Example sentences of "[adj] [subord] [noun prp] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a mixture of strange colours and the knitted ties felt scratchy where Gloria knotted them under Dot 's chin . |
| 2 | Again , Pound 's admirers will protest ; and they will be right , insofar as Yeats 's account of the Cantos is n't so definitive as Olson takes it to be . |
| 3 | The pyramids were already 2,000 years old when Herodotus visited them in the middle of the fifth century BC , but he found the Egyptians still told tales of misery about their construction , the horrors suffered by the populace . |
| 4 | Cambridge was empty when Coleridge reached it in October . |
| 5 | Seb always felt vaguely uncomfortable when Melody caught him on his own . |
| 6 | Late that evening , Corbett was found by a servant sent by Selkirk , who announced in broad Scots that the knight would be grateful if Corbett joined him in the outer bailey near the main gate . |
| 7 | This appears reactionary because Freud states it in such general , ahistorical terms . |
| 8 | I 'm not sure if David keep us from erm the building , we know then that there was no |
| 9 | So was Donleavy when Coleman told him about Hurley 's call . |
| 10 | Meg was shocked when Carolyn told her about the baby . |
| 11 | And of course we 're pleased as Punch to put him in print again . |
| 12 | The theory of the ISAs would indeed be very crude if Althusser left it at that but he completes the essay with a discussion of ideology , the mode in which the ISAs function . |
| 13 | He was sure that , even though he and Ari got along well , she must have been disappointed when Leila chose him for the job . |
| 14 | Some longer-term , less detailed targets and stabler financial regimes for services are as necessary as Plowden recognised them to be . |
| 15 | Susan 's eyes grew wide as Maggie told her about her ride on the telegraph pole , ending up at The Haven where she 'd been rescued by Bryce . |
| 16 | The bleeding persisted and Jean was very weak when Jim left her at the maternity ward . |
| 17 | Draper was appalled when Branson telephoned him from Oxford on the Sunday evening , bubbling with enthusiasm for his new project . |
| 18 | Helplessly , Harry stood silent as Cora-Beth threw herself into her father 's arms . |
| 19 | Nobody took much notice of them or expected them to start up any form of conversation , so Charles was surprised when Eric addressed him by name . |
| 20 | Brownie Owl was very sympathetic when Penny told her about the lost budgie . |
| 21 | It was a revelation after the pain of trotting and Nails was cross when Nutty brought it to an end . |