Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] [vb base] [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 My ladies find it a sad chore since reading Latin does not come easily to them , and after a day spent poring over official parchments my own eyes ache so . ’
2 ‘ They spend their lives sewing shirts in dark attics , and their employers throw them a few pence for their pains ! ’
3 When object-oriented database systems become more widely available , there may be a number of application domains where their advantages make them a good choice .
4 The spiny anteater , too , has a long pointed snout , but its spines give it a superficial resemblance to a hedgehog rather than to another typical anteater .
5 The rise of the acronym is perhaps one of the most important , if regrettable , linguistic phenomena of the modern age and their metamorphoses tell us a considerable amount about expert discourses .
6 But the English mystics and their followers give us the other side of the picture .
7 Kit Everard had his men raise him a sleeping pavilion on the eastern bank across the creek from the saman tree where he had established his strategic headquarters .
8 As the season goes on our baits make it a better swim .
9 The evening will be semi-business anyway , so your qualifications make you the best candidate . ’
10 She writes , ‘ The children are thriving and our jobs give us a great sense of contribution and pleasure ! ’
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