Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean what about apparently we eat more chocolate than any other country . |
| 2 | My Keith tried a little drop last night and he said I must n't drink this so soon after then he had another sip must n't drink it and he |
| 3 | Bearing in mind this canal is in the middle of nowhere he returned ten minutes later with a bloke in a Land Rover . |
| 4 | For once we had definite news that things were looking up , and it was the perfect antidote to the gruelling journey . |
| 5 | It was a Saturday , their father was sleeping in , as were their three elder brothers , so for once they had some time to play by themselves , which they did in the yard . |
| 6 | Within three overs Gooch had his century , his first against Pakistan , 17th in all , ninth in his 27 Tests as England captain , and for once he bore little resemblance to lonely General Gordon , whose last stand is immortalised by George Joy in Leeds Art Gallery . |
| 7 | So for once I have some sympathy with John Major , who is enduring similar torture at Number 10 . |
| 8 | What happens when we 're doing times now you did two sets of twelve did n't you ? |
| 9 | The growth of user-subcultures takes on enormous importance , and not only those associated with deviant youth groups : the British audience for American Country music , the Adult-Orientated Rock audience , successive rock 'n' roll revivals , swing band enthusiasts , and many others , would repay attention , for often they use mass-media products , perhaps radically shifting the original meanings . |
| 10 | Before long he became part-time Bursar , and on his retirement from teaching in the late 1950s he had taken on the post full-time . |
| 11 | Elle-women are beautiful and alluring from the front , though from behind they sport hollow backs and cows ' tails . |
| 12 | From here we had immense views , northwards across Ras Kassa 's province of Salale towards the Blue Nile gorge , or southwards to the distant Arussi mountains . |
| 13 | On the other hand her measurement around her tum was 44 inches and from here she lost 5 inches . |
| 14 | Before then he had 14 years in charge of West Ham , the club he joined as a schoolboy player and where he progressed through the ranks . |
| 15 | From there he made frequent visits to Jefferies ' Coate Farm and Reservoir , to well-off Townsend cousins in Clifton , and to the neighbouring Downs . |
| 16 | From then we spent many nights in the air raid shelter . |
| 17 | Until then he remains Prime Minister . |
| 18 | Get one more go than you used to now you get one left . |
| 19 | Well they had one man in the hold and they used to have a fork lift in the hold , in Holland , with one man and he could do that job and they sent one man ashore , well over here we had four men in the hold and two men ashore . |
| 20 | Since then they spent another £100,000 on it . |
| 21 | These clauses may be construed as ‘ no amendment or termination ’ clauses , for otherwise they have little substance ; all treaty provisions are binding unless terminated . |
| 22 | The petitions had little or no effect but at least they afforded some sense of involvement in what was going on . |
| 23 | The other six people all used this same excuse , but at least they had some hair to wash . |
| 24 | ‘ At least they do this right , ’ he murmured . |
| 25 | But at least they have sufficient grounding to do so , if they wish . |
| 26 | At least they won both Tests in New Zealand . |
| 27 | In fact , neither do accruals accounts necessarily , but at least they give some indication that capital has been affected . |
| 28 | At least we had each other . |
| 29 | So maybe that afternoon he 'd only get two calls done , but at least we gain more business out of it . |
| 30 | At least we know one man who ca n't be the Southwark Bridge body . |