Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] [pers pn] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And er I gets him down and I gets him into the stable , and I gets all the clothes off him and he gets into a bag , a bran bag , more bags and lay down and covered himself , and I hung his clothes round the boiler fire . |
| 2 | Whatever the grandeur of the situation she transcends it with a sweet serenity which mesmerizes everyone . |
| 3 | She handles it like a sophisticated traveller unthreatened by a new airport . |
| 4 | Relations between the Prime Minister and Nigel Lawson may still be strained ( she blames him for the present difficulties ) . |
| 5 | Above all , it 's a relaxing therapy and she sees it as a major way of helping a runner ‘ warm down ’ . |
| 6 | ‘ She keeps you on a tight rein , does she ? |
| 7 | She tells me with a peculiar girlie sham . |
| 8 | She presents us with a glistening floor bordered by a number of bells hanging from long ropes , each lit from above to produce its own pool of light . |
| 9 | In each work she presents us with an unexpected anxiety , the memory before a human crisis . |
| 10 | So she moves them to a nearby burrow when they are approximately four weeks old and at that time they will have become virtually self-supporting . |
| 11 | She reminds me of a small animal at bay . |
| 12 | John gives Mary the coin , she hides it in the red box for safe-keeping and departs . |
| 13 | During this period she herds stray animals to her seashore cave , where she feeds them during the cold months . |
| 14 | She watches me through a black veil that hangs from a black hat . |
| 15 | I 'm aching to run , but make myself sit for a second while she watches me through the black circles . |
| 16 | But she has grown up strangely , and she treats him with a cold formality , calling him ‘ Sir ’ but correcting him almost every time he speaks . |
| 17 | She nourishes them with a special fluid which exudes from a nipple on the wall of the pouch in which her larva lies . |
| 18 | Each one of them tells us about a different aspect of the creature . |
| 19 | Although the Daily Telegraph 's reviewer thought the twenty-year-old too young for the role of Buddy , he conceded that ‘ he plays it with an infectious sense of fun . |
| 20 | Brahe ‘ shows ’ Epstein his work — that is , he flies him around the 30-kilometer circumference of the accelerator which is buried deep underground , pinpointing the surface features and describing their relation to the features concealed below the surface . |
| 21 | I found the way here when I was a boy , and it spoils you for the human world . |
| 22 | With feet of lead he pitches us into the high winds with the wisdom of a professional . |
| 23 | He maketh me to lie down in green pastures : he leadeth me beside the still waters . |
| 24 | Only one of them looks directly out of the picture , and he holds us with a gloomy , ironical eye — an unflattered eye , as well , we ca n't help noticing . |
| 25 | He holds it through a riveting performance of the Toccata , a sumptuously lyrical adagio ( although perhaps here it has more the air of an andante amabile ) and a gloriously ebullient Fugue . |
| 26 | ‘ Shut the window , please ’ is said in a situation where the speaker rather expects the hearer to act so as to fulfil a certain sort of wish of his , if he indicates that he has it by an imperative sentence . |
| 27 | He is carrying the map the class have made , which his " friend " has delivered ; he thanks them for the excellent job they have done . |
| 28 | Within the Rolling Stone thing , I mean , part of it has you as the chief designer and you have to accept the notion that two heads are better than one , which means designers can not |
| 29 | Simpson still delays taking the kick , now it comes in , he knocks it into the far post , looking for Paul . |
| 30 | He wants me in a purple gown to match the set and shows me drawings of the dancers ' outfits . |