Example sentences of "[pron] [vb -s] and [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I says I do n't , I says when am I gon na be able to go to town I says and afford fifteen quid for another bloody rail ? |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm going to feel like an idiot if someone comes and opens that door right now , ’ she muttered , using words like a shield to try and hide her real distress , the real reason she was feeling like an idiot . |
| 3 | Yet I would maintain that any structure , however informal , which develops and strengthens parental understanding of the process of education ( ie the way young children learn ) as well as the product ( ie the measured achievement ) is to be commended . |
| 4 | Algal bloom , which smothers and kills aquatic wildlife , has become a familiar problem on many inland waters , but especially here in the Norfolk Broads . |
| 5 | Fremont , California-based Independence Technologies Inc has added distributed management , dual discovery , line management and Centurion to its iView System Manager — which monitors and controls multi-vendor hardware and software in SNMP or CMIP agents over TCP/IP networking environments . |
| 6 | In the western spadefoot of Europe , for example , there are two distinct forms of tadpole : a ‘ standard ’ type which feeds on rotting vegetation , and a cannibalistic type which kills and eats other tadpoles . |
| 7 | Lastly , the best refers to business which values ideas and creativity , which stimulates and encourages individual development , particularly in terms of recognising that the individual does not represent one set of potentials but many . |
| 8 | • Moisturising Tinted Day Cream which protects and moisturises all skin types with translucent , natural looking colour . |
| 9 | This being so , specific rehabilitation programmes for people with mental disorder frequently use a therapeutic approach which practises and rehearses ordinary activities so as to help people regain confidence in managing the business of life . |
| 10 | First , he assumes a theoretical need for a concept of profession , yet does not indicate the body of theory which requires and situates this concept . |
| 11 | When the gospel is proclaimed and the Church begins to emerge there is an inevitable interaction with the cultural milieu which surrounds and permeates this activity . |
| 12 | Through observation of his own case , he became convinced that chronic muscle tension — a result of life 's physical and emotional stresses — which overlays and destroys natural poise we have as tiny children , and manifests itself in hunched shoulders , clenched jaws , a slouched or twisted spine , with , as often as not , the head held to one side , could not but interfere with the efficient functioning of the body , restricting breathing , circulation and digestion . |
| 13 | The special Latin status of ‘ Italian-ness ’ is especially evident in the extensive build-up to the Mondiali , which displays the extravagant aspects of a nation which exalts and gives equal value to cultural institutions like football and opera . |
| 14 | The international economy consists of relations between these national entities and is shaped by them rather than by a world system which dominates and determines national conditions . |
| 15 | The Pump Wagon is also equipped with a spiked roller at the front , which crushes and pierces any foes ( and Snotling crew ) unfortunate enough to fall beneath it . |
| 16 | A similar conception of the role of sociology ( though with a more ‘ radical ’ political orientation ) is held by certain contemporary sociologists who want sociology to be not simply a discipline which analyses and explains social life but rather a vehicle for changing society , a discipline committed to the extensive alteration of existing social structural arrangements . |
| 17 | ‘ The Body Shop ’ , which makes and vends environmentally-friendly beautifiers , has proved astonishingly successful . |
| 18 | Yesterday 's Court of Appeal ruling overturned a High Court judge 's decision last month in favour of Hi-Tech Xtravision , of Camberley , Surrey , which makes and sells rival decoders and which challenged the right of BBC Enterprises to grant an exclusive decoder distributorship to Northampton-based Space Communications ( Sat Tel ) Ltd . |
| 19 | It gives Boles his " She helped him in his cruel games " and the Borough its " Speak out in the name of the Lord " , one of those superb unison ejaculations which will always send shivers down the spine of anyone who hates and fears mob agreement on any subject whatever . |
| 20 | For example , a child who steals and breaks another youngster 's penknife is required to save up enough money not only to replace the knife , but also to buy a small gift betokening regret . |
| 21 | 23 She 'd be right-handed if she had hands ; she 's right-footed or right-sided. 24 She approaches and does most things from the right side . |
| 22 | It is Pancks who discovers and makes known Mr Dorrit 's right to his inheritance . |
| 23 | And Keith Blackhurst , who owns and runs independent record company Deconstruction , has just signed up Kylie Minogue . |
| 24 | It is he who defines and selects those cases which demand action . |
| 25 | He is married , lives in Chelmsford and is an enthusiastic footballer , who trains and manages young players with Springfield Football Club at weekends . |
| 26 | A sick community stifles the individual ; a healthy one encourages and celebrates individual success . |
| 27 | As the Gypsey Race meanders through the estate it encourages and supports much wildlife and some quite rare birds . |
| 28 | With the substantial reality of an ether existing in space as accepted by Quantum Physics , in line with the ancient Vedic teachings , we can now look at the movement of this energy and how it integrates and forms this material world we know according to modern twentieth-century understanding as well as past views . |
| 29 | And out he goes and gets this woman and in she comes with a chart with a woman 's name the job number , that done it week by week or fortnight , whatever it does . |
| 30 | The university experience , however , is more than merely attending lectures and seminars ; it allows and encourages each student to make contacts and gain experience which will be useful in later life ; it teaches participants to think logically , to approach problems with an open and enquiring mind , to form lasting friendships and to organize , perhaps for the first time , their own financial , academic and social affairs . |