Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [pron] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I 'm a bit of a newshound so I look at both of course , see what 's what . |
| 2 | I chased one into a warehouse where he managed to double back and attack me from behind . |
| 3 | Dead trees turn out to be commonplace — hundreds of them standing knee deep in the wide , slow meanders of the Murray River or more loosely scattered in a macabre parkland where what passes for good grazing has been toasted a mauvy brown by the long summer sun . |
| 4 | For most of his forty years with the company , he worked in the Finishing Department where he began in 1950 . |
| 5 | By 5.15 she 's in the canteen where she works until 7.15 when she clocks off to go home and get her children to school . |
| 6 | And finally , the expert again we spoke about that , a good example really is in the computer world where you have individuals who get on really well with computers and programming but put them in a group and they really do n't provide any in fact if anything they take away from the group . |
| 7 | The most elaborate effects relate to ‘ Dr Frankenstein' and the lab where he dissects to little purpose . |
| 8 | The cysts leave the skin to lie on the bottom where they multiply by simple division — breaking up to infest more fish . |
| 9 | And when they turned homeward , to tell their grandfather what they had seen and heard , the king of the vookodlaks scurried away to a muddy , murky , bushy part of the wood where he lived with all his tribe of ugly , dark , hairy , spiteful , brawling goblins . |
| 10 | Vanessa Thompson , who lives in Brussels , decided to make the study when her husband 's job forced her to leave the pretty village where she lived for eight years . |
| 11 | He was to be found lurking in the band 's dressing room whenever they ventured into Mancunian territory , which was often . |
| 12 | Er the er the breeders ' evening now what happened on this breeders ' evening is that the they run the raffle then give us our expenses out of it so that eleven pound eighty is the is the part of the raffle proceeds which we need to , to e to er for our expenses , you 'll see on the other side erm that we spent that eleven eighty , six eighty for er refreshments and five pound for the rent . |
| 13 | ‘ A moment ago you referred to several ordeals . |
| 14 | Years later during the war when I went to Central Flying School to get an instructors rating , he once more instructed me and this time got another gong — Air Force Cross — for conduct far and beyond the call of duty , trying a second time to teach me to fly ( or so my mentors claim ) . |
| 15 | Gradually , you will need to increase your pace to the point where you are walking briskly and you can feel your heart pumping away efficiently , but not to the point where you feel at all overwhelmed . |
| 16 | And above all pupils were the first to acknowledge the moment when they moved from acceptable to unacceptable standards . |
| 17 | We reminisced about Robinson 's batting , which was not exactly the best on the county circuit , but he did have one great moment when he put on 144 for the last wicket with Arnie Sidebottom against Glamorgan at Cardiff . |
| 18 | Noticeable notice that our our growth er , items er six and seven additional enforcement officer er officers for countryside protection , er we can actually like to do that and I 'll just come on to that in a moment when I get to two B but also in terms of growth er this group wants to see ten er whole time fire fighters , additional whole time fire fighters erm we wo n't get better in terms of confidence though fire engine survey this year but we we 'd rather sort of form |
| 19 | Because the disaster revealed something about the basic nature of the Soviet system , at a moment when it had at last become possible to do something about that system , the political consequences may prove the most profound of all . |
| 20 | Why did you go on about that erm place where you went for that beer and you know , you said that we worked for that |
| 21 | Not as good as yesterday evening when I dined on roast chicken , not very well cooked , but certainly much better than this homely fare . |
| 22 | It was over a titbit on the floor and occurred after a period when they growled at each other at feeding time . |
| 23 | So with this going on we found our company would get on better if I had collateral so I wrote to this boy and asked him for a million and put it in a trust fund that I would get after his death , and we that way so okay . |
| 24 | I can still remember the day when it walked into all our lives . |
| 25 | ITV was allowed about seven hours a day when it started in 1955 ; and long before the growth of home computers , VCRs and video games in the 1980s , of course , the TV set had become a main focus ( often the focus ) of the living room . |
| 26 | A defendant 's costs order may also be made in the following circumstances : ( 1 ) by a magistrates ' court where an information has been laid before magistrates but not proceeded with ; or where the magistrates ' court inquiring into an indictable offence as examining justices determines not to commit the accused for trial ; ( 2 ) by the Crown Court where the defendant is not tried for an offence for which he or she had been indicted or committed for trial ; or the defendant who has been convicted of an offence before a magistrates ' court appeals against conviction or sentence and , in consequence of that appeal , the conviction is set aside or a less severe punishment is awarded ; ( 3 ) by the Divisional Court where it deals with any criminal appeal ; ( 4 ) by the Court of Appeal where it allows an appeal against conviction or sentence or on such an appeal finds the defendant guilty of a different offence or imposes a different sentence ; ( 5 ) by the House of Lords where it determines a criminal appeal , or application for leave to appeal . |
| 27 | He opened the car door and dropped his cigarette end on to the concreted surface where it glowed with vulgar ruddiness on the silver sharpness of the frost till he ground it under his foot as he stepped out . |
| 28 | Mills kicked himself in the 13th minute when he missed from two yards . |
| 29 | But how do you decide in advance exactly what comes under this head ? |
| 30 | About a week later he explained at more length that the committee had seen all the drawings and liked them with this one exception . |