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 ?
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