Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suppleness or flexibility gives you a greater range of movements which will help you avoid the problems of pulled muscles and tendons and sprained ligaments . |
| 2 | ‘ I would n't have known about it at all , except that Mum sent me a little note to tell me he 'd passed away — in his sleep , she said . |
| 3 | THE decision by Scotland 's Stephen McAllister 's to concentrate on rhythm and feel rather than technique brought him a rich dividend in the Balearic Open here yesterday . |
| 4 | I 'm not a psychologist , but I read , and I would say that attitude gives him a colossal arrogance . |
| 5 | I will love him , Lily , like this , ’ and Pen gave her a strangling hug so that she gasped and laughed and begged to be released . |
| 6 | ‘ Being involved as a competitor , administrator , and coach gave me a unique insight into the world of top international sport . |
| 7 | Money and generosity gave her a kindly power over Deer Forest . |
| 8 | However , as with the similar topic of literacy , I would argue that it is important to separate out bilingualism and bilingual education because teachers ' personal experience and education gives them a particular view of the phenomenon . |
| 9 | The words were out before Isabel could stop them , despair and bitterness giving them a stark finality that was absolute . |
| 10 | The opera , like Gershwin 's Porgy and Bess the following year , used an all-Black cast and the staging and choreography gave it a British connection since it was by Frederick Ashton . |
| 11 | It 's the busiest time of the year for cooks , so this month 's issue is packed with tips and advice to give you a helping hand . |
| 12 | Thus , for example , the price of a rural railway line should be less than the private marginal cost if society judges it a good thing to protect the living standards of people in remote areas or to foster a sense of national cohesion . |
| 13 | Her determination to succeed and getting what she wants out of her career and life makes her a laudable influence . |
| 14 | And matey done them a little bit longer . |
| 15 | is Richard 's mum and dad buying him a little car ? |
| 16 | His muscular build , boyish charm and natural sense of fun and adventure made him a popular screen idol with men and women alike . |
| 17 | On the boat , Johnson asked about ‘ the use of the dirk , with which he imagined the Highlanders cut their meat ’ , and was told they also had knives and forks , that the men tended to hand the knives and forks to the women after they had cut their own meat which they then ate from their hands , and that one old Macdonald retainer always ate fish with his fingers , claiming that ‘ a knife and fork gave it a bad taste ’ . |
| 18 | Whilst I was wondering just what I might buy with it , the problem was solved when Mum bought me a grey shirt . |
| 19 | Particularly when Madame bought her a matching pale blue cloche , cut quite high at the back , and with a deep brim on the right side , which practically obscured her right eye . |
| 20 | She kept a pretty green budgerigar called Peter , who once dropped dead in his cage but came back to life when Nanny gave him a few drops of gin squeezed from a wad of cotton-wool . |