Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] [pers pn] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even to-day I am still surprised that our history master should have thought it worth while to include in his course a class in Plato 's Republic … or that our English master should take me to his home to show me his excellent library and especially his fine editions of Blake and Donne . |
| 2 | But friends and well wishers rallied round and calling themselves Ashleys army , raised enough cash to buy him his own gymnasium . |
| 3 | It would have been inconsiderate of the King and his wife to spare them their self-imposed task ; to dismiss the sweating craftsmen to their homes to enjoy the feast-time in front of a longfire with their wives and children , or drinking with the Earl in his comfortable timber hall , well fired and warmly hung , on the opposite shore . |
| 4 | ‘ I rang up Scotland Yard to tell you something this morning , and they 'd never heard of you . ’ |
| 5 | Boldness triumphed and they moved on towards Perth after sending a detachment of the Camerons to try to capture the fortified barracks at Ruthven , where it was left to stalwart Sergeant Molloy of Guise 's Regiment to give them their first rebuff . |
| 6 | This fear of cats , or ailurophobia to give it its technical name , is rare , but when it does occur it can cause untold misery for the sufferer and it is worth examining how it begins and how it can be cured . |
| 7 | She felt a nervous spasm in her stomach as she passed the point where Fernand had led her from the path to show her his secret refuge . |
| 8 | It is the promise to render them which those words imply , that constitutes the consideration ; and the promise to render future services , if an effectual promise , is certainly good consideration . |
| 9 | I wanted to invite Virginia back to the unit to show her what these rationalisations will really mean at the sharp end . |
| 10 | Phoebe now wondered , with an inner smile , remembering the evening when , aged about twelve , the master of her father 's college had rearranged the high table to make her his senior guest . |