Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [verb] [adj] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm writing a report on her former colleague , because suspicions have been voiced that she is the agent of some foreign power — though , I hasten to add , I personally regard this as nonsense , and am convinced he died simply because she somehow … |
| 2 | I only got that cos kindergarten . |
| 3 | In the course of a long interview in his apartment , I found myself quite charmed by his lack of pretension , inarticulate babble sprinkled with the occasionally brilliant observation and odd habit of quoting himself , but I nevertheless remained convinced that Koons ' self-effacing earnestness was a scam . |
| 4 | Sometimes , when I have to make precious substances such as toenail cheese or belly-button fluff , I have to go without a shower or bath for days and days ; I hate doing this because I soon feel dirty and itchy , and the only bright thing about such abstinence is how good it feels to have a shower at the end of it . |
| 5 | ‘ She is so tired when her work is finished that she just sits still and rests . |
| 6 | She always loathed naturalistic and realist writing , and locates in Raymond Carver a ‘ grey … glum … discontented acquiescence ’ that could be applied to any number of British anaemic depressives . |
| 7 | She also dialled 999 but police were diverted to another emergency . |
| 8 | When we play games with her sh , and she does n't win she either gets upset and cries or gets angry . |
| 9 | The first cats of this type were what we today call striped or mackerel tabby , covered with thin , dark lines . |
| 10 | ‘ We certainly hope Scottish and UK companies will become involved in the project but we are determined to get the very best expertise , even if it means going abroad , ’ he said . |
| 11 | Lee ‘ s briskness had been a last stand and she was ready to turn and walk down the five flights of stairs again when the door in front of her suddenly swung open and Lee found herself walking through the doorway . |
| 12 | They also admitted light and air if the barn was not full . |
| 13 | They also look leaner and fitter — have you ever seen a fat vegetarian ? |
| 14 | The North have never been whitewashed in the Championship , but they now look vulnerable as injuries , defections and selection switches have deprived them of a consistent team . |
| 15 | He entirely lacks financial and business experience . |
| 16 | It swiftly became apparent that congress would not go along with such an increase , especially after the big Democratic gains in the 1974 elections . |
| 17 | It suddenly seemed terrible that Marcus was leaving the flat . |
| 18 | It made her want to cry , the way he suddenly seemed whole and human . |
| 19 | It already seems obvious that Mr Kinnock will be the earliest beneficiary , and this for a simple reason . |
| 20 | When we met up as planned , it soon became apparent that Paul had in fact researched the matter in hand extremely thoroughly , and I had an impressive number of addresses and names of contacts to take back to Katrina . |
| 21 | But it soon became apparent that Britain still preferred little more than an effective interlocking system of treaties along the lines of the Treaty of Dunkirk : increasingly , if these were initiated , they would be little more than holding operations until the United States shared in the defence of Western Europe . |
| 22 | A mechanical bush-clearing company was called in , but it soon became apparent that machines could not accomplish all that was required , and labourers from other tribes were set to work . |
| 23 | It soon became apparent that customers had different requirements for the number and type of transput devices to be attached to their computer . |
| 24 | It soon became apparent that men were being discharged too soon , to make room for a growing number of casualties . |
| 25 | However , it soon became obvious that Inez was not to be found , and everything I learned about Matthew Glynn convinced me that he was an honest man . ’ |
| 26 | After potential topics were tentatively divided into meanings and non-meanings , it soon became clear that meanings could not be included into the range of possible existents . |
| 27 | This done it soon became clear that Clairvaux had been no more than a pretext and that the real problems lay elsewhere . |
| 28 | But it soon became clear that Washington was prepared to promise no more than a continuing exchange of views " to bring our respective viewpoints as close as possible " . |
| 29 | It soon became clear that Sam and Luke had many acquaintances in common ; they chatted easily , and Anna was skilful at drawing Merrill into the conversation . |
| 30 | He remained with Champneys until 1880 , but it soon became clear that architecture would never be his chief preoccupation . |