Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another opportunity for them to do it again . |
| 2 | I made a tiny human skeleton with the bones of the dead fish and distributed a little ketchup about it to make it more realistic . |
| 3 | So it 's a very great honour and privilege for me to address you today because at the end it may be difficult for you to understand but when I return to South Africa , and forgive me for speaking personally I also realize the full meaning of the support of British trade unions and the labour movement and the churches because it was because of your political material and particularly in the case of the G M B , financial and material support that it gave us the means to do what some of us wanted to do about our country and our situation , and bring about change if we could peacefully . |
| 4 | Some essential honesty about it brings it back from the brink . |
| 5 | She grumbles a bit about me waking her up , but I do n't think she minds all that much . |
| 6 | This will only bring about grief for what do we really know about ourselves or someone else ? |
| 7 | In the valley of Minas Morgul the Ringwraith sends out a command for him to put it on , but Frodo finds no response to it in his own will , feeling only ‘ the beating upon him of a great power from outside ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ I can understand it , even if I do n't like to think of her moving far away unless I get a personal recommendation about whoever takes her on . ’ |
| 9 | Neither she nor the grandchildren had any knowledge of training ponies so that would have meant further outlay for someone to break them in and this justifiably , is not cheap . |
| 10 | The irony of it struck her forcibly and her gurgling laughter broke out . |
| 11 | Fei Yen bowed deeply , the two maids on either side of her copying her automatically . |
| 12 | So why put him under the pressure , she sa cos I said , I want to know what the long-term effect of me taking him out of this is , because , effectively I 'm taking him out of something of the system , knowing , he 's going to miss that . |
| 13 | Even as he felt the danger of his need sweep over him , he perceived another danger beneath it : he let the pleasure of her carry him off , but within his pleasure 's flow a small bitter seed remained , as it were stuck between his teeth , offering him warning . |
| 14 | The sheer pleasure of it swept him up and it was a full minute before he pulled back and looked at her , amazed at how happy he felt . |
| 15 | She laughed as his warm mouth against hers told her exactly what he had in mind ! |
| 16 | Mm because his account was frozen as soon as he put his card in it took it in ! |
| 17 | They knew nothing of Judaism , did not feel Jewish , and yet had enough Jewish blood in them to make them somehow different from their former friends , if not quite enough for them to be welcomed unreservedly into the Jewish community . |
| 18 | And , although one part of her found it deeply frustrating , at another level Folly was grateful for his restraint . |
| 19 | Part of her embraced it gratefully whilst the other , the sad , secret part , rejected and resented it , all the while clinging blindly to what had been . |
| 20 | Part of her trusted him still , but the voice of reason whispered that he could not be the frank and open person he appeared . |
| 21 | whether it 's kind of him to keep her there |
| 22 | ‘ It 's remarkably kind of you to put us up like this , and we 're both very grateful . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ It 's kind of you to make me so welcome , ’ she said , dazzling him with a very personal smile . |
| 24 | He looked at his mother , seeing how she smiled self-consciously and lowered her head , for a moment the youthful look of her reminding him terribly of Meg — of how Meg would be a year or two from now . |
| 25 | Other theories on the origin or evolution of syphilis and the other diseases caused by similar organisms suggest that different populations have their own endemic treponemal disease , be it yaws , pinta , or syphilis , the presence of which makes it hard for one of the others to establish itself . |
| 26 | It 's an honour for us to have it here in Gloucester . |
| 27 | This may make her feel that society regards her as a second-class widow , and you may need to help those who come into contact with her to understand how important it is going to be for her future adjustment for them to treat her just as they would any other bereaved person . |
| 28 | IF Baroness Thatcher is feeling just a teensy weensy bit smug at the news that the Tories are in such a mess that a high proportion of them want her back as leader , well who can blame her ? |
| 29 | ‘ It 's funny you should say that , ’ said Miss Mack 's Solicitor , from a resumed recumbent position , rather dreading his appearance as No. 11 in boots too small for him , ‘ because an uncle by marriage of mine took me once to tea with some cousin of his who had been a county cricketer and this county chap said middle and leg was best because it gave you room to cut . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I know he had a rather possessive attitude towards her-I told you about that time he came into her class , did n't I ? — but from the way he looked at her , you 'd have thought she was the most perfect and precious thing on earth to him . |