Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is also firmly committed to proactive management : ‘ This is n't the kind of business environment in which we can set targets and expect something to happen , and we 're not waiting for an economic turnaround to provide us with the kind of results we want to turn in . |
| 2 | Richard Elliott , the Headmaster , chose Francis as one of the first pupil teachers , and in due course promoted him to the position of junior teacher at the Margate branch of the Asylum . |
| 3 | If possible try to frame them in a dramatic way — because this is a further pointer for the children showing how you are going to work together . |
| 4 | For each node , every word in its left sub-tree precedes the word at the parent node in the alphabet , and every word in its right sub-tree follows it in the alphabet . |
| 5 | She was not so lucky with Benton , who sprang up and crashed into her , his arms locking around her waist , their combined momentum slamming them against the door . |
| 6 | When doctors announced that there was a glimmer of hope , Raine organized a private ambulance to take him to the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases in Queen Square , central London where for several months he lay in a coma . |
| 7 | ‘ His usual spin took him to a private beach at the Dragonara Hotel in St Julien with Denis and Frankie 's sister Betty . |
| 8 | Retirement combines these two aspects of companionship , on the one hand an increasing rate of loss , and on the other , less social opportunity to replace them through the place of work . |
| 9 | At noon , the exhausted Pack gathered together and Brown Owl led them to a shady area . |
| 10 | She 's written to her M P , Andrew Smith , and at the start of this year , British Rail allowed her into the buffet car . |
| 11 | The old warrior treated it as a kind of personal adventure playground where he could drive through cherished projects such as the revival of the wartime Home Guard or toy with trifles such as the age of entry to the Royal Naval College at Dartmouth . |
| 12 | John and his team have already extracted considerable concessions from the Inland Revenue , which means that the majority of us will be able to continue as before , i.e. we will be able to satisfy the Inland Revenue that the majority of priests do not have the liability to tax on their income from the Church , without the need for the Inland Revenue to meet us on an individual basis . |
| 13 | A very light northerly wind wafted us round the moored yacht on which we had marooned the photographer . |
| 14 | However , resentment from those who had learned the trade through the proper apprenticeship forced him into a debtors ' prison in 1738 . |
| 15 | The duo 's set seemed lethargic , a muddy mix robbing them of the textured subtleties that make their records so invigorating . |
| 16 | Yet oddly enough when Massine staged his Donald of the Burthens with the help of a Scottish expert to guide him through the traditional steps and figures it was not a success , possibly because too much reliance was placed . |
| 17 | Mean Malcolm whistles at him , an old lady helps him over the road , teacher expects his writing to be tidy and he has to read the part of the spineless Rapunzel . |
| 18 | The old lady acknowledged him with a nod . |
| 19 | Felipe 's possessive attitude rid her of the attentions of Peter Rainford and when Felipe offered to show them Ana 's skills neither of them looked overjoyed . |
| 20 | ‘ The old girl left us in the dark , ’ said Iris with a jerk of her head towards the empty desk . |
| 21 | Very light , very hurried steps , but the bare , glossy wood turned them into a muffled drum-roll . |
| 22 | The ground was largely excavated by hand , and shovelled into small tipping trucks , which were then hauled on rails by horses.4 ; Excavated material from the lower level was raised to form the top of the planes and a stretch of embanked canal to connect them with the summit pound . |
| 23 | But all good things must come to an end ; back on the old routine mixing it with the Luftwaffe and all they could muster — and their reaction was tremendous . |
| 24 | His report on the German military brought him to the attention of General George Marshal , on whose staff he later served . |
| 25 | Her welding torch has been applied to an old mini to turn it into a Pink hippopotamus . |
| 26 | The generous buffet is both pleasing to the eye and the taste buds , with free wine to get you in the mood for an evening of entertainment . |
| 27 | My hon. Friend had it in a nutshell . |
| 28 | My hon. Friend asked me about the medical ethics of the issue . |
| 29 | As the right hon. Member for Islwyn ( Mr. Kinnock ) and his Front-Bench team are so singularly ill-informed , why does not my right hon. Friend invite them to the Department for a teach-in , when they could be given the true facts and figures ? |
| 30 | But to her surprise the patron and his very large , round-faced wife greeted him like a long-lost son . |