Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] [conj] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I feel that , apart from this , you showed an interest in me and my development which enabled me to grow both in the exercise of my talents and in the confidence that I had such talents . |
| 2 | I retraced my steps but to no avail . |
| 3 | Er I think I 'll open my presents when for the Chinese . |
| 4 | I promise to do my best to be obedient to God , to my parents and to the Brownie Law and to give happiness to somebody every day . |
| 5 | I do not shirk any responsibility in this matter , nor do I shirk any responsibility for the actions taken by my officials or for the way in which the Parliamentary Under-Secretary handled the case . |
| 6 | And , though I have my suspicions as to the cause , I 'd like to know what made you act the way you did . ’ |
| 7 | It 's a danger to my men and to the public . ’ |
| 8 | I sit on an authority they are very tiresome at times they make mistakes at times rather like Governments My Lords but at the end of the day that surely is what democracy is all about is n't it ? |
| 9 | ‘ It took seven months to settle the claim for the car and well over a year to sort out compensation for both my injuries and for the inconvenience , ’ says Otis . |
| 10 | I remember at Oslo just going to my marks when from the crowd came a shout : ‘ Go on , Linford ! |
| 11 | Right from the first day I worked hard , no longer rested on my oars and as a result topped the class list . |
| 12 | And then of course there were the dogs , boxers : their crushed faces , their squat coats bearing the ubiquitous sign of the twisted cross , in honour of the Jews they healed with their teeth and with the snort and quiver of their jaws . |
| 13 | George Frank ( Textiles ) Ltd ( [ 1976 ] AC 443 ) the House of Lords made it clear that the Court of Appeal is bound by decisions of the House of Lords whatever its views as to the correctness of those decisions . |
| 14 | Boys , more than girls perhaps , face the problem of ‘ street credibility ’ with their contemporaries because of the public 's perception of a church choir . |
| 15 | ‘ Both sets of supporters have brought great credit to their clubs and to the reputation of British football by their exemplary behaviour . ’ |
| 16 | but she is preoccupied at the moment with her exams and in a way I 'm glad . |
| 17 | They were more concerned with the consolidation of their estates and with the expansion of their personal power . |
| 18 | It was as if he were a sheet of paper torn into many little pieces which she felt she had to cover entirely with her hand , but could not , however hard she tried , because the wind always blew a few of the pieces from between her fingers or from the edge of her palm . |
| 19 | People were defending their opinions as to the identity of the murderer and scoffing at others . |
| 20 | It is probably better to go further than this , for the husband may die and the wife ( by virtue of Trustee Act 1925 , s36 ) could appoint a new trustee malleable to her wishes and to the detriment of the husband 's estate . |
| 21 | mortgage payers who ‘ own ’ their houses but on a mortgage ; |
| 22 | Its parliament , most of its ministers and nearly all of its higher civil servants , continued to be chosen from a narrow social class , which had drawn its income from industrial areas now derelict , from agriculture now unable to support its labourers and from an empire which was even more depressed than the " Mother Country " . |
| 23 | It is now widely accepted in political science that democratic activity and representation not only consists of the electoral choice between parties and their programmes but in the contribution to policy making made by interest groups . |
| 24 | ‘ New client publishers are judged by the complementary nature of their lists and by the quality of the relationship , rather than by the potential turnover that may be gained , ’ Mr Binns comments . |
| 25 | Already out from their cars and on the road , the group of Americans and British police officers began to run towards the figure two hundred yards away . |
| 26 | The Brigades carry out ‘ acts of repudiation ’ which usually involve accosting known or suspected dissidents in their homes or in the street , chanting pro-government slogans and sometimes physically attacking them . |
| 27 | ‘ These people ca n't sell their homes because of the recession , so they ca n't separate and split their assets . |
| 28 | Now she 'd only have to sneeze and the whole damn thing would slide off her shoulders and into a heap on the floor , in which case she might fairly be accused of trying too hard . |
| 29 | A longer length of rope was circled around her shoulders and under the table , then over her gorgeous breasts and downwards until her rib cage was completely covered in coiled rope , which fastened her to the hard wooden table . |
| 30 | Such a weight of worry and terror and contempt had been lifted off his shoulders that he sometimes thought , when the end-music started up beneath the wagon and the audience began to toss like a field of corn , that he could spread his arms , if he wanted , and soar off his ledge , above their heads and round the church tower . |