Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] [verb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They all just go past me with their baked beans and their fish fingers and washing powder and chocolate biscuits , and my fingers punch the right figures on the till and I do n't see them at all . |
| 2 | Words came into my ears and my fingers made the appropriate movements . |
| 3 | My eyes skip the busy road that sweeps around the head of the port and is divided by a great oval flowerbed , garishly planted . |
| 4 | I turned and looked out over the slanted , foreshortened wedge of streets and stocky tenements , and for once the strain in my ears found the appropriate line , the right score . |
| 5 | The palace was several miles from the Legation and every time they topped a rise my parents saw the whole procession spread out in front and behind . |
| 6 | But I read in an article this morning ( 'Students set to pay full fees ' , 29 September ) that if I were applying in a few years ' time , I would have to ask my parents to pay the full cost of my tuition . |
| 7 | My constituents remember the dashing figure of Jeremy Thorpe . |
| 8 | Since the conversation was outpacing my efforts to note the salient points , I gave up trying and used the little tape-recorder I had brought with me . |
| 9 | I cut the engine again and let the boat drift towards the birds while my passengers admire the curious beaks . |
| 10 | The first is the need for those reproducing my procedures to acknowledge the previous work that I and my co-worker Archangel Gabriel defined as God Assisted Pregnancies ( GAP ) . |
| 11 | Perhaps , he suggested , we might take a pause here , as the sound of my tears hitting the green-felt table sounded exactly like the BBC Effects Department 's tape of galloping horses . |
| 12 | Some of my men picketed the high ground while we passed underneath , constantly urged by the headman and his followers not to straggle . |
| 13 | My wing-tips finger the early stars . |
| 14 | The diamond ring presented by two out of three Anglo-Saxon swains to their fiancées declares the enduring nature of their mutual love , just as the fact that the ring bestowed at their wedding , traditionally made of untarnishable gold , marks the entry into a permanent relationship . |
| 15 | The bid , via a share swap , will merge their operations to make the Swedish group the 20th largest European insurer . |
| 16 | Her solicitors say the financial risk of losing the case was too great . |
| 17 | This meant that most Liberals remained resolutely opposed to the idea that the Liberal Party had to change its policies to fit the new problems facing society . |
| 18 | Their discussions produced the Linggajati Agreement , as it is called from the hill station where they met ( 12 November ) . |
| 19 | Those wool-clad shoulders looked immensely powerful , and Luke 's stance as he leaned against the wall watching her reactions showed the strong torso , the lean curve of casually-clad flanks . |
| 20 | MIRROR Group Newspapers yesterday repeated assurances that its titles backed the Labour party — and chief executive David Montgomery 's changes at the daily newspaper . |
| 21 | Its woes wrecked the thriving swaps business between banks and local authorities . |
| 22 | The reduction in the amount of ACT the company pays ( which would otherwise be surplus ) will only be attractive if there is sufficient take-up by its shareholders to make the related administration and costs worthwhile . |
| 23 | As with any other share issue , the purchaser may need to seek approval of its shareholders to increase the authorised share capital and to authorise the directors to allot the shares pursuant to CA 1985 , s80 . |
| 24 | The ZCTU warned the government yesterday that ‘ its attempts to suppress the growing disenchantment of the masses … will certainly plunge the whole society into complete turmoil sooner rather than later ’ . |
| 25 | Its attempts to strangle the revolutionary movement at birth during May 1968 were consistent with the approach taken over the previous 30 years , including the immediate postwar period ( part I ) . |
| 26 | The Labour party 's reliance on producers rather than consumers will constantly bedevil its attempts to convince the British people that it is serious on these issues . |
| 27 | Labour has gained little in its attempts to attack the public spending review . |
| 28 | Since about 1840 they had been expanding the scope of their products to include the whole range of cotton-processing machinery . |
| 29 | She dropped the brush , winnowing the pale strands of her hair with her fingers to loosen the stubborn tangles . |
| 30 | Her fingers touched the carved lid , trembled , and withdrew . |