Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [pers pn] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | But I did wonder , after a year or more , how it was that he and Mme G expected me to use the public baths rather than offer me the convenience of the bathroom in the pavillon . |
2 | Judith Pallan recommended she try a light matte foundation , such as Estée Lauder 's Lucidity Light Diffusing Makeup in Sun Beige ( £16.50 ) , to tone down the natural ruddiness of Helen 's complexion . |
3 | But when Patrick found him scoffing a large tea in the Royalbion marquee that was not the reason for his jubilation . |
4 | ‘ In the end Becky helped me to choose a long beaded dress with a side-split and see-through sleeves . |
5 | It has never been used for that purpose , although Sir Anthony Eden contemplated invoking it for government propaganda during the Suez crisis , and during the Falklands recapture it provided the legal basis for the Government 's use of BBC transmitters on Ascension Island to beam propaganda broadcasts at Argentina . |
6 | Their solitary life meant that they were in the forefront of the new mystical spirit of the fourteenth century , and through The Ladder of Perfection Hilton helped them to graft the new spirituality onto the old Benedictine pieties . |
7 | Richard says he has a tremendous sense of history as he works in the woods . |
8 | Creed told him to take a right turn , down a narrow track that led towards the ocean . |
9 | Only now , after fully a year in charge , does Stainrod believe he has a settled side . |
10 | John Parkes feels they attract a different kind of girl fan from the ones normally associated with rock groups . |
11 | Yes that you said it er Pat thought it seemed a good thing , the way you were saying it |
12 | Ma Madge said she had the real flu because she ached all over and really weak . |
13 | Morgan Kidwelly , the duke 's attorney , seems to be in this category ; he was in Gloucester 's service by August 1471 and stayed there until Bosworth forced him to find a new master . |
14 | Morgan Kidwelly , the duke 's attorney , seems to be in this category ; he was in Gloucester 's service by August 1471 and stayed there until Bosworth forced him to find a new master . |
15 | One of the things we did n't mention , deliberately , which I , I know Richard said they had a long debate about was child labour . |
16 | Tory Bill Walker said it showed the German nation in its true colours . |
17 | He had recently shown interest when Paramount wanted him to play a homosexual murderer in a drama called The Witness , to be directed by Milos Forman . |
18 | DEC says it plans a new DataCentre Monitor for Ultrix , a watchdog for SunOS , HP-UX and AIX Unix . |
19 | Jan says he has a good feeling about swindon and is hungry to do well and play in the premier league |
20 | American and Australian warships joined with British forces in a combined operation to intercept the Iraqis , and Defence Secretary , Tom King says it shows the multi-national force is working well as a unit . |
21 | He seems to have found it more difficult to extrapolate remote , romantic adventures from the complex , changing world of the 1920s and after than Anthony Hope found it to transport a late-Victorian man-about-town to a small Central European kingdom . |
22 | Conservative MP Warren Hawksley says it gives the wrong message to young people . |
23 | The end of July sees you making an important commitment in a relationship , but not before you 've had to think hard about what you really want ! |
24 | Meantime process-type industries make up some 60% of the total number of Ross 's manufacturing customers — a figure that is expected to grow in line with the expected 15% to 20% increase in the UK market for process-based systems — and Ross intends it to include an increasing number of large multinational customers . |
25 | When Dong returned he found the dead man was not heavy . |
26 | DeVore watched him place the sealed slide back into the padded , shocksafe case and draw another out . |
27 | After 27 years at BTR 's electrical wholesaling subsidiary Newey & Eyre , 46-year-old Alan knew he had a worthwhile asset in his preserved pension and he wanted to be sure he got the best value . |
28 | Agatha thought she caught an odd note in her nephew 's voice , but at first a searching glance shewed nothing unusual . |
29 | Maggie felt she had the upper hand to some extent and this had to be talked out . |
30 | ‘ Marius wrote a letter to his son last November — this is a copy of it — complaining in humble terms about how he 'd left himself short by the gift and not taken inflation into account , and would Nigel let him have a small income from various shares and properties ? |