Example sentences of "[noun sg] [adv] and [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately many of the Dizzy games were written on the Spectrum and ported across to the C64 , slowing the action hideously and leaving it a cruel parody of its Speccy counterpart . |
| 2 | ‘ What would you do , ’ Wexford said to his wife , ‘ if I brought a young girl home and offered you a thousand pounds to let her stay ? ’ |
| 3 | Will the Foreign Secretary go a bit further and say what the attitude is of the British Government ? |
| 4 | Since she left Downing Street , Lady T has sensibly turned her attention elsewhere and built herself a new and interesting life around the globe . |
| 5 | Well , perhaps she 'll come up to town then and pay me a visit . |
| 6 | Therefore , if you really want to move the business forward and make it a great business , you 've got to live it . |
| 7 | I thought it was Annie , and we 'd go home together and see Marie and they 'd both be proud of me and we could sit in front of the Christmas tree together and guess what the wrapped up presents were , and eat mince pies and all that . |
| 8 | A well-informed horseman simply had to grasp the horse 's head firmly and give it a sharp turn and back him out of the area that had been contaminated by the jading substance . |
| 9 | ‘ Culture is an integrated system of beliefs ( about God or reality or ultimate meanings ) , of values ( about what is true , good , beautiful and normative ) , of customs ( how to behave , relate to others , talk , pray , dress , work , trade , farm , eat , etc. ) , and of institutions which express these beliefs , values and customs ( government , law courts , temples or churches , family , school , hospitals , factories , shops , unions , clubs , etc. ) , which bind a society together and give it a sense of identity , dignity , security , and continuity . ’ |
| 10 | It will provide spacious accommodation for the journey home and spare you the expense of my fare . ’ |
| 11 | How Alan kept his temper I will never know , but he quietly sorted out the mess , mounted a huge Loch Ordie , rowed out from the shore again and handed me the fly rod : ‘ Here , Bruce , you fish , I 'll work the dap and mind the oars . ’ |
| 12 | Go and visit the marchioness to-morrow and tell her the story . |
| 13 | Louis and his great men deliberated , and decided : at the summer assembly in July , the Ordinatio Imperii accommodated Lothar 's ambitions by giving him the title of co-emperor forthwith and promising him the whole of Francia on his father 's demise . |
| 14 | Well , he 's taking a lot longer and costing us a lot more money in terms of letting us know his view . |
| 15 | When it did she made the coffee quickly and poured herself a cup . |
| 16 | Grimma took another step forward and caught it a backward thump across the muzzle . |