Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [subord] [pers pn] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know my sister , and I know Adam , and I 'm clear in my mind that before you came along there were no outward signs that anything was amiss . |
| 2 | Night Goblins have become so accustomed to the dark that when they come out into the open they prefer to move around at night and hide away during the day . |
| 3 | It 's quite usual to pay a deposit to show that you intend to go ahead with the deal and if you back out the repairer is entitled to keep the money . |
| 4 | ‘ I hope it might give a ten year old kid a little inspiration , a little boost and when it comes out of him , I 'm happy . |
| 5 | He gave it to her as an engagement ring and when she took off , she never sent it back . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Hoskyns ’ , said one of the astringent colleagues who disapproved of him , ‘ went to Berlin and they muddled his mind and when he came back he could never get it unmuddled . ’ |
| 7 | Employees approach their manager to discuss the possibility of a break and if they take up the option they are kept in touch with progress via magazines , company literature etc . |
| 8 | I was sat on the couch and when I woke up , ten to three . |
| 9 | No I wo n't Niki because he 's in the car and if he wakes up and he 's going to be so unhappy . |
| 10 | Then we 'd go on a ten- to twenty-mile march and when we came back it would all be weighed again . |
| 11 | She had switched on the light and as she walked back towards him , he could see her legs again through the dress . |
| 12 | And they sent Alan off for his dinner in the hospital canteen and when he came back I 'd gone . |
| 13 | A dip in the hill , much like those at Sulber Nick and Kirkby Nick , led over the crest by an outcrop and as I walked out from the dip I saw ahead of me Raydale with , to my left , Semer Water and Addlebrough behind it . |
| 14 | A branch of the great plane tree had come down in the wind and as he ran back towards the Cages he saw that it had fallen right across the path where moments before he had been standing . |
| 15 | It turns on to its side and as I cling on for dear life I hear a startled cry from Nathan . |
| 16 | Rachel leaned forward between the front seats of the ambulance and as she glanced down she saw that David 's knuckles showed white as he gripped his black case , his other hand on the door catch , ready to run ; Greg was gnawing the side of his thumb and behind her Nina was breathing deeply . |
| 17 | I know that on Sunday I was on , on the watch , this weekend , and there was so much ice on the river , our anchor boat which is all made of wood , that 's moored up alongside the dredger and when I went along and got , that was about twelve o'clock in the mid-day . |
| 18 | A new cooker or whatever can be a tremendous boon and investment but before you go out and spend money ask yourself questions about the way you live : is the pace hectic or leisurely ? how many and what sort of meals do you have to provide ? are you far from a good supermarket or freezer centre ? how much time do you have for shopping ? are you out at work all day ? do you grow your own vegetables ? how often do you entertain ? can you spend time on cooking and food preparation or is it always meals in a hurry ? |
| 19 | I would , I would have to be absolutely honest and that and er I would n't exclude myself from that particular er way of thinking because when they moved in , when you got a time for a job , erm for example there was one particular job that I was on erm and I thought that I was doing it reasonable accurately and rapidly , erm and they wanted to introduce a new fixture so that you know , I could do the whole series of faces on it . |
| 20 | And I often say that young ladies who are looking over their shoulder like this , you 've got ta be careful of the neck because when they turn round and look over their shoulder you get creases in the neck , and there is a slight crease in the neck there but most of it has been disguised by covering it with her hair , so look out for that when you have a young lady , or anybody , looking over their shoulder , particularly with young ladies , when they look over their shoulder like that it does cause creases in the side of the neck which can be unsightly . |
| 21 | Jess went to fetch the coal bucket , trailing the fast dying hope that if she got on with her work she might be left in peace to think things out . |
| 22 | Now these houses were of the kind that when you walk in through the door at the front you go into a l sitting room , through the next door is what can be a kitchen cum living room , and the staircase is n't immediately obvious but what it is is it 's a door that looks like a cupboard . |
| 23 | So stick together lads just for another week , whatever we we do , if we go back to work or if we stay out , it 'll be because of a unanimous vote or a majority vote in this lodge , you know w we came out together , we 'll go back together or we 'll stay out together . |
| 24 | The philosophy that if it goes down in the US it must be going up in Europe has meant that Smurfit is looking to Europe as its main engine for growth in the months to come , when it must decide how to spend the $1bn cash raised from the recent financial restructuring with Morgan Stanley . |
| 25 | Lee realized that there was no longer a sound of singing in the bar and when she looked up saw ‘ Patricia ’ staring down at her . |
| 26 | ‘ He 's a nasty piece of work and if he comes back you treat him just the same as this afternoon . |
| 27 | coach and if it comes out like Helen and Pete like that and they 're , they 're gone and the others have n't , no wonder it 's been up on your wall |
| 28 | She emerged from her apartment preceded by officers of the household and as she went along ‘ spoke very graciously , first to one , then to another , whether foreign ministers , or those who attended for different reasons ’ . |
| 29 | ‘ We had been to the pub and as we walked along a well-lit walkway this man came towards us . |
| 30 | He was stripped to the waist and as he jogged along between the shafts a few coins — obviously his meagre earnings for the day — jingled pathetically in a leather pouch fastened to the back of his belt . |