Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb base] [pers pn] [conj] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People representing those shops tell me that the latest move by Tesco and the others that are breaking the law could sound the death knell for some of the vulnerable stores . |
| 2 | Most traditional horse care books tell you that the only way to achieve this is to give him as thorough grooming every day , but I 've got more faith in the old stud groom who said that grooming put muscles on people 's arms but did n't do an awful lot for horses ' coats ! |
| 3 | Youngsters love it but the 220-year-old automaton is only operated for a minute , once or twice a day . |
| 4 | The readings tell us that the first communities of Christians were united heart and soul in the Lord . |
| 5 | And although we may concentrate attention on teachers ' socially regulated selves , " their own descriptions of their feelings about pupils , and their relationships with them and with their colleagues remind us that the regressive , passionate and unruly aspects of human nature are always present in the classroom and may sometimes escape from rational control " ( 1989 : 203 ) . |