Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] [conj] [verb] [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then he found her mouth again and gave her another of those butterfly-light kisses . |
| 2 | Neither John nor Ruth have authority over me , even though my Chinese cooking and my financial affairs will prosper if I follow their advice rather than trust my own judgment . |
| 3 | My favourite of them is the Power Toolbox , a way of taking program launching and switching out of the Program Manager altogether and putting your own buttons on the desktop . |
| 4 | I wrote to the Earl personally and told him that Brownie Guides are taught to leave behind nothing but their thanks , but received a reply saying that my letter had been passed on to the agent , Mr. Bishop , who handled all such matters . |
| 5 | Radical voices in developing countries began to accuse the West of plotting to keep down the numbers in the Third World so as to maintain their own privileged position . |
| 6 | This is particularly unfortunate because in deciding to set aside the demand the judge exercised a discretion , and on this appeal I am discharging an appellate jurisdiction and not hearing the matter afresh and exercising my own discretion : see In re Gilmartin ( A Bankrupt ) [ 1989 ] 1 W.L.R. 513 . |
| 7 | For two pins I 'd send this lot home and have you all to myself . ’ |
| 8 | A number of schools take the idea further and produce their own Christmas cards based around a design created by one of the children . |
| 9 | He would hang about outside and then go up to the grave afterwards and pay his own quiet tribute . |
| 10 | If you ‘ give ’ the smell to the reader rather than using your own private shorthand , then the reader 's own nose will do the work . |
| 11 | It should be made clear that this is on a completely self-financing basis and that at an increasing number of dinners spouses now attend the dinner rather than do their own thing . |
| 12 | Oor goats hev hed that green sickness lately but whativver they all say oor cheese is n't that much affected . ’ |
| 13 | It is now up to WACC , the churches and NGOs to monitor the discourse critically and make their own contributions . |
| 14 | She may fear Aids for her son ; she may fear violence from her husband ; she may fear that her son will have to move out of the family home and fear her own loneliness . |
| 15 | He knocked back his drink , turned to the bottle-loaded table behind and poured himself another large whisky . |
| 16 | Finally , when they get back home once again they are ‘ in demand ’ , and it is in their nature to work for the family again and put their own wants or needs to the bottom of the pile ! |