Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [pers pn] [verb] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A gloomy atmosphere hung over the Dowty aerospace factory this afternoon — with workers who 've already survived two waves of redundancies by the firm now being told they face a third . |
| 2 | And finally : ‘ Do n't merely talk , like some gasbags do , about shedding the last drop of your blood for your country — the difficulty with them , when the time comes , is getting them to shed the FIRST drop of their blood . ’ |
| 3 | Thus when the glider is launched it takes a second cable and parachute up with it . |
| 4 | She was unbearably aware of the tensile strength of his incipient beard beneath the shaven smoothness of his jaw , just as she was of the aroused hardness of his body , controlled , contained but testifying to his rampant masculinity in a way that was driving her to abandon the last remaining threads of self-control . |
| 5 | He admitted that it was not easy , and said that , in effect , what one did was to get them to read the first chapter of any book by Derrida . |
| 6 | Patrick was watching them play the 7th , which they had reached at 11.45 , when Richie 's voice crackled on the radio . |