Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pers pn] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He wakes me up at two in the morning sometimes , for no reason at all , ’ Peter said . |
| 2 | And as depressed parents can have a deleterious effect on their children 's behaviour and vulnerability to psychiatric disturbance ( Rutter , 1966 ) , the number of people who can be affected in some way by the disorder is substantial and marks it out as one of the most important psychiatric conditions . |
| 3 | Clad in a white boiler suit , Barry takes his keyboard off the stand , bangs it gently ( ! ) on the floor , then puts it back before one of his customary jives around the stage , whistle in mouth . |
| 4 | Clad in a white boiler suit , Barry takes his keyboard off the stand , bangs it gently ( ! ) on the floor , then puts it back before one of his customary jives around the stage , whistle in mouth . |
| 5 | This brings me back to one of the many things shared by all three races . |
| 6 | This brings him back to another of Mr Major 's weekend promises , to give people more of a stake in their local administration : ‘ If they are going to bring local government closer to people , it has got to be more responsive to the wishes of people , and less to the wishes of central Government . |
| 7 | No one brings it up against any of these , that here is a man who , without any technical qualifications is yet trying to give advice . |
| 8 | Well , well that brings us on to those of you who do n't have a license and do n't drive , which is my sums are right something like twenty eight of you . |
| 9 | This brings us back to some of the points raised at the beginning of this book . |