Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [prep] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are just as much a product of the youth system as any youngster from the FA School of excellence though — so I reckon were OK to gloat about them in future years : - ) ) |
| 2 | There may be no alternative to leave-of-absence or annual leave but the nurse should be given the opportunity to resolve her difficulty by seeking the help of colleagues who may be prepared to substitute for her at short notice . |
| 3 | Sabine looked round her with eager curiosity , her gaze lingering on one large central tapestry . |
| 4 | No good talking to me about top and bottom length , cos I do n't know what you 're talking about . |
| 5 | She would give anything to be able to talk with him in private , but he deliberately chose a time when both of them were a home . |
| 6 | This is especially true of very strong disagreements like Brenda 's father 's disagreement in Extract 8 , with his " no " repeated three times in overlap with Brenda 's talk , and his continuing to talk over her with repeated uses of " not " . |
| 7 | The idea was that , by raising the standards of these deprived areas , the children in them would be brought up to the levels of those in more privileged communities , and would then be able to compete with them on equal terms later in their educational careers . |
| 8 | The latter items , of course , like meanings , are subject to identity ; i.e. a non-meaning qua topic of discourse is necessarily such that it must be possible to refer to it on different occasions with the phrase " the same A " , where A is a descriptive expression of some sort . |
| 9 | He will play for defending champions Kelburne tomorrow against DW Clydesdale and will be available to play for them at regular intervals throughout the second half of the season in addition to the finals of the European Club Championship in May . |
| 10 | At one moment we shall be talking in terms of billions of years and billions of light years ; at the next we shall focus on events that are of importance for only billionths of a second involving particles so small that it is misleading to think of them as material objects . |
| 11 | Meany is in charge of the News now , and he 's just ready to hear from you about newsworthy things happening in your area . |
| 12 | It will take something special to get past him in current form and Newcastle team-mate David Kelly could be one of those trying . |