Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] [verb] [pers pn] [be] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The player who trespasses against the rules or ignores them is a ‘ spoil-sport ’ . |
| 2 | Not only are the men and women involved people of remarkable courage and strength , but unlike Imperial Typewriters or Spiralynx it is a strike of black workers in an area well known for its tradition of left wing trade union organisation . |
| 3 | He wondered how the little man was coping , remembered the heads and concluded it was an acquaintance he would not wish to renew . |
| 4 | The choice of McLeish as captain will , Roxburgh believes , remove an unwanted , additional pressure from McStay 's shoulders and let him be the midfield schemer who orchestrates the emphatic victory essential to Scotland 's progress . |
| 5 | He avoided the child-labour inspectors by clamping a cigar between his teeth and pretending he was a forty-five-year-old midget . |
| 6 | The new appointments demonstrate a commitment by the Saatchi brothers to restore the company 's fortunes and suggest they are a long way from turning their backs on the business they built . |
| 7 | One widow wrote to thank the organisers and said it was the most moving service she had ever attended . |
| 8 | Police are hoping to trace original owners but admit it 's an uphill task . |
| 9 | Crown counsel said Alan Murray also denied everything at first and then admitted joining the UVF , while Craig said he was put under pressure to keep various items but denied he was a member of any illegal organisation . |
| 10 | A girl who pummels a destructive little brother who ruins her toys and finds she is the one who gets into trouble feels hurt and angry . |
| 11 | He offered a hand of reconciliation to whites and said it was the ANC 's job , as the country 's biggest political force , to address national unity and nation building . |
| 12 | He put up his hands and found it was a long strand of seaweed . |
| 13 | First we thought something fell , but then 15 minutes later we came out and saw the crowds and police and realised it was a bomb . ’ |
| 14 | Timothy Gedge smiled at the men and said it was a nice day . |
| 15 | So some bright spark produced small tasty jam-filled doughnuts and said THEY were the missing holes . |
| 16 | He began to put on airs and think he was a grown-up who could boss us around until Dad checked him for it . |