Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pers pn] [adv] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | He hated them before the war and he hates them now with a depth you gentlemen here would find hard to understand . ’ |
2 | It receives them automatically as a member of the European Broadcasting Union , a privilege granted to it because 15 member stations of that cosy cartel own the half of Eurosport which Murdoch does not . |
3 | An Elf war fleet led by Tyrion defeats the Norse in a huge sea battle and drives them away from the coast of Ulthuan . |
4 | In the hit movie Withnall and I , the two visit Riggindale and it drives them almost to the brink of distraction . |
5 | The child finds the same letters on the eight cubes and places them correctly in the tray underneath the card . |
6 | I turn away so I ca n't look at her , but she leans over and looks me straight in the face . |
7 | Kellard looks me briefly in the eye . |
8 | THE HONEST old hired hand who has seen it all looks you unwaveringly in the eye . |
9 | Naomi looks her straight in the eye , and demands , in a stage-whisper , ‘ Is it anything … to do with … sex ? ’ |
10 | He unfolds it there as the antithesis between sin and grace . |
11 | The little girl holds the caterpillar , plies it carefully from the twig to which it had moulded itself . |
12 | We are standing in that kitchen where I 've shared her meals and laughter , and she finishes drying the glass and places it carefully on the table . |
13 | For example , Mr X gives property to Mr Z who holds it absolutely for the infant unmarried son of Mr X. That is a transfer of an asset and a settlement for the purposes of ss663 and 664 ( although the Revenue may not apply ss663 where the income is not paid to the infant ) . |
14 | He sticks one between his teeth but does n't light it — just holds it there like a storeman 's pencil . |
15 | Eliot 's ‘ word , / Swaddled ’ , with its suggestion of Christ 's ‘ swaddling clothes ’ ( Luke 2 : 12 ) places us firmly within the area of fertility and birth , but Christ in ‘ Gerontion ’ comes not as baby but as frightening beast , associated , like totemic animals , with fertility . |
16 | Love is a strange force like gravity that holds us together in the transcendent and will suffer no parting . |
17 | The larger Diocesan pilgrimage joins us later in the week . |
18 | She comes back across the room , punches me playfully in the chest , then flops on to the sofa . |
19 | He grabs me amicably by the shoulder , pinches me firmly , and explains that since the Chinese left no new equipment has been purchased . |
20 | The title-page describes him simply as a Scholar of New College , Oxford and a Barrister at Law . |
21 | He brandishes it wildly in the air , telling everyone they are safe now . |
22 | What happens if , as you move in close to grab his arm , he suddenly kicks you hard in the groin , and then stabs you as you double over in agony ? |
23 | She kisses me softly on the forehead and wraps me in her arms so securely I 'm reminded of my mother . |
24 | But no doubt we can return to these matters if the honourable gentleman raises them further in the course of the debate . |
25 | She shakes me gently by the hand and announces quietly , ‘ I 've just got out of the bath . ’ |
26 | The hon. Member for Tayside , North ( Mr. Walker ) talked about subsidies , and that leads me straight to the idea which has sometimes been muttered during the debate — that the mines should not have a subsidy . |
27 | She skips and twists among them , sniffing their hind-quarters , until at last she finds the two she seeks , her own young , and leads them away to the shade of a bush and there lets them suckle . |
28 | As soon as the chicks are mobile , she leads them away from the nest and down to the shore . |
29 | It steals between us in such a way that whether or not he sees me only as the outline Woman , I see him through it only as the crude outline Man . |
30 | That leads you right onto the south fields . |