Example sentences of "[noun pl] [coord] [pers pn] [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 We go to the track meets , the basketball matches and we select kids and we give those kids scholarships based on athletic merit .
2 And erm we went on an elephant on a safari and we looked for erm wild animals and we saw some rhinos , and that was quite good fun .
3 We had enough , we had a roof over our heads and we had enough food and things like that , but nothing for luxuries or little extras .
4 With the house came two hundred acres and he added more land later , planting woods which were bequeathed to the nation , with the house .
5 down into his arteries and we ca n't get anything down there so they 're blocked , but he said how the hell he survived that op I do n't know he said they could 've done more with his legs but it meant another hour and a quarter minutes in surgery , and he said he 'd had enough we could n't have kept him on the table a minute longer so he said all we can do is wait , so now mum said well he 's alright in intensive care , he 's responding well , getting over the operation well , but what we was worried about was him breathing on his own , had he , had he been you see , anyway he said this on er Thursday
6 ‘ He 's had trouble with campers , who 've broken down his fences and left fires that have caused a lot of damage — not Guides or Scouts , of course , who you know are taught to leave behind nothing but their thanks but he puts all campers together and calls them all nuisances . ’
7 In the last section we have come to the interesting conclusion that B may alone exist of all our variables but we reached that conclusion on a magnet shape not much used in practice .
8 As a result his writing becomes less concerned with immediate political concerns and he had more time for reading and research .
9 But follow the financial columns and you realise this club will be bought and sold , like any other worthwhile commodity .
10 He enjoyed the company of his grandchildren and we had several family gatherings .
11 I think we 're losing track of what this actually is Paul , there are , you 're trying to do two things at once what you 're trying to do , I think is use it as a learning process for children but this is an annual report for parents and I think that part of it a at least surely must be a report by the sa member of staff , by the department on how the child has done , by the member staff .
12 And if they fail to find all your information and recommend something and then you say , Well er invalid son or parents and I need that money then he 's at fault and you can then er take them to court for failing to give you best advice .
13 We 'd rubbish each other in the columns but they ring each other up and scream with laughter .
14 In consequence they had more free time for family and social activities and they found less problems in transferring the farm from father to son because the son could continue his own employment and live in his own house .
15 These are the northernmost Elf realms and they share many characteristics .
16 Because I look at hard times and I make this vow : This will not stand . "
17 They 're incredible musicians and they have this feeling that they can cross all the boundaries , which we had , too .
18 And that 's true , but it 's often forgotten that some of us on this side of the fence also play professionally — they say teachers are failed musicians and I suppose many people see music journalists as those not good enough even to teach !
19 I confirm that there is still time for organisations to respond to our proposals and we expect more representations during the consultation period .
20 " Now El-ahrairah was among the animals in those days and he had many wives .
21 The party addressed much of its effort to workers and it enrolled few peasant members , yet the peasant question was central to its programme and during the revolution of 1905 it exerted considerable influence in the All-Russian Peasants ' Union .
22 That this ‘ slippage ’ is so slight is due to the fact that the other Enterprise staff have worked a great deal of extra time and taken on extra responsibilities and I take this opportunity of thanking them for their hard work and support during this period .
23 Our masters have had to size up the capacity they have at different plants and it made more sense to move production to Leeds
24 ‘ It has been her home for well over thirty years and she needs some stability after losing Father .
25 As Windows sorts out the ( hardware ) men from the boys , there 's a large section of the book dedicated to exploiting your disc drives , keyboards , mice and pointing devices , modems , networks , printers and video boards and monitors and I found that section particularly impressive .
26 We were told that this money was being collected for the families and we gave this money through the official trade union for that purpose .
27 try things and we discover some things do n't work very
28 He is a universal being and is therefore above the pettiness of deception ; he loves all things and he knows all things love him .
29 Add to this the vulgarity of American capitalist culture and the inherent snobbery of English expatriates and you get some idea of what awaited the future Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago .
30 Our profits are disappointingly small in relation to , er er , the , er first half of last year er then , we had buoyant conditions and we made more money than we ever had before .
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