Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] [adv] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her name , she says , is Elena ; her dark eyes gleam with gay desperation , an impression fuelled by the way she tosses back glass after glass of sparkling wine . |
| 2 | Once through the crust , tunnelling is easier and she brings out loads of sand , clutched between her forelegs . |
| 3 | Well really , what I 'm trying to tell the children is that plants need water , it drinks up water in order to live . |
| 4 | The expert will want to make sure he understands both points of view , and in doing so , he may decide that he should try to persuade one or both of the parties about the other 's position . |
| 5 | And when you consider that it measures only 17mm in depth at the first fret , it 's the closest yet to an invisible neck , from a purely tactile point of view . |
| 6 | It describes how deliverance from evil is achieved through the payment of a price . |
| 7 | He conjures up visions of conflict of interest saying , ’ … somewhere down the road the interests of Novell will not coincide with the Unix world at large . |
| 8 | It costs approximately £1.95 per gallon , unleaded £1.85 . |
| 9 | One in five of the ‘ 303 Times Top 1000 companies ’ interviewed believed that it costs less than £4000 per person , one in three estimated costs in the range of £4000 to £6000 and a further one in three thought it costs over £6000 per employee . |
| 10 | And it is not priced in the luxury category — it costs just £249 plus VAT to install Cozydry in any bathroom . |
| 11 | It costs about £4.27 from DIY stores . |
| 12 | It costs about £2.40 from DIY stores . |
| 13 | Supplied with an energy-saving 16 W 2D fluorescent bulb , it costs about £23 from Omega Lighting |
| 14 | In four natural shades it costs around £29.95 per metre . |
| 15 | It rules out incitement to violence and threats of armed action ( what Mr de Klerk calls ‘ war talk ’ ) . |
| 16 | It creeps up insidiously ; it creeps up step by step ; and all of a sudden the unfortunate citizen realizes that [ freedom ] has gone … |
| 17 | Not only is SmartDrive superfluous , it wastes almost 1Mb of RAM . |
| 18 | Of these , the most northerly is the orange K-type Theta , with a declination of 36 degrees south ; therefore it rises anywhere south of latitude 54 degrees north , whereas the two Pointers to the Southern Cross , Alpha and Agena , can not be seen from any part of Europe . |
| 19 | Gamma is quite definitely variable , and is an unstable star , with a luminosity about 6000 times that of the Sun ; periodically it throws off shells of material , though these can not be detected visually . |
| 20 | It means simply freedom from coercion by others and it is achieved when a sphere of private autonomy is created . |
| 21 | However , the preamble to this convention reaffirms certain broad humanitarian principles of considerable potential relevance to the nuclear weapons issue , and inter alia it repeats almost word for word the terms of Article 35 of 1977 Geneva Protocol I , already quoted . |
| 22 | Sudjic implies this when he explains how architects of office blocks have to dress up the imperatives of mechanical engineers , and when he examines , and rejects , attempts to tie the design of tower blocks to the social ills they can contain . |
| 23 | Once he has left the gym he seeks out partners for tennis , three-aside football , baseball , golf , watersports . |
| 24 | It brings in supplies from gas fields in the North Sea and the Irish Sea through five coastal terminals . |
| 25 | On a song like ‘ What Did Your Last Servant Die Of ? ’ he provides neither food for thought nor reveals anything about himself . |