Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [pers pn] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was urged into the air again , kicking out with its back legs , seeming to hang there motionless , and then on hind legs it walked several steps forwards . |
| 2 | For it was then that I felt the first healthy flush of anticipation for the many interesting experiences I know these days ahead hold in store for me . |
| 3 | Well as I say , my daughter was a grammar school tea , er pupil but erm my so , grandsons I have one now at he 'll be twenty two this year , went to Burnt Mill I have another grandson in Burnt Mill |
| 4 | To hide their clear outlines they need some kind of disruptive markings . |
| 5 | In the New English Bible we find these words : ’ Glory to God in highest heaven and on earth his peace for men on whom his favour rests . ’ |
| 6 | Notice the rhythm of the different name you insert each time . |
| 7 | Funny uniforms they wear these days , he thought , eyeing the girl 's navy-blue nylon overall and hat like a white forage cap . |
| 8 | Discussing the proposals of Holland and Benn designed to rectify the short-fall in investment in the British economy they make this point : |
| 9 | With higher after-tax wages it takes fewer hours to earn any given target income . |
| 10 | About my ruined clothes I felt less concern , for I noticed that the flood had made many people shabby . |
| 11 | The more mischievous may suggest that , as an exercise in the once-discredited art of nationalisation , it was a huge success ; but as an attempt to apply market forces to public services it made little difference . |
| 12 | Its contents may be verified by reference to the works quoted in the bibliography , especially those of Kinsey and his collaborators and by Masters and Johnson in the United States ( although stemming from studies in another and slightly different culture they hold much validity for Britain also ) and by Chatham , Eysenck , Felstein and Gorer in the United Kingdom . |
| 13 | Len Seager had been conscious throughout the entire rescue operation and as Rachel joined him briefly in the back of the ambulance and covered him with an extra blanket he managed another smile . |
| 14 | In a letter sent later to the central authorities he advised that transport problems should be viewed in organic conjunction with local economic needs . |
| 15 | To separate their individual styles they split those evenings into consecutive 1520 minute slots and they retain that format for the tour . |
| 16 | In a speech at Vladivostok the following July he expanded these remarks to a broad conception of an Asian security zone . |
| 17 | The following February he sent another letter and received a similar response . |
| 18 | Outside chemistry he had many interests . |
| 19 | which had been occupied by soldiers , this was our first hut , well by then I was working for the Corporation and of course by virtue of my job with the chief architect I got this house and we were offered this house about two years later for two thousand pounds and we said oh we would n't be staying here for more than ten years in any case and we would n't be bothered to buy it , but then my husband started in business you see soon after he came back and we eventually got the shop and , of course it 's very convenient because we 're only a stone 's throw from the shop you see , so we stayed here |
| 20 | She died in April 1944 ; the following October he married another Frenchwoman , Michelle Thomas . |
| 21 | and the members of the Divisional Court I find this proposition impossible to sustain . |
| 22 | And so in memory of all those men who did not return to this base , we dedicate them to the keeping of Almighty God we read these verses together . |
| 23 | How do you sp y how do you you know erm a typical day you know each day , how do you spe I mean , what time to get up normally in the morning ? |
| 24 | The following week we had another family party , and various outings with friends . |
| 25 | Much of America 's apparent lead in intelligence technology and the vast sums it spends each year on these organisations has been negated by the large number of spies and traitors continually found within them . |
| 26 | Once through the rear door he issued another instruction to the animal , and as the animal sloped off — no doubt to some favourite spot in the house — the aggressive and now charmless man led the way to the kitchen . |
| 27 | as an honest man You know some time we 've got to decide what we 're gon na do when , as soon as we get to Thailand and where we wan na go first . |
| 28 | But like many contemporary lawyers he combined this taste with a concern for current politics . |
| 29 | Their aerial photographs he subjected to destructive scrutiny , the light crop lines they detected under the unbroken fields he dated several centuries later than the sacking of Aurae Phiala , the dark crop marks emerging so strongly in contrast he refused to consider as early Roman military lines , but set well back into pre-Roman settlement . |
| 30 | They did it because he 's got a vast audience they wanted those people to watch their awards on TV . ’ |