Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I will grow my hair out to its natural colour until it falls long and lank about my shoulders , allow my skin to fade to a startling winter white . |
| 2 | My attempts to look like a normal human being again were evidently not too successful — at one point in my journey , I came on a man crouching over a small brook from which he was trying to drink . |
| 3 | I do n't want my child to turn into an anti-social loner which , as your article pointed out , is one of the perils of spending hour after hour playing computer games . |
| 4 | Then there was the question of what sorts of costume were appropriate on such a journey , and whether or not it was worth my while to invest in a new set of clothes . |
| 5 | Every February , like thousands of others artists up and down the country , I have to decide which of my paintings to submit to the Royal Academy ; you are allowed to send in a maximum of three works for which you pay a fee of £9 each . |
| 6 | I wanted my children to go to the best school that I could find . |
| 7 | A and I can get er Ken and my clerks to ferret through the old contracts , and all the variations that we 've had to date , and come up with a suggested erm latest remit for the project coordinator to approve . |
| 8 | It 's not my way to leave behind a wrecked side |
| 9 | I knew an immovable object when I saw it , and I retreated through the first sleeping car , where grooms in T-shirts lolled in open day compartments ( shut off by heavy felt curtains for sleeping ) , on my way to consult with the Chinese chef in the forward dome car 's kitchen . |
| 10 | He 's been visiting family ; I 'm on my way to write about the Russian submarines in Murmansk — maybe interview a submarine officer if I am lucky . |
| 11 | For example , the Oracle might say , ‘ I could see in the stars that the Feast would take in the foolish , I told my master to prepare for a great revenge ’ , and then have the Oracle tell the adventurers the story of the Poison Feast from the Drachenfels novel in full , if the players have n't read that book . |
| 12 | I put two chairs together , sat down on one with Dawn and got my mother to sit on the other chair with the cat . |
| 13 | She knew few other details and left my bedside to gossip with the other nurses in the hallway . |
| 14 | Diet , general fitness , golfing psychology and sports injuries all feature among the discussion topics and have their part to play in the overall picture . |
| 15 | Clare watched her listening , taking note , modifying her language and behaviour as carefully as an animal adapts its camouflage to fit into a new environment . |
| 16 | The United States on March 24 announced its decision to withdraw from the International Sugar Organization ( ISO ) , which brought together all major producers and consumers of sugar . |
| 17 | SECRET talks were held yesterday between United States and North Korean representatives as Washington urged Pyongyang to reconsider its decision to withdraw from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty . |
| 18 | The procedure is that : LCH gives notice of its decision to consolidate to the relevant exchange , the selling member and the buying member ; the seller is charged with the conduct of LCH 's case against the buyer ; and the buyer is charged with LCH 's case against the seller ; copies of all pleadings being supplied to LCH and LCH retaining the right to submit its own arguments to the arbitrators . |
| 19 | Those now providing voluntary humanitarian relief are merely doing of their own free will and on a small scale what we hope citizens of the rich nations will as soon as possible compel their states to do on a massive scale . ’ |
| 20 | In fact this put severe restrictions on the committee 's deliberations , and the chairman repeatedly had to advise counsel for both the GMC and the defence that it was not their function to comment on the relative merits or otherwise of alternative forms of medicine . |
| 21 | After becoming estranged from Kim Dae Jung following their inability to agree upon a single candidate to oppose Roh Tae Woo in the 1987 presidential contest , in 1990 he led his opposition party into an amalgamation with Roh 's ruling party to form the DLP . |
| 22 | Too often these people are frustrated by their inability to communicate in the new language . |
| 23 | Within the ERM a Labour government would presumably find its freedom to launch into an unwise , inflationary spending spree greatly restricted . |
| 24 | Another ‘ scholarship girl ’ was shamefully treated by the rest of us because of her ( very slight ) Cockney accent , her generally ‘ non-U ’ turns of phrase , and her inability to deal with the simpler points of etiquette , whether at table or in the classroom . |
| 25 | Japan was not unique in the problems faced by her rural population , but her attempts to search for an external outlet for domestic discontent were unusually vigorous . |
| 26 | After all , I ca n't see a girl like you giving up her freedom to live in a squalid little room above a shop — and , believe me , without help Peter certainly ca n't afford anything else . ’ |
| 27 | In sudden abandon she allowed her arms to creep up round his neck , her fingers to sink into the short hair at the back of his head while at the same time parting her lips and welcoming the exciting exploration of his tongue . |
| 28 | The presbytery also instructed their clerk to write to the Prime Minister , John Major , the Secretary of State for Scotland , Ian Lang , the local Member of Parliament , Jim Wallace , and the Member of the European Parliament , Winnie Ewing , asking for the law concerning child abuse to be reviewed as a matter of urgency . |
| 29 | ‘ A hussy from the city who peroxided her hair to look like a good Aryan . ’ |
| 30 | Betty was here out of the kindness of her heart to minister to a wounded human being . |