Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [prep] [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Herluin advanced upon the altar very slowly , as though these few paces , and the climbing of the three steps , must be utilized to the full for prayer , and passionate concentration on this single effort which would make or break for him a dear ambition . |
| 2 | All too easily , if you pin the whole plot on something that seems to you a tremendous novelty , you can find that some writer you have n't happened to read has had much the same idea before you . |
| 3 | It was of course an argument that carried with it a certain invincible logic . |
| 4 | He spoke these words in French , and it was the French , somehow , that carried with it a particular poignancy for me . |
| 5 | Some local authorities , such as Torbay , that have within them a large number of second homes , from which they must derive some income because of the cost incurred in administering that situation , might like greater flexibility — such as that available under the rating and community charge systems . |
| 6 | That 's right : someone rang up and asked for him the other day . |
| 7 | It is fortunately in the hands of such a man as Captain Vidal , R.N. , who has steadily devoted himself , during a long period of ill-health , to complete this unpopular work , and to connect with it a minute examination of the Canary Islands . ’ |
| 8 | When early Christians adopted the pagan altar they did so to represent the table of the Last Supper and placed upon it a white cloth symbolic of the Shroud . |
| 9 | Sport ; , I will argue , can have a most stimulating , uplifting impact on the participant and instil in him a fresh thirst for achievement in sporting and other circles . |
| 10 | There is only what from our side is neither predictable nor controllable — the coming of the Word from beyond which opens and displays to us the overwhelming advent of God as he makes himself known in the ‘ eternal moment ’ . |
| 11 | You seem to reinhabit a popular form , the family album , and bring to it a militant anarchy it would n't appear to possess . |
| 12 | Glen volunteered to supervise the distribution of his work in Persia , and to circulate with it a new edition of the Persian translation of the New Testament by Henry Martyn [ q.v . ] . |
| 13 | Modigliani declined as politely but suggested to Lunia that she should come to his studio and pose for him the following day . |
| 14 | However , although these five writers belonged to a minority group in their society , and although they say that their experience derives from a source greater than human reason can comprehend , they are fired with a certainty that it is intimately related to the deepest needs and purposes of human being , and has about it the simple inevitability of fulfilment . |
| 15 | His first posting in 1915 took him to the Toba Batak country in Northern Sumatra in time to witness the Muslim Acehnese rising against their Christian rulers ; an event which made him appreciate the approaching crisis of Islam as a focus for nationalism , and impressed upon him the urgent need for Muslim-Christian accommodation . |
| 16 | This new law was put into practice two weeks before my son 's death , and carried with it a maximum sentence of five years ' imprisonment . |
| 17 | Please confirm your acceptance of this post by signing and returning to me the docketed copy of this letter . |
| 18 | Please confirm that the foregoing is in accordance with your understanding by signing and returning to us the enclosed copy of this letter . |
| 19 | This will be achieved by including in the offer letter a clause similar to that set out below : Please confirm your acceptance of the above offer by signing and returning to us the enclosed copy of this letter within the next seven days . |
| 20 | Ruth sat on her bed and drew towards her the unfinished drawing of lions apparently devouring people — Christians probably , from the school 's Religious Knowledge . |
| 21 | He gets very angry with him , and shouts at him a great deal . |
| 22 | All these came together and seemed to us a clear call , which we shared with the church . |
| 23 | I guess an inexperienced parent just does n't know what to do with these intruders in the nest , and disposes of them the only way it can . |
| 24 | Will he ask his right hon. Friends the Home Secretary and the Secretary of State for the Environment to bring that home to the support services and the district decision-takers in South Yorkshire and to urge on them the prior claim of South Yorkshire police at this time ? |
| 25 | Before they left I could not forbear to draw Gillian closer and impart to her the glittering counsel that wearing 501s with trainers was frankly un désastre and that I was amazed she had walked the streets to my apartment in broad daylight and escaped pillory . |
| 26 | They have seen Pop Will Eat Itself close up and seen in them the terrible cost of debauchery . |
| 27 | But — ’ and here she sighed , ‘ Lily darling , I could look and look at him the whole day … ’ |
| 28 | We believe that the right way to deal with that offence is to build on the offence under the Theft Act 1968 — the taking and driving away — and add to it the aggravated offence covered in clause 1 . |
| 29 | This fascinating display holds , and reveals to you the vital spirit which eventually triumphed in 1945 . |
| 30 | He acted as go-between postman , and from time to time he walked with Helen across and around the Common and talked to her a great deal about Edward . |