Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [vb -s] [verb] [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The writer has to give it these things to make it real for the reader . |
| 2 | But he says the case has cost him more than that . |
| 3 | ‘ The catch in this heaven , ’ she went on , ‘ is that the brain has only got so much dopamine to offer , and once the cocaine has used it all up , then that 's the end of the pleasure . |
| 4 | The rest I 've put in the gutter off the path and of course the wind 's blown them all back off again . |
| 5 | The car has made it that way and it would be almost impossible for public transport to knit it together in the way that the railways did in the nineteenth century . |
| 6 | ‘ I must confess the fire at the manor has caused me some problems , ’ admitted Christian . |
| 7 | And now the stroke has affected him that way . |
| 8 | The sport has given him all this , and could take him from it in an instant . |
| 9 | The A G M , the last two years people have said well there 's not a great deal of point in coming along other than for a drink because er the committee 's got it all sorted out , you know , beforehand as regards who 's doing what . |
| 10 | This defence may last for days or for weeks , but usually the funeral begins to make it all real to her . |
| 11 | nothing stops that race but the weather has put paid today to Gloucestershire 's big game … their match against Australia was washed out and abandoned in a draw … but the water has done us some good turns |
| 12 | However , Joanne and her parents agree that having the baby has brought them all closer together as a family , and it has provided a focus and role for her mother who , after Joanne 's account , tells her version of the way that this has positively transformed her life . |
| 13 | England have only beaten the Turks 1–0 in their last two clashes and Wright admitted : ‘ The manager has given me another chance , now I 'm desperate to repay that faith . |
| 14 | A police spokesman said : ‘ The assistant has given us some vital information even though it must have been embarrassing for her . ’ |
| 15 | If I know something , it 's because the Lord has given me some understanding . |
| 16 | When a woman looks in the mirror , she sees the totality of her being : because of the social brainwashing to which she has been subjected , the mirror seems to tell her more than it can tell a man . |
| 17 | Farvver Murphy at the church 'as promised us some paint , an' whitewash fer the ceilin 's , an' one o' the lads knows where 'e can get all the timber we need , no questions asked o' course . |
| 18 | They says the doctor 's given you that to take you off the alcohol . |
| 19 | The Doctor 's got it all under control . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ The Doctor 's got it all under control ? ’ |
| 21 | Ms Hurst , who works at Unilever 's environmental engineering department in Port Sunlight , Wirral , said : ‘ The family has told me that Berend is making great strides towards a full recovery . |
| 22 | The ISPA plans to pay him this money later in the week but is also to discipline him . |
| 23 | Nonetheless , the authoritarian nature of the regime has won it many enemies both inside and outside the country , creating an atmosphere of suspicion and intrigue amongst the educated elite . |
| 24 | ‘ Helping others get a start has made it all worthwhile , ’ he added . |
| 25 | As Bourque and Grossholtz put it , ‘ that politics is a man 's world is a familiar adage ; that political science as a discipline tends to keep it that way is less well accepted , but perhaps closer to the truth ’ ( 1984 , p. 103 ) . |