Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] [vb past] [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | He was never equal to Self in Citrine 's esteem , and he remained jealous of intervention by Self in matters of engineering and the development of policy on the generation side , for which his background and experience made him the natural senior voice among other engineers and managers . |
| 4 | Daddy and Mummy greeted her the next morning . |
| 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 | Moreover , her individual sense of fun and fantasy made her an enchanting companion , though a neurotic strain was also apparent . |
| 8 | His increasing climbing experience plus his renowned strength and stamina made him an obvious choice for the first New Zealand expedition to the Himalaya in 1951 . |
| 9 | Money and generosity gave her a kindly power over Deer Forest . |
| 10 | Atlantic City 's vast beach and boardwalk made it the American seaside resort of the nineteenth century . |
| 11 | The dragging breath and the bullet holes at front and back gave him an easy diagnosis . |
| 12 | From an early age , his mother and father showed him the illustrated books on the subject which they had brought back from London , and described at length the wonders of the ballets they had seen danced there by the Diaghilev company , ‘ when they were young and in love ’ , as John put it later . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | His experience and loyalty made him an important figure in the remodelled navy . |
| 15 | He was not a tall man , but something about his confidence and reputation gave him an impressive stature . |
| 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 | As his car went away she gave a great sigh of relief and Marguerite shot her an amused glance . |
| 18 | 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 ’ . |
| 19 | Whilst I was wondering just what I might buy with it , the problem was solved when Mum bought me a grey shirt . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |