Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [pron] [verb] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's been argued by it 's supporters that it ushered in an era of peace . |
| 2 | Some had national flags flying from their rucksacks so we hung out a tiny Scottish Saltire . |
| 3 | Actually just just quickly er I just noticed on that list of your questionnaires that we got back a couple that they did n't actually know what was going on . |
| 4 | He fought with the Eighth Army and was mentioned in dispatches when he shot down a German plane with a machine-gun he had captured from an Italian plane . |
| 5 | I do n't want to be blown across the room in the first ten minutes so I hang back a little as we sit round the table with Anthony Hopkins and Campbell Scott to read the scene through and discuss it . |
| 6 | All we in fact observe is that h is regularly followed by B. This consistent association leads us to connect the two in our own minds , to expect A always to be followed by B , and this we then express by saying that A is the cause of B and B the effect of A. This is all perfectly in order , and indeed it is through such links and associations that we build up an ordered and coherent conception of the world around us and make sense of our experience of it . |
| 7 | The Moon was so angry with the hare 's evasions that she picked up a hatchet to chop off his head , but missed her aim and cut the hare on the mouth . |
| 8 | A board creaked beneath her feet and she sucked in a startled breath . |
| 9 | And the only other staff seems to be that young fellow in the kiosk , and I rather think he 's working for peanuts while he mugs up a thesis . ’ |
| 10 | It developed the direct-action methods of earlier campaigns into new and more dramatic forms and it took up an issue which was the central and most widely felt grievance of Derry Catholics — housing . |
| 11 | But ions can not probe non-conductors because they build up a charge on the surface , which distorts the analysis . |
| 12 | Pipe has achieved ever-increasing tallies in each of the 14 years since he took out a licence . |
| 13 | Kingfisher 's bid comes little more than three years after it fought off a £1.8billion takeover attempt by Dixons . |
| 14 | When she first stood in for Terry Wogan she insisted , ‘ I love standing in for Wogan but I 'm honestly not looking for The Sue Lawley Show with my name in lights and me swooping down a staircase . ’ |
| 15 | On my third shelf , I had put all my puppets and they put on a small puppet show for me . |
| 16 | It was Gre he was out at the Caithes and it blew up a a gale a Westerly gale and blew him across to Norway you see . |
| 17 | Jimmy Jessop , the glaciation expert , who is a skilled pickpocket , undoes the back buttons of Neil 's braces as they lean over a diagram together , until Neil loses his temper , and chases Jimmy round the office , shouting that he is going to bloody kill him . |
| 18 | This tactic does sometimes work , but it 's quite risky for Orcs because it ties up a lot of character points which you could well use elsewhere . |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't like making excuses but I picked up a bug in Germany at the weekend and have n't been able to shake it off , ’ explained world No13 McManus . |
| 20 | In fact my own club stand-off , Jonathan Newton , keeps my on my toes because he moves around a lot , in fact all over the place , and I just have to find him wherever he is ! |
| 21 | Character oozes from it , and I am content to spend some time studying its many features before I set up a rod . |
| 22 | Most borrowers did not anticipate this ; indeed , a 1989 survey by the Office of Fair Trading shows that only 37% of borrowers gave any thought at all to the likely future movement of interest rates when they took out a loan . |
| 23 | In fact it was at this time just as the United States was beginning to take up his Girls that he set up a school there . |
| 24 | Is he also aware that some of his colleagues have damaged their interests because they talked out a Bill designed to outlaw discrimination against disabled people ? |
| 25 | She had not walked a hundred metres before she tripped over a loose stone and went crashing over a steep overhang . |
| 26 | Then you turned thirty , started to nod off at ten-thirty and had attacks of the Blue Spots when you ran up a flight of stairs . |
| 27 | It 'll be all hands on deck from now on , ’ Moran told the girls as they sat over a late breakfast . |
| 28 | It is one belief , for example , that a woman will obtain children if she walks around a sacred tree 108 times dally for 48 consecutive days . |
| 29 | But I can see how you might think you could gain an advantage — me having problems with the local police while you work out a way to come up smelling sweet . |
| 30 | He shrugged , feeding the steering-wheel expertly through his hands as they roared round a corner . |