Example sentences of "[conj] [pers pn] [verb] [pron] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The last years of her life were divided between Bermuda and Plandome , Long Island , where she built herself an Italian-style villa and where she died 29 October 1924 . |
| 2 | The lady prioress glowered at me , shrugged , and with ill grace took me back to her own chamber across the cloister garden where she poured me the smallest goblet of wine I had ever seen . |
| 3 | Three of them floated in a sea of garlic and tomato and although I found them no better than chewy chicken my wife told me they were well up to scratch . |
| 4 | It was only after we had left , and were returning home that I realised what a good feeling it was to have helped someone in pain . |
| 5 | ‘ It was then that I realised what a lovely person he was , ’ says Avril . |
| 6 | No , you do n't : for the simple reason that I suppressed it a few pages ago . |
| 7 | Clearly it was I who should have spoken these words , but already I had a feeling that I knew what the brown paper and the ribbed cardboard concealed , and I was n't going to say a word until time or circumstance compelled me . |
| 8 | Tall , tanned , golden hair , and those blue eyes so full of honesty and humour that I thought him a warm , generous man . |
| 9 | I think that I put it the other way round last time . |
| 10 | I am not precisely sure that I know what the right hon. Gentleman had in mind on sentencing policy , but I am happy to engage in exchanges outside . |
| 11 | I am glad we have that partnership with all of you here and it is on that note , on behalf of the government , that I wish you every possible success as you embark upon your seventy fifth year . |
| 12 | Because we made love , because I 'm physically attracted to you , it does n't mean that I owe you an involved explanation of my private life . ’ |
| 13 | And so it went on in what was styled — even in the ranks — as the Baldwin Air Force , and it was in this environment that I found myself a mere fragment within a daily expanding Air Force . |
| 14 | Choir night , so I get myself an early supper . |
| 15 | There was an elderly man about 80 sitting on a seat , so I showed him an old photograph , and he remembered the lady we were with . |
| 16 | I could see that she was scowling and stiffening into a Mark 2 temper , so I gave her an encouraging smile — which raised her , as I expected , to a Mark 3 . |
| 17 | I was scared of them but I was n't going to let them get away so I gave them a good run for their money . |
| 18 | There were a lot of young drunks staggering about , too — most at that noisy and unattractive stage where they might want to be your pal or pick a fight or just throw up on you , so I gave them a wide berth . |
| 19 | After half an hour I was still waiting , so I gave him an experimental pull and the hook came back minus the barbel . |
| 20 | Once I know what the other operettas will be , I shall work with her every day . |
| 21 | Although she considers herself a practical , outgoing person more than an intellectual , she has always found literature a great mental enricher . |
| 22 | He spoke already in terms of collaboration — ‘ I sent you a few studies because you can see from them that she helps me a great deal by posing . |
| 23 | The only difference her success made was that she thought her an incompetent fool who was lucky enough to make a bit of money . ’ |
| 24 | But she looked back to her own childhood and wondered where she had got the idea that she knew what a normal family would be like . |
| 25 | She thought that she knew who the lucky man might be , and it took all her strength of mind not to betray the dreadful emotions which merely thinking of him aroused in her . |
| 26 | Anne felt that she considered her a green fool , and Mabel was indignant that Hetty was very ready to accept the ‘ perks ’ of the job , such as the cakes and bread given to the staff by Mrs Dyson , and the extra money from Mr Dyson , but was always on the alert for any infringement of her rights . |
| 27 | what would happen if you , let's have a look at G , depends on , what would happen if you were still paying fifty pence , but they gave you four hundred , four hundred grams of chocolate , well you get eight grams per penny , this is another test that you got it the right way up , if it were still only two hundred grams , but you payed more money for it , let's say they charged you a pound , I think you 'd get less grams per penny . |
| 28 | When planting new trees in your garden , make sure that you know what the mature heights are likely to be . |
| 29 | I 'm glad there 's somebody 's come up with that one because that 's the only time that you say something a little bit different from the number itself . |
| 30 | So when you 're planning your retirement , make sure that you give yourself a reasonable standard of living in terms of income . |