Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A pickup truck passed us with three men in the back sheltering under a tarpaulin . |
| 2 | Give the customers plenty of opportunity to see you from all angles and let them feel the cloth if they want to . |
| 3 | Mr Brown is parading this tacit Jackson support in an effort to draw blacks away from Mr Bill Clinton , the Democrats ' front-runner whose solid black support helped him to big victories in the South and Mid-West . |
| 4 | Beatrice was married now , with a family of her own , and because times were hard her sister helped her with surreptitious gifts of money ; and with clothes , toys , and treats for the children . |
| 5 | There is no evidence , to date , that making people belt-up turns them into worse drivers . |
| 6 | The Mayor rebuked him in warm terms , whereupon the elegant creature said , hotly : ‘ Who are you to talk to me like that ? ’ |
| 7 | The indictment charged him with two offences . |
| 8 | Her confident reply dissuaded him from further questions along this line . |
| 9 | It has now been decided to write to Rangers asking for their views on statements attributed to the three men since Ferguson 's club dropped him for disciplinary reasons , after which it came to light that Murray had spoken to United 's manager/chairman , Jim Mclean , about buying the Scotland internationalist . |
| 10 | They carry on average only 2.5 grains each and , as the corollas fall in the morning , they ny back up to the canopy , where they effect pollination , any slight wind drifting them to other trees . |
| 11 | ‘ New ’ animals may be subject to ‘ new ’ disorders , and ‘ better ’ , more disease-resistant animals may tempt AgriBusiness to keep them in worse conditions . |
| 12 | He had the impertinence to berate me for knee-jerk reactions on behalf of the Government when he opposes absolutely everything that the Government do , however sensible it obviously is . |
| 13 | His apprenticeship took him through various parts of the motor car division until the outbreak of war , when he was transferred to the aviation side to make crankshafts and camshafts for Merlin engines . |
| 14 | The lead boat briefs you on several places to visit , and arranges a couple of rendezvous for social events . |
| 15 | The clash between human and divine presents us with two spheres , each with right on its side , pointing forward to a reconciliation in line with the Aeschylean view of Fate enthroned above gods and men as eternal justice . |
| 16 | Their search took them to six countries , with the contract finally going to Toronto-based Lovat . |
| 17 | Almost a year after his ‘ There 's Nothing Like This ’ hit single and reactivated album put him on first-name terms with the British public , Omar Lye-Kook is still based in north London , operating out of his father 's tiny Kongo Dance offices and recording down the road in Willesden . |
| 18 | This may lead those who would otherwise oppose the practice to defend it on cultural grounds . |
| 19 | So , on a board the apparent wind we experience when we travel at 10 knots in a 10 knot cross-wind will be a 14 knot wind hitting us at 45 degrees . |
| 20 | A thin disdainful blonde girl led me up narrow stairs to a room filled completely by a single bed . |
| 21 | Paper-thin circumstance separates us from other lives and alliances . |
| 22 | A small Palestinian boy led me up some steps to the side of the building and the woman ushered me inside . |
| 23 | Bourdieu 's work on the new middle classes ( what he calls the new petit bourgeoisie ) and Goldthorpe et al. 's study of the service class 's social mobility provide us with some clues . |
| 24 | The borough council blames them for serious defects found in the building . |
| 25 | Great Britain , for their part , will be looking to recapture the many admirable qualities which brought them that improbable victory after Steve Hampson 's early dismissal reduced them to 12 men . |
| 26 | ‘ When the judge sentenced him to five years I felt like shouting out ‘ thank you ’ , ’ said Kate Connolly . |
| 27 | This attitude protects you from negative suggestions and strengthens your defence mechanism in a socially acceptable way . |
| 28 | With a total population estimated at 15–30 million , crabeaters are almost certainly the world 's most numerous seals ( Laws , 1984 ) ; their wide dispersal on pack ice protects them from human depredations . |
| 29 | Lord Brougham believed of Liverpool that : ‘ No minister ever passed his time with so little ill-will directed against himself , or had so much forbearance shown him upon all occasions . ’ |
| 30 | However , when the researchers reached the shop floor they discovered that robots were far too expensive for management to waste them on unskilled jobs . |