Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adj] [conj] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | People come up to them daily and thank them for helping with ‘ the best thing that 's happened to the valley in decades . ’ |
| 2 | Mike dragged me clear and carried me into the house . |
| 3 | The local people caught them in vast numbers for food , eating them fresh or drying them in the sun , and until recently they made up 80 per cent or more of the total catch . |
| 4 | I used to roll them in my hand and get them warm and get them in my finger like that and shoot it down , and watch it go down er |
| 5 | Suddenly he cut me short and took me round the room and made me look at things . |
| 6 | He comes away from the roots and I swing the rod over to my right , parallel with the water , to keep him low and prevent him from splashing at the surface . |
| 7 | The prisoner pleaded Not Guilty through the preliminary hearings and trial in the King 's Bench Court , where Mr Justice Embury found him guilty and sentenced him to death by hanging . |
| 8 | ‘ The good men of the realm , great and small , rich and poor , by common assent ’ found him guilty and sentenced him to death . |
| 9 | He directed it at Mr Brown , calling him childish and accusing him of launching the sleaziest-ever attacks in US politics . |
| 10 | That was my understanding and I got it right and discussed it with him |
| 11 | Indeed , Hamilton suggested crisply that they had got it wrong and left it at that . |
| 12 | I pulled it free and found it to be sand-frosted and pear-shaped , like the one Nicky had shown me . |
| 13 | Maxim offered the sealed envelope , Bruno took it , broke it open and passed it to her . |
| 14 | Cut it down , dye it red and press it into service for that next dinner dance ? |
| 15 | My father may leave everything to me , but I frankly would n't know what to do with it other than give it to Jamie . ’ |
| 16 | Christianity got me young and inculcated me with fear of devils , and with guilt , and with a notion that God spied on me always , and that I was a worthless shit because Jesus had been killed . |
| 17 | Then we can return to the problem of persuading the giant to leave us alone and ask who in the drama has those qualities ? |