Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [vb base] [pn reflx] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Perhaps you could go and fight in one of those wars they 're always having somewhere and lose yourself in the din of battle . |
2 | The subscription is quoted at £3 3s. 0d. for Gentlemen and £2 2s. 0d. for Ladies and urges those wanting to join ‘ to do so at once and avail themselves of the present low subscription free of entrance fee ’ . |
3 | One woman derelict told her that after living with three husbands for twenty-five years she had decided to give them up and devote herself to the task of viewing the Cathedrals and Abbeys of the British Isles . |
4 | Go out and treat yourself to a new revealing swimsuit so you have got something to aim for . |
5 | With a detergent in action millions of tadpole-like components , led by their hydrophobic tails , seek out and attach themselves to the surface of dirt at any interface and congregate there in order to avoid the water . |
6 | Visitors look around and find themselves at a party , surrounded by chatting people , but their journey takes on a new twist as they glass is tipped , a face looms over the rim and they are poured into the drinkers throat . |
7 | The reader may feel perplexity , but the text will not amplify what is there or rewrite itself in a simpler form . |