Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last thing I wanted when I was so worried about what was happening with my own daughter was to spend my sentence surrounded by pregnant women . |
| 2 | As I try to sleep , my mattress raised on corrugated iron sheeting to discourage the rats from running over me , I hear a familiar sound : click-click , click-click , click-click . |
| 3 | In an autobiographical account written a couple of years later , he described himself in having been " absolutely alone , of the most painful experiences and disappointments " ; and of his first response to " Schpenhauer 's masterpiece " he wrote that " in this book , in which every line cried out renunciation , denial and resignation , I saw a mirror in which I espied the whole world , life and my mind depicted in frightful grandeur " . |
| 4 | Only last month , my council applied for extra funding for another eight young people to be retained in the constituency rather than making the futile trek southwards . |
| 5 | I poured my heart , soul and a couple of vats from Nettles brewery into making it a cohesive , disciplined goal-scoring machine , only to see my dream sabotaged by soccer-illiterate shopkeepers and eleven Lego-legged , sloth-brained idiots in vaguely matching shorts . |
| 6 | He brings out my package wrapped in brown paper , and I slip it into my carrier with my clean linen . |
| 7 | I sat in my armchair ; the fire was cold and so was I , my head shrouded in damp hair . |
| 8 | My path ended in thick undergrowth , just where the estuary widened into the sea . |
| 9 | And it was also a place where I could get my ship repaired by skilled persons whom I more or less trusted . |
| 10 | By the time it had been carefully re-written , my feature described in glowing terms the ‘ Hollywood film-set scenery ’ ( but no mention of The Good , The Bad and The Ugly and ‘ exotic cuisine ’ ( on the strength of a passable chicken tikka masala eaten at a restaurant some distance from the hotel ) . |
| 11 | I would see my house occupied by other people . |
| 12 | However , the reality of this ‘ glamorous ’ experience was having my face covered in black paint , sweating profusely on a narrow indoor ski slope and nearly going up in flames , when a wind machine blew a lighted torch onto my hair . |
| 13 | I pointed out that , their firm being in Birkenhead and my production scheduled for one-night stands in village halls in North Wales , it would be unlikely that any customers for her wares would be among my audience . |
| 14 | They collapsed on the ground , gasping , black in the face , their hair covered with charred paper that was slowly settling like a shower of tiny , black , bird 's wings . |
| 15 | A letter , handwritten in purple ink with many curlicues , may have its text reproduced in printed form . |
| 16 | Most plants are affected by one or more species , their presence betrayed by ragged leaves , buds or shoots , accumulations of dark green grass ( excreta ) , and sometimes silky webs or rolled leaves . |
| 17 | Pook 's stables were invisible from here but were making their presence known by other means . |
| 18 | The body of the ship rose high above the quay , its stem crowned by small castles or crenellated fighting-platforms to protect archers and soldiers during battle . |
| 19 | ‘ Oh well , that 's different , she agreed , after having her faith restored in human nature . |
| 20 | Meanwhile , West Germany was coming under increasing pressure from the Commission to lift its ban imposed in early November on the import of British beef products , imposed because of fears that they were infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy ( BSE , or " mad cow disease " ) which might be transferable to humans . |
| 21 | These were creatures above fashion or so they liked to think — their look characterized by exquisite dullness and a certain cock-eyed practicality , epitomized by the much favoured Barbour jacket . |
| 22 | Her play centred on simple covering of dolls or putting objects in and out of containers . |
| 23 | With their faith rooted in Jewish law , the Christadelphians had a long-standing interest in cooperative ventures , contributing generously to attempts to re-establish the Jewish people in Palestine . |
| 24 | Elisabeth 's face contorted as her mind filled with contradictory thoughts . |
| 25 | Barbara Conway , the former Daily Telegraph journalist , who was until recently publicity officer of the new watchdog over the financial services industry , The Securities and Investment Board ( SIB ) , has criticised the practices of Harvard Securities over a period of years in her reporting based on private investors ' comments . |
| 26 | Beside it was a modest , two-storeyed house , its roof made of yellowing thatch , the windows nothing more than wooden shutters . |
| 27 | In the following year she is reincarnated , but into wood , not flesh and blood : she becomes furniture , a cross between a throne and a commode , her mask-like head and rigid hand fixed to the chair back , her wig suggested by curly iron coat hooks and carved wooden scrolls and flourishes . |
| 28 | A late fifteenth century example is Pierrefonds , near Compiègne ; a truly massive pile , fortified , its skyline broken by numerous towers and high pitched roofs . |
| 29 | This , in his view has resulted in a marked difference in the attitude with which his new fourth year pupils approach their work compared to previous years . |
| 30 | Since their work focused on certain topics it was natural that they particularly looked for evidence relating to these topics , and as examples of the rhetorical use of anthropology three such central topics can be noted here in a preliminary way . |