Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] [vb base] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My feet tickle with the marching rhythm . |
| 2 | Through the approaches I have described I have aimed to give my pupils access to a broad and balanced mathematical curriculum . |
| 3 | He was my foursomes partner for a few years in international golf and there is no better way to assess another 's playing ability . |
| 4 | If a child does not know any other black people , he or she does not value them ; all his or her values descend from the adoptive parents . |
| 5 | Last year , the Booker foods group sold its Healthcrafts range to a Danish company called Ferrosan . |
| 6 | As the nights grew darker and colder , dinner parties grew scarcer and most nights Alexandra spent by her own fire , doing her meticulous accounts , writing faithfully to her father or answering George Langley 's breezy and frequent letters from Cambridge , Rose and Grace Langley were in London until Christmas , their hunters idle in the stable and Alexandra 's life was both peaceful and satisfying in their absence . |
| 7 | The people who are losing their homes belong to a settled community with centuries-old traditions . |
| 8 | The central figure is the child , Little Nell , who deeply engaged the sympathies of contemporary readers as they followed her through the hardships of her pilgrimage , made in company with the senile grandfather whom she strives to protect , from the London curiosity shop to the sanctuary of a village where her sufferings end in a peaceful death . |
| 9 | Normally their chutes stack into a neat line . |
| 10 | Its authors point to the relative rarity of hysteria nowadays when compared with its frequent occurrence before the First World War : |
| 11 | Then they heard — their ears alert for the slightest changes in the grind of the traffic — a car slowing just behind them . |
| 12 | They hate the way all their songs end with a huge clang of guitars , the way they holler things like ‘ Viva Boys Wonder ! ’ s if they 're going to be around forever . |
| 13 | They hate the way all their songs end with a huge clang of guitars , the way they holler things like ‘ Viva Boys Wonder ! ’ s if they 're going to be around forever . |
| 14 | Her lips move in an anguished chewing motion , so that her mouth widens and closes , a fevered sea-urchin . |
| 15 | Charlotte clamped her eyes shut for an instant to stave off frustration . |
| 16 | More than a dozen of her pictures hang in the National Gallery of Canada ; other pictures are in galleries all across Canada , and in the homes of art lovers in Europe and America . |
| 17 | He saw one of her heels sink into the soft grass , she almost fell . |
| 18 | They know she can be relied on to make the big day for her clients sparkle with the perfect glittering accessory . |
| 19 | Some of the arachidonic acid derived eicosanoids ( prostaglandin E 2 , leukotriene B 4 , and thromboxane A 2 ) have been incriminated in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease , because their concentrations increase in the inflammed intestinal mucosa in the acute phase of the disease . |
| 20 | Matthew and Luke in their Gospels speak of the Holy Spirit for Christians only in the Mission Charge which anticipates their future role as ambassadors of Christ . |
| 21 | Their footsteps echo between the ancient stone buildings . |
| 22 | Its movements relate to the four points of the compass , and a great number of movements have to be remembered . |
| 23 | Despite its beautiful Cornish setting Lady Tressilian 's house party is doomed to failure for her guests consist of an extraordinary triangle — her nephew , Nevile Strange , his second wife , the beautiful Kay , and his first wife Audrey . |
| 24 | The arrangements set up by the two Houses differed widely , but they have had in common that their powers derive from the practical assistance given by the United Kingdom Government in the prompt provision of legislative proposals and other Community documents , and from the Government undertaking not to agree any proposal in the Council of Ministers until parliamentary scrutiny is complete . |
| 25 | Friends say part of their problems stem from a bitter disagreement over Mia 's wish to adopt yet more children . |
| 26 | A candidate can now see his or her successes accumulate in a single certificate , whatever type of SCOTVEC unit or module has been undertaken . |
| 27 | And its aims travel in the same direction , albeit by a slightly different strategic route . |
| 28 | The company says the market is tiough … but their figures prove with the right approach houses do sell . |
| 29 | At Harvard he read how apart from gods useful for economic purposes , ‘ All the myths about their gods are otherwise hazy , and their names persist in a meaningless way in the Todas ’ prayers . ’ |
| 30 | Although James Braid is correctly credited with the course design , the Sandwich Professional was also involved for both their names appear on the first year 's accounts published in July 1908 for ‘ laying out , and advising as to links ’ , their respective fees being £15 6s. 6d. and £5 . |