Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] [adv prt] [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and she brings back a few bits , not enough for a child . |
| 2 | Her manner and her uniform will secure the patient 's trust as she carries out the necessary investigations , while her understanding of the aims of the study will ensure that she can offer the research team more than columns of figures . |
| 3 | One of my favourite memories of her goes back a few years to when she was playing Martina Navratilova in New England . |
| 4 | He 's extremely cheerful , if somewhat misguided , as he points out the many features of the room , and mentions that the public rooms in the Cottage will be opened at seven o'clock . |
| 5 | Tonight he holds back the ill-concealed shudders and caresses the swelling head , he bends and kisses the skin exposed . |
| 6 | It conjures up the same emotions that have led to the horrors of ‘ ethnic cleansing ’ in Bosnia , with rival religious and political groups staking out new dividing lines . |
| 7 | He cuts out the middle men and women — the dreaded parents — and goes straight for the hearts and minds of kids . |
| 8 | The benefit of creating such groups is that it breaks down the multifarious functions of a branch committee into discreet areas , to which special attention can be given . |
| 9 | When the character of Harlequin , the Comic Lover , had become familiar in England he was quickly promoted to lead the pantomimes ; nowhere in ballet does he rise to more commanding heights than as Captain Belaye in Cranko , s Pineapple Poll , where he takes on the superior airs and manners of the British Navy and becomes the apple of every girl 's eye . |
| 10 | He draws out the richest tones that he is capable of here . |
| 11 | While this is fine for short items it misses out the real benefits of stylesheets . |
| 12 | When he 's finished his ballet routine — ‘ Lots of people come to see what Joe Mangle is going to do , and when I appear on stage doing my best arabesque , you can feel people thinking ‘ Oh no , he 's really lost the plot ’ — he throws out a few one-liners . |
| 13 | He lays down the only terms on which it is possible for him to take up residence with his people . |
| 14 | Turry has to be the best-armed hero of all time and when he picks up a few power-ups you 'd think he was invincible . |
| 15 | On the platform he picks up the local rumours . |
| 16 | Furthermore , it sets out the proper responses to the exhibition and precludes others as illegitimate and inappropriate to the subject . |
| 17 | It sets out the basic patterns , and looks at how they have changed over the years . |
| 18 | ( 7 ) so can he , but the main point about this system is the strain it puts on the other players |
| 19 | Otherwise , it rounds up the usual suspects : The Jaynettes ‘ Sally Go Round The Roses ’ , various dance songs and an impersonation of The Newbeats ' ‘ Bread And Butter ’ in ‘ Peaches ‘ N ’ Cream ’ . |
| 20 | This statement differs from previous statements in that it spells out the main contractors . |
| 21 | It brings out the old policies of Enoch Powell way back and there are still a few Powellites in the Tory party . |
| 22 | ( a not unusual event ) he leaps up the six flights of stairs and arrives at the top as cool as a cucumber , followed by a very out-of-breath Orderly Officer . |