Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A pickup truck passed us with three men in the back sheltering under a tarpaulin . |
| 2 | Personally , I am rather too fond of my sanity to risk it in this way . |
| 3 | None the less , the Committee considered that the instruments were available and the time ripe for achieving this enormous ambition : " We have the advantage given us by then necessity of a new departure among rapidly changing conditions , and by the opportunity of avoiding some causes of past failure " . |
| 4 | Give the customers plenty of opportunity to see you from all angles and let them feel the cloth if they want to . |
| 5 | As they strolled deeper into the gardens she became aware that the Pantominteatret was by no means the only form of free entertainment , as their progress led them from one area of performance to another . |
| 6 | ‘ I used to worry about Darth Vader , ’ Prentice confessed , putting his arm round Rory 's waist and lifting his foot to massage it with one hand . |
| 7 | Such indemnities , transferring liabilities incurred to third parties , will be particularly useful in cases where a contracting party may incur liability to a person not party to the contract , which therefore can not be excluded by contract : for instance , a manufacturer might require a distributor or retailer to indemnify it against tortious product liability claims by consumers injured by the product . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Our second introductory case places you in this situation . |
| 10 | Stockport 's second victory in four days at Edgeley Park moved them into second position in the Fourth Division . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | As his passion grew , to be answered in kind by her own almost overwhelming desire , his arms tightened their hold and his mouth sought hers with greater urgency . |
| 13 | We thought all was well until the Battlebus passed us at full speed in the opposite direction . |
| 14 | But a more historic example has recently emerged from a conservation programme to preserve it in first class static display condition for many years to come , this is Mk 1 Z2033/G–ASTL of the Skyfame Collection owned by the Imperial War Museum ( IWM ) and part of the collection of the historic aircraft at Duxford . |
| 15 | His mouth met hers with bruising force , and the clamour inside her head rose to a deafening crescendo , the world twisted and turned , tossing her adrift with the turbulence of a whirlwind . |
| 16 | Smith 's wife died in 1825 ; this loss made him for some time anxious to resign , and may help to account for the relative lack of distinction of his period of office . |
| 17 | IBM is hoping that the popularity of workflow computing models will drive uptake , but it acknowledges that message queuing is not a new concept ; what is new it says , is the attempt to implement it across multiple manufacturer 's machines . |
| 18 | There is no evidence , to date , that making people belt-up turns them into worse drivers . |
| 19 | The Mayor rebuked him in warm terms , whereupon the elegant creature said , hotly : ‘ Who are you to talk to me like that ? ’ |
| 20 | We went off to parade for lunch ; this meant ten minutes doing press-ups with the Corporal halting us in mid exercise so that we were poised between the ground and the arms-stretched position — as our limbs weakened so people started to slump and collapse , which resulted in kicks and blows . |
| 21 | What is new , according to DEC consultant engineer Lawrence Stewart , is that hardware now has the horse-power to drive them in real time . |
| 22 | What is new , according to DEC consultant engineer Lawrence Stewart , is that hardware now has the horse-power to drive them in real time . |
| 23 | I do n't know why my search drew me to that part of the house , except that Curtis was the only soul in it other than myself and Leon . |
| 24 | He fell about laughing when his agent phoned him with this news . |
| 25 | It is evident that the expertise and contacts Grampian companies have developed through supplying the North Sea oil industry stands them in good stead to take advantage of oil related opportunities in the Middle East . |
| 26 | The indictment charged him with two offences . |
| 27 | We were soon to discover that Masha might be in no condition to set us on any track . |
| 28 | Suppose that an infant who has hired a horse injures it by careless riding . |
| 29 | Some candidates for overseas study told me in all honesty that the acquisition of consumer durables , the modern-day trappings of success , was the main motivation for their efforts , although they also hoped to help the ‘ motherland ’ in the process . |
| 30 | Her confident reply dissuaded him from further questions along this line . |