Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [verb] [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My American agent once got me some stuff placed in Reader 's Digest . ’ |
| 2 | What a pity that the Opposition never tell us any success stories . |
| 3 | He said look you can have these expensive antibiotics , they were intensive ones , said look you know I do n't want him to lose his bloody foot just give me some antibiotic ! |
| 4 | BOBBY GOULDING is no saint — but I 'm glad the disciplinary committee only gave him two matches last night after his trial by TV . |
| 5 | Drummond once told me that Radio 3 broadcasts to about 30 minority tastes , each of which is characterised by its intense dislike of the other 29 . |
| 6 | If an exercise ever causes you any pain you must stop immediately . |
| 7 | We saw in Chapter 3 that the law now offers you some protection if there is a ‘ transfer of undertaking ’ , although not if there is a mere sale of shareholding control . |
| 8 | A grand image I have to admit , but then re-entering that room still gave me some anxiety : as my American ‘ friend ’ surely recognised , I was in need of ‘ positive visualisation . ’ |
| 9 | Much medical opinion also assures us that hypnosis is not essential . |
| 10 | A fine 27th place overall earned him third spot in the over-50s category as Britain scooped the team prize . |
| 11 | Finally , to avoid a scene , his wife granted him an audience and Alice returned to her room upstairs to allow them some privacy . |
| 12 | Within the ruling Socialist Party ( PS ) , the supporters of the " socialism and republic " faction led by Jean-Pierre Chevènement ( who resigned as Defence Minister on Jan. 29 — see p. 37941 ) refused to back presidential policy on the Gulf at a meeting of PS officials on Feb. 2 , and attacked the Feb. 1 decision temporarily to let US B-52 bombers overfly the country . |
| 13 | A good community midwife also gives you emotional support and reassurance . |
| 14 | He meant , among other things , are you living with anyone ? and she knew it , but she cared too much for the day together to tell him one way or the other . |
| 15 | Alone in my cabin , then I got comfortable , put all troublesome thoughts out of my mind , and switched on the vid to one of the best of what the vid expressively calls it Everlasting Serials . |
| 16 | Reggie seemed genuinely pleased with the idea of a tribute to Joyce , and from that day forth gave me endless friendship and encouragement . |
| 17 | I tell you our night really told you One night I was standing , we were getting ready to go out to do a show and I was ironing in the kitchen and it were about six o'clock at night and all of a sudden Rudy come flying at me like this all over me , I thought Christ not this time of bleeding night ! |
| 18 | Boon duly got it next day and took his average to a Bradmanesque 86 . |
| 19 | I assume I must have made it because when the noise of movement outside wakes me four hours later that is where I am . |
| 20 | And the silly part of it is the milkman always puts it that side where you open the door , instead of this side . |
| 21 | Since the total number of crossings , 5 is odd , unc has the determinant -1 ; accordingly unc unc unc Coincidentally , this example also illustrates he second variant : it is adventitious that the largest element among those available occurs in the first , second , third and fourth column in succession . |
| 22 | With Norm 's demise , America 's beer-drinkers have lost both a role-model and a soulmate ; but , as it happens , the week also brought them good news . |
| 23 | For this reason , he invited the previous speaker who had first referred to the lack of education of the people of the area to spend a day or two in the area sometime to experience it first hand . |
| 24 | They are expected to be issued with a writ tomorrow giving them two weeks to leave the premises . |
| 25 | She spent the remainder of the week drifting aimlessly from room to room in the house , until her father irritably asked her one evening whether she had nothing better to do . |
| 26 | Paddy Sutton of the Lisburn Branch kindly send us this story which demonstrates that remembrance is a continuous process . |
| 27 | Twenty minutes sitting quietly in the horsebox beforehand gives you this opportunity . |
| 28 | His success in the competition apparently gave him considerable encouragement as , according to the introduction to his Notes of Thought : |
| 29 | We ‘ book people ’ are somewhat defensive about our occupation of the Church for a long period , so the following incident naturally gave us new confidence . |
| 30 | The hon. Gentleman 's attitude to terrorism always does him immense credit . |