Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [pers pn] [conj] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Isa has not seen me since the happy news and it is that which restores me to near my old self . ’ |
| 2 | However , the evidence that has finally convinced me that the neutral theory , if not the whole truth , is at least close to the truth concerns changes in the base sequence of DNA , and not in the amino acid sequence of proteins . |
| 3 | They 'd always taught her that the only truly good things were those of permanent value ; her first school had been a church school , and twice a week they 'd had to set their chairs in a raggedy half-circle and fidget their way through one of the vicar 's haranguing lectures on Life . |
| 4 | They had also taught him that the first thing to do with a wounded man was clear his breathing . |
| 5 | She has also warned me that the little porcelain giggling buddha I 've put in the tomato plant pot outside my front door ‘ will probably be nicked by the Arab boy who delivers the newspapers . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't know ; I have n't seen her since the prime Minister arrived . ’ |