Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] [subord] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was almost on the point of signing before his better judgement saved him at the last moment from the emetic flower-child rompings of this 1972 Paramount flop . |
| 2 | Instead of visualising as your ultimate goal an examination many months ahead , break the subject into many parts . |
| 3 | But those on the list who actually applied , as opposed to expressing vague interest , had no way of knowing whether their completed application forms had been weeded out or simply thrown on to the paper mountain along with everyone else . |
| 4 | You must learn to become aware of your pattern of breathing when you first start to become anxious . |
| 5 | In 1517 David Cecil took a 21-year lease of land in Essendine at a rent of £18. 3s. 3d. ; not being the freeholder he was not mentioned in the muster , and there is no means of telling whether his global assessment of £46 at Tinwell embodied the profit of this farm which he very possibly sublet . |
| 6 | Physical abuse must be recognised as a problem worth solving before its true extent can be known . |
| 7 | Mrs Goode studied sociology and education subjects and hopes her degree will help her to obtain work in teaching when her youngest child , four-year-old James , starts school . |
| 8 | He showed imagination in appointing as his personal assistant ( Sir ) John Wheeler-Bennett [ q.v. ] , who was to become one of Britain 's most distinguished experts on German politics . |
| 9 | Since quitting as its leading spokesman , Icke has predicted : |
| 10 | After all , we have been reaping rewards from the vegetable garden for months : the soil ca n't go on and on providing if its own storehouse is not replenished . |