Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] [adv] [noun sg] [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 | Well really , what I 'm trying to tell the children is that plants need water , it drinks up water in order to live . |
3 | It describes how deliverance from evil is achieved through the payment of a price . |
4 | It rules out incitement to violence and threats of armed action ( what Mr de Klerk calls ‘ war talk ’ ) . |
5 | It creeps up insidiously ; it creeps up step by step ; and all of a sudden the unfortunate citizen realizes that [ freedom ] has gone … |
6 | 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 . |
7 | It means simply freedom from coercion by others and it is achieved when a sphere of private autonomy is created . |
8 | 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 . |
9 | On a song like ‘ What Did Your Last Servant Die Of ? ’ he provides neither food for thought nor reveals anything about himself . |