Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun sg] [pers pn] [verb] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I also like the area because of its prehistoric relics , abundance of wildflowers and , on a more mundane level , because in my experience it seems to get more than its fair share of decent weather . |
| 2 | I felt very sorry for her by now and for want of knowing how to express my sympathy I offered to make another pot of tea . |
| 3 | It 's true that in my job I get to meet many celebrities , but there is an enormous amount of work that has to be done as well . |
| 4 | ‘ But to confirm my diagnosis I need to do some tests . |
| 5 | So , to test their intelligence we decided to show each horse a plate of oats , and while it was still watching to place the food inside the ring of the tire with the empty feed bucket on top . |
| 6 | In their protest they sought to restore some political coals to Newcastle : the Declaration of Arbroath in 1320 committed the lay and ecclesiastical nobles of Scotland to support Robert Bruce , who stood against proud Edward 's army , and sent him homeward to think again . |
| 7 | In order to complete his case he had to challenge this deference to a patristic consensus — which he did by observing that the church fathers had taken the motion of the sun for granted because the alternative had not , in that era , been laid before them . |
| 8 | It was his fault she had to go all the way back to the house . |
| 9 | With his help I arranged to invest some money in a shipping company called Clarrikers . |
| 10 | One morning he woke up to discover the entire ‘ ARCHITECTURE ’ section stacked so high around his desk he had to wait half the day before pupils managed to free him . |
| 11 | AND WITH YOUR HELP WE PROMISE TO DO MUCH MORE |
| 12 | If we 're going to use The Circus as the theme for our drama we need to consider another dramatic frame than simply putting together all the different acts , for example : |