Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was the essence of the problem : the press could only be managed by someone who knew their methods and who would not expect them to come round to Central Office to search for news . |
| 2 | They are generally thicker and harder-fired than wall tiles , to enable them to stand up to heavy wear without cracking . |
| 3 | It visited chiefs , and worked through them to find out about local resources , tools , apprenticeship patterns and market locations . |
| 4 | I rode back to Dire Dawa , past Haramaya Lake where my parents had camped , took the train to Jibuti and then a Messageries Maritimes boat to Marseilles , third-class among a draft of the Foreign Legion ; an interesting contrast with the Mission 's journey to Aden first-class on a P and 0 with a deck reserved to ourselves . |
| 5 | We approach a tight bend : the driver talks to the conductor ; the morning sun shines blindingly — I peer over into pure space . |
| 6 | When I got out of high school I wanted to be a caddie , so I got some bags at my local club . |
| 7 | After I got back to civilian life , I fell back into the habit of admiring the Masai , but regarding them as insubstantial . |
| 8 | Not only has that disc problem proved frustrating , but so has the inactivity temporarily imposed by a series of exploratory tests to assess the damage : ‘ Having been injured in the second tour match against Queensland I got back to full fitness , played in the First Test and was looking forward to the second . |
| 9 | However , I find yoga a bit slow and I like to exercise to music , so I moved on to popmobility-type aerobics which I named ‘ slimobility ’ . |
| 10 | Bleary-eyed , I staggered back to Nevski Prospect , and there I spotted a dejected-looking husband sitting in his car outside a supermarket , obviously waiting for his wife to emerge with the shopping . |
| 11 | It turns on to its side and as I cling on for dear life I hear a startled cry from Nathan . |
| 12 | It seemed like every time I went out to walk the course I came back with wet feet . " |
| 13 | I came out of slippered retirement and enjoyed a late bonus by visiting the old familiar places once again — but this time with a master cameraman . |
| 14 | In early 1981 , the Israelis had staged an air raid against the Rashidiyeh Palestinian camp — where Mrs Zamzam had her home — and I drove down to southern Lebanon from Beirut to report on the attack . |
| 15 | From New Bond Street I drove down to historic Cliveden near Taplow , for many years the home of the Astor family , which made a lovely setting for the Looking Glass Ball in aid of the Royal National Institute for the Blind 's Looking Glass Appeal . |
| 16 | How longingly I recalled that other bed , with Sophocles beside it and Mary in it , as I camped out on unsavoury sacks among the dregs of humanity who were my new companions ! |
| 17 | I dropped in on long sessions of talk , putting the world to rights — after all that was supposed to be one of the main aspects of college education was n't it ? |
| 18 | I look back with great thankfulness to God and deep affection to Holy Cross students for what was a most happy and satisfying central period of my life . |
| 19 | I look down on clear rivers . |
| 20 | ‘ I am not sure whether I will get a hot reception from the fans when I run out at Ayresome Park . |
| 21 | In accordance with my usual run of luck , I climbed up into thick mist , and being too lazy and smug to take a bearing I followed what seemed to be a well-worn path heading in the right direction for Beinn Dorain . |
| 22 | I had a strange sensation when , on an autumnal Friday afternoon , I turned up at Old Admiralty Building , to have a viva voce on my written evidence to the Falklands Inquiry . |
| 23 | I turned back to seventeenth-century France . |
| 24 | Yet , by his own admission , ‘ I tuned out of pop music with Elvis Presley . ’ |
| 25 | Six days afterwards I set out in direct disobedience of orders to rejoin my regiment . |
| 26 | So , with a quick flush of guilt for not going in 5 years , I trundled off to downtown Canterbury — quite a way downtown it was too , past Mr Careys bungalow and all the tacky tourist shops . |
| 27 | He 's into fun and games in bed , all the horny things that I get off on like spankings and Polaroid pictures . |
| 28 | Pallister said : ‘ When I get back to Old Trafford , I will tell the lads we have a fight on our hands . |
| 29 | In fact , I felt so wonderful that I glanced back at Old Red . |
| 30 | I stumbled off to polite applause . |