Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [adv prt] [art] [adj] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I go down a steep or longish hill , braking on the engine , by the time I 've reached the bottom the engine seems to be suffering from fuel starvation and consequently refuses to go up the other side . |
| 2 | She builds up a full and fascinating portrait of a community with an acute sense of history which gives her descriptions a unique dimension . |
| 3 | ‘ Look here , you hold down a difficult and sensitive job . |
| 4 | It was great to have you — and , as always , you put on an attractive and generous display of what is on offer from Traidcraft . |
| 5 | If you put on the pink and rode to hounds like English gentlefolk these days , some wee feller with an Armalite would blow your head off . |
| 6 | Gilligan repeats this problem when she parcels up the unconscious and sexuality in a bundle with carer-infant relations , and deals with it by labelling it ‘ Chodorow ’ . |
| 7 | One particularly useful feature is Autocloning which lets you bring in a scanned or painted image — such as an ordinary snapshot — and edit it in a particular painting style . |
| 8 | Kathleen had always rushed for the post , even in the days when their father had laughed at her eagerness and stood above her as she scooped up the white and brown envelopes . |
| 9 | She switched off the data-analysis and scratched her snub nose . |
| 10 | Jenna came back to the present rapidly and painfully as she tripped over a fallen and partially sunken log . |
| 11 | He did not look up as she advanced down the long and beautiful room . |
| 12 | She put on the black and white dress , hesitating a moment as she looked at herself and thought , it 's too smart . |
| 13 | When one cooled she picked up the other and spat to test it . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | As a community do we seek out the poor and oppressed , endeavouring to help them in their struggle for dignity or do we put them in our litanies of prayer but refuse to act ? |
| 16 | Repacking the camera gear , we decided to abandon it to the elements in orange survival bags , and bracing ourselves , we retreated down the steep and slippery slope . |
| 17 | By describing , for example , the histories of western psychological concepts of the Madonna-like good mother , who is present , sensitive , and , currently , stimulating , and the bad mother , who is the reverse , they map out the political and ideological origins and currencies these concepts have , beyond the biologized significance which traditional psychology gives them ( e.g. Adams 1983 , Hardyment 1983 , Riley 1983 , New and David 1985 , Urwin 1985 ) . |
| 18 | So they fan off the loose and close down the spaces for the fly-half or blind-side winger . |
| 19 | ‘ Why do you think they brought in the Black and Tans ? |
| 20 | The Hygiene supervisors felt as though the planes would land on their heads , but this did not stop them carrying out a thorough and hygienic job . |
| 21 | Throwing it open , he lifted out a sinewy and almost reptilian form , holding it aloft and going down the line of young men , offering it briefly to each in turn . |
| 22 | He accelerated up a dark and steep hill and finally they emerged on to the flat expanse of Blackheath . |
| 23 | Over half of that can be eliminated by buying British , so marketing can produce considerable improvement and it takes on a new and dramatic urgency . |
| 24 | His North Sea assault gave the environmentalists a powerful and unique spokesman ; it made the government sit up and take notice ; and it speeded up the long and painful process of making the public aware that there was a very real problem to solve , which was going to involve personal sacrifices . |
| 25 | He took over an existing but derelict blast furnace at Coalbrookdale ( q.v. ) which had been set up in 1638 , and in 1709 he discovered the method of smelting iron with coke instead of charcoal . |
| 26 | He took out a key and let himself into the building . |
| 27 | From his saddlebag he took out a frayed and crease-torn map . |
| 28 | Once settled in an armchair , he took out a shortish but fairly carbonized pipe and began smoking . |
| 29 | It kept out the cold and gave strength and comfort beyond its natural powers . |
| 30 | He put down the still and took the champagne bottle . |