Example sentences of "[pos pn] [adj] [noun pl] [art] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's the one chance that members of the Ninety-Six club have each year to drive their classic cars the way they were intended … hard and fast . |
| 2 | But worst of all these tactical disabilities was the flanking fire that was crippling their frontal assaults the moment they debouched into open ground . |
| 3 | And he bent towards her and extracted a kiss from her reluctant lips the way he might have taken the pit from an apricot . |
| 4 | She liked the way it stood , distinct and certain , rising out of the level muddy waste of grass and tarmac that generously surrounded it : a bomb had fallen during the war , on a neighbouring chapel , and the site had been levelled out and was now an unofficial part of the school 's playgrounds The whole area was of a bleak airiness , and a cold wind seemed to blow incessantly upon it , turning the knees and knuckles of the girls pink and blue , and snatching away their obligatory berets the moment they emerged from the school porch . |
| 5 | She pulled herself straight and directed into his sleepy eyes the look she usually reserved for teachers and principals . |
| 6 | Mr Gorbachev might well have won such a vote , and added to his formal powers the authority he now lacks . |
| 7 | However , it seems we share a common purpose — to point out to our rebellious relatives the grief they are causing their families . |
| 8 | Now , so , the name of the actual Act of Parliament is Sale of Goods Act er and that 's the law that gives you and me and everybody in Britain our basic rights every time we buy something from a shop or in a sale or a market stall or by post through a mail order catalogue . |
| 9 | If you really do want to help me , I need your unquestioning support , not your childish tantrums every time I do or say something you do n't like . ’ |