansk — maybe interview a submarine officer if I am lucky . |
| 7 | For example , the Oracle might say , ‘ I could see in the stars that the Feast would take in the foolish , I told my master to prepare for a great revenge ’ , and then have the Oracle tell the adventurers the story of the Poison Feast from the Drachenfels novel in full , if the players have n't read that book . |
| 8 | I put two chairs together , sat down on one with Dawn and got my mother to sit on the other chair with the cat . |
| 9 | She knew few other details and left my bedside to gossip with the other nurses in the hallway . |
| 10 | Diet , general fitness , golfing psychology and sports injuries all feature among the discussion topics and have their part to play in the overall picture . |
| 11 | Clare watched her listening , taking note , modifying her language and behaviour as carefully as an animal adapts its camouflage to fit into a new environment . |
| 12 | The United States on March 24 announced its decision to withdraw from the International Sugar Organization ( ISO ) , which brought together all major producers and consumers of sugar . |
| 13 | SECRET talks were held yesterday between United States and North Korean representatives as Washington urged Pyongyang to reconsider its decision to withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty . |
| 14 | The procedure is that : LCH gives notice of its decision to consolidate to the relevant exchange , the selling member and the buying member ; the seller is charged with the conduct of LCH 's case against the buyer ; and the buyer is charged with LCH 's case against the seller ; copies of all pleadings being supplied to LCH and LCH retaining the right to submit its own arguments to the arbitrators . |
| 15 | In fact this put severe restrictions on the committee 's deliberations , and the chairman repeatedly had to advise counsel for both the GMC and the defence that it was not their function to comment on the relative merits or otherwise of alternative forms of medicine . |
| 16 | After becoming estranged from Kim Dae Jung following their inability to agree upon a single candidate to oppose Roh Tae Woo in the 1987 presidential contest , in 1990 he led his opposition party into an amalgamation with Roh 's ruling party to form the DLP . |
| 17 | Too often these people are frustrated by their inability to communicate in the new language . |
| 18 | Within the ERM a Labour government would presumably find its freedom to launch into an unwise , inflationary spending spree greatly restricted . |
| 19 | Another ‘ scholarship girl ’ was shamefully treated by the rest of us because of her ( very slight ) Cockney accent , her generally ‘ non-U ’ turns of phrase , and her inability to deal with the simpler points of etiquette , whether at table or in the classroom . |
| 20 | After all , I ca n't see a girl like you giving up her freedom to live in a squalid little room above a shop — and , believe me , without help Peter certainly ca n't afford anything else . ’ |
| 21 | The presbytery also instructed their clerk to write to the Prime Minister , John Major , the Secretary of State for Scotland , Ian Lang , the local Member of Parliament , Jim Wallace , and the Member of the European Parliament , Winnie Ewing , asking for the law concerning child abuse to be reviewed as a matter of urgency . |
| 22 | ‘ A hussy from the city who peroxided her hair to look like a good Aryan . ’ |
| 23 | Betty was here out of the kindness of her heart to minister to a wounded human being . |
| 24 | In making HIP allocations , will he take those matters into account as well as the efficiency with which those authorities use their stock and their willingness to co-operate with the private sector ? |
| 25 | The Damiani family made their decision to leave in the third week of April after snipers in Tel Aviv began shooting into the centre of Jaffa , sending at least one bullet into David Damiani 's home . |
| 26 | Social services are standing by their decision to pay for the 14-year old to stay at his grandparents ' villa , but refused to talk about the inquiry . |
| 27 | She used passionate verbs such as ‘ adore ’ and ‘ detest ’ , as if she wished to proclaim her readiness to fight for every one of those five strokes , for every one of those five points . |
| 28 | ‘ It had always been her ambition to go to the Holy Land and so when I arranged the trip I told her ‘ Right , now you 're going ’ . |
| 29 | The considerable locational advantages possessed by West Ham which gave rise to its extraordinary growth were to become fetters on the ability of its industry to adapt to a transformed economic environment in the twentieth century . |
| 30 | Blyth 's decision comes as a surprise because of their opposition to the pyramid during the Eighties , while Northallerton 's letter is indicative of their ambition to progress beyond the Northern League . |