Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [pron] [art] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Varig is the airline that offers you the most alternatives in departure times and flights between Europe and Brazil — 29 in all |
| 2 | She was very much as she had expected to be , having found in her marriage nothing to surprise her nor to cause her the least distress . |
| 3 | ‘ I had time in the wilderness when my form was not good and that taught me a few lessons . |
| 4 | All Connor did was to add a preservative to this enzyme that gave it a few months ' shelf life . |
| 5 | For those who work outside the home , out of many choices , it was their ‘ relationship with colleagues ’ that gives them the most satisfaction ( 80% ) , with flexibility of working hours ( 68% ) and pay ( 60% ) trailing behind . |
| 6 | I 've given you the two , er , the one that gives you the most space for the day , on the basis that if you have too much space for daily planning , it 's maybe irritating . |
| 7 | ‘ What is it about work that gives you the most pleasure ? ’ |
| 8 | Surely the Minister feels some embarrassment about the fact that a former Minister at his Department bought a Guyanese asset for £9.7 million and sold it a few months later for £62 million worth of shares ? |
| 9 | Yes , it uses eight watts against a hundred , well I say probably against seventy five , eight watts instead of seventy five and given us the same amount of light out . |
| 10 | I 've spoken to right er and owes me a few favours and I 've said er would you consider her completing her training until the end of May middle of May which she does at the and then if she 's any good , take her on , providing she gets a driving licence . |
| 11 | Most fax software lets you define a group of names in the fax phone book , and send them the same fax at the click of a button . |
| 12 | Use cotton dust-covers — white — and wash them every few months . |
| 13 | It gusted through the council estate they were now in , picking up sweet papers and whisking them a few yards down the street . |
| 14 | And earn yourself a few dollars at the same time . ’ |
| 15 | He held for Alice altogether a great fascination , but she steadfastly refused offers to go and see him in the nursery , and ignored him the few occasions he was on show . |
| 16 | While Sergeant Bird was in the lecture hall , Montgomery walked over to one of the other statuettes and lifted it a few inches . |
| 17 | Thomas Mayer and his son , Thomas Walton Mayer of Newcastle-under-Lyme , sent to every veterinary surgeon in the United Kingdom the draft of a memorial addressed to the governors of the London College , with the ultimate objective of gaining a Charter of Incorporation ‘ to protect us from illiterate and uneducated men , and to afford us the same privileges and exemptions which other professional bodies possess ’ . |
| 18 | Inspector Montgomery asks if you would be kind enough to step into the library when you 've finished your coffee , and give him a few minutes of your time . ’ |
| 19 | If you live in the Wallingford area and have a railway interest perhaps you might like to join this enthusiastic group and give them a few hours of your time . |
| 20 | That would take the smile off their faces all right and give them a few seconds relief . |
| 21 | And we 're very grateful , you 've brought rural interest , you 've brought much wider interest , and you 've brought a great deal of warmth and compassion and interest and time , what more could we say , but to show a token of our appreciation and give you a few flowers to go with that . |
| 22 | All you do is apply it to a cleansed bare face and give it a few hours to work . |
| 23 | They take hold of the club and give it a few waggles . |
| 24 | For them , the solution to the problem of pro-government bias is simple : the broadcasters should treat government and governing party as one and the same , and give it the same coverage as the main opposition party . |
| 25 | He picked her up and threw her a few metres down the corridor . |
| 26 | it is generally best to quote the nearest authority first and to allot it the most space , the other cases can be brought more casually into the discussion , as you have time . |
| 27 | Behaving like an infatuated teenager , just because he 's taken me out , and kissed me a few times ? |
| 28 | No one not in the profession would know for sure whether the assassin had accepted or refused the job ; and no one except the contact and , in this case , the client , would know for sure exactly who was responsible for the messy death of Seren Haminh , probably about fifty hours from now , when the hunger would be rising again and giving her a few hours to sleep the first ecstasy off . |
| 29 | Have n't these candidates got the guts to face up to the voters who elect them to Parliament and spare us a few minutes of their time . |
| 30 | " Not yet ; let's get a sup of tea into the lad and ask him a few questions . |