Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [prep] [art] [adj] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lucker and I glance across the nipped and tucked waves , no longer King and Queen in a divine state . |
| 2 | I refer to the above and your letter dated requesting excusal from jury duty at the High Court of Justiciary at Edinburgh , on |
| 3 | Had I access to a neat and sound definition of labourism I would use it ; sadly I do not . |
| 4 | Right double the speed , if I drive at a hundred and twenty . |
| 5 | For the rest of the book I turn to the second and in particular to what lies behind the mounting opposition to the Treaty , away from the fug and the isolation of Cabinet rooms , palaces and Chancelleries . |
| 6 | So I think about a hundred and fifty pounds |
| 7 | So I live with a constant and uncomely reminder of folly and failure , and no doubt it does me good . |
| 8 | I know I live on a fierce and magical planet , which sheds or surrenders rain or even flings it off in whipstroke after whipstroke , which fires out bolts of electric gold into the firmament at 186,000 miles per second , which with a single shrug of its tectonic plates can erect a city in half an hour . |
| 9 | Benjamin 's modest but handsome little portrait seems to want to relay a message to us : I may not be blue-blooded , it says , but please do n't for a minute put me down as any kind of manual labourer — I belong to the established and rising ranks of the artisan middle-class . |
| 10 | I step on a few and watch them crack in the middle like a sheet of glass . |
| 11 | I work amongst the elderly and I do know that they are very shy about telling people just how poor they are . |
| 12 | Locomotion is effected by undulating waves of muscle contraction and relaxation which alternate on the dorsal and ventral aspects of the worm . |
| 13 | The MacSharry proposals , which discriminate against the larger and more efficient British farmer , are totally unacceptable and must be firmly and unequivocally rejected . |
| 14 | They have also worked to rally Third World opinion , especially in the United Nations , against various island dependencies which remain in the American and Western orbit . |
| 15 | This concerns the analysis , presentation and interpretation of the resulting numbers , issues which pertain to the descriptive and inferential functions of statistics . |
| 16 | Apart from the works cited in this introduction , some of which refer to the American and Australian literature , there are now two books specifically directed to the analysis of many of these issues within a British context . |
| 17 | And certainly those treatises which deal with the spiritual and physical advantages of hearing the Mass ( which ranged from not ageing during the period of the Mass to its efficacy in promoting work or journeys ) stress the belief in the power of the sacrament to affect all aspects of life . |
| 18 | Experience tells us that there are organizations which fall between the profit-oriented and the Type B non-profit . |
| 19 | We both are ready and willing to shoulder the responsibilities and duties which fall upon the rich and powerful nations of the world . |
| 20 | Among the women themselves there 's the feeling that you hope for the best and expect the worst , a deep pessimism that patriarchy rules and scarpers without paying the bills . |
| 21 | Ha , yet the Southwold Parish Council , I 've seen it in there , er there 's been a some vandalism on the golf course , you know on the common and er |
| 22 | And there was no way , you know at a hundred and eighty they 'd struggled . |
| 23 | If you entertain a lot you may well prefer to have your kitchen separate from the dining area , unless you opt for a large and deliberately-for-dining kitchen . |
| 24 | ‘ The moment you go from the rigid and valuable discipline of German bank and people to mixing it up with other disciplines , other views , other ‘ let's have a bit of inflation here and there ’ economies , you lose the very thing which leads you to want to join . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ The moment you go from the rigid and valuable discipline of German bank and people to mixing it up with other disciplines , other views , other ‘ let's have a bit of inflation here and there ’ economies , you lose the very thing which leads you to want to join . ’ |
| 26 | I suspect all this ‘ other European countries ’ stuff did the opposition parties no good and that the admiration for all things European diminishes the further you move from the great and good . |
| 27 | ‘ So you return to a cold and empty hotel room instead , ’ Kelly snorted in disgust . |
| 28 | You stick to the tried and true , never going at risk and trying something new/different . |
| 29 | The White Knights Ball , in aid of the Order of Malta Volunteers , who work with the sick and handicapped , is held annually at Grosvenor House . |
| 30 | They should be able to offer you the support you need at an academic and personal level . |