Example sentences of "[art] [noun] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She spent little and even caring for her lodgers generously she did not need half the income she found she earned . |
| 2 | ‘ There 's only one good thing about that society , ’ says Howard , ‘ and that 's the opportunity it offers you to reject it . ’ |
| 3 | In his later years he recalled with pride the opportunity it gave him to lecture such eminent men as Sir Henry Stanley on the correct procedure for expedition photography . |
| 4 | He is engaged in conversation by McKendrick , another participant in the Colloquium , but does not reveal to him that what attracts him to the conference is the opportunity it affords him to go to the World Cup qualifying match between England and Czechoslovakia ( scene one ) . |
| 5 | I mean I mean obviously the it may be that erm there 's very little these days I 'm afraid which is an absolutely copper bottomed guarantee you know but if if if they were able to say well you know yes we do take people who 've got the exams you know we took somebody last year or whatever . |
| 6 | The same is true of free , fit , apt , able , etc. , all of which denote a quality in the person designated as the support which predisposes him to realize the action referred to by the infinitive in a certain way . |
| 7 | It is clear that the founding treaties , and in particular the EEC Treaty which has by far the broadest scope of the three , have established the Communities and the institutions which enable them to operate ; but more than this , they have been held by the European Court to have set up a new legal system separate from those of the Member States . |
| 8 | ‘ The 10 days ’ delay and the heavy casualties this small force and the RAF who supported them had inflicted on the enemy were of inestimable value at this critical stage of the battle . ’ |
| 9 | Students then tick the boxed word or phrase which corresponds to the sentence they think they heard . |
| 10 | SHe had eventually given in to a desire to seek Tammuz out , even though SHe already recognised the signs which meant he wanted to be left alone . |
| 11 | If you could pour some tea in the tea in the milk I mean I think I would like it . |
| 12 | When Pc Black had found him in the toilets he said he had temporarily removed his glasses to wipe them , and that a friend who was there had brought them to him at the police station . |
| 13 | If the Health Service were to be given all the money they say it needs we should need to double every worker 's NHS contribution . |
| 14 | PLAYER : Naturally — we did n't get paid , owing to circumstances ever so slightly beyond our control , and all the money we had we lost betting on certainties . |
| 15 | IF the Health Service were to be given all the money it says it needs we should need to double every worker 's NHS contribution . |
| 16 | And he said , it 's not on , he said what he , he said er getting the money he said we 've got a lot of money in American bank and he said and getting that back it 's just a pain in the arse ! |
| 17 | He does odd jobs for friends and neighbours and with the money he earns he buys food for Merlin and himself . |
| 18 | Still with the money he saved he 's got enough . |
| 19 | Have you got the smell one have you put the smell smell one down . |
| 20 | Even with such insight it has to be said : we go to the exotic other to lose everything , including ourselves — everything that is but the privilege which enabled us to go in the first place . |
| 21 | To please him , she travelled , learnt languages , read all the guide books to the cities he insisted they visit , became a sexual virtuoso , developed opinions on the classics and on contemporary literature , and learnt never to voice them at the dinner table unless asked . |
| 22 | Sometimes we can find it difficult to visualise positive outcomes ; if this is the case I suggest you refer to Chapter Three , which explains that all qualities can be given an opposite , more positive , interpretation . |
| 23 | As he came up over the rise he thought he heard a beautiful song . |
| 24 | Sure , I tell them that when they 're out on the field I want them to forget that they 're Momma 's little girls and project ! |
| 25 | ‘ If we perform adequately in the middle of the field I feel we 've every chance of making it through to the next round . ’ |
| 26 | A program ( issue 44 ) is a file containing a series of instructions for the computer which cause it to do a particular job ( such as behave like a word processor or a flight simulator ) . |
| 27 | If you make good use of the contacts it forces you to make in Ardmore , Wellington or Christchurch , you can get a very useful insight into the local scene that helps prepare you for the fascinating flying that lies ahead . |
| 28 | But by telling them to take themselves on the bikes it keeps them occupied . ’ |
| 29 | Some of these make your players speedier , others slow down your opponents but best of all , perhaps , are the coins which allow you to buy special kit components in the gym section before each game . |
| 30 | This meant , inter alia , that a provision in the contract which allowed him to solicit once employment was over did not come into effect until that contractual period was up . |