Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adv] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bernice shook loose the amiable scrap of nothing and watched as it fluttered away , lost in moments in the gentle glow of Moloch 's endless day . |
| 2 | Gilligan mentions here the anonymous woman whose nonlegalistic thinking enabled Solomon to display his legendary wisdom . |
| 3 | The reviews were not entirely dismissive , but Hardy remembered only the harsh comments in the Spectator , read ‘ as he sat on a stile leading to the eweleaze he had to cross on his way home to Bockhampton . |
| 4 | But Kylie had just the right look and style and character . |
| 5 | It was his second consecutive penalty miss and Norwich 's third out of four this season , and Walker said afterwards the Welsh international would not be given the job in future . |
| 6 | Encouraged , David pushed aside the flimsy bra , and his sensitive fingers gently kneaded the soft flesh that swelled under his touch . |
| 7 | An NVQ co-ordinator , Gill Murdoch , was appointed in May to carry forward the challenging work of developing assessment strategies for level 4 qualifications and informing and helping potential centresand candidates in implementing the new qualification system . |
| 8 | On Feb. 20 President Blaise Compaore suspended indefinitely the National Reconciliation Forum on democracy , human rights and development which had begun meeting in Ouagadougou on Feb. 11 [ for January preliminary discussions see p. 38709 ] . |
| 9 | Mr Pearson 's Shotover has exactly the right air of a rapt scientific experimenter trying to attain power through means of mind . |
| 10 | In the leading role , singer-turned-actor Dutronc has exactly the right quality of physical frailty and stooped sadness to complement Pialat 's beautiful , poignant images . |
| 11 | Police in Oxfordshire have joined colleagues in Portugal and Denmark to piece together the final moments of Mr Christensen 's life . |
| 12 | This has now had to be shelved with the arrival of a Diktat from the Bundestag criticising both the excessive cost and the involvement of the Foreign Ministry . |
| 13 | But it is presumably these later criticisms , made long after his emancipation from Wagner , that inspired Elisabeth to explain away the Wagnerian connection as merely secondary ; while her claims about her brother 's real intention to produce a " large " book about Greece ( and nothing but Greece ) would seem to be prompted by a desire to enhance his scholarly image ; for no other kind of book ( she decided ) would have satisfied his " scholar 's conscience . " |
| 14 | A thorough search of the Sea Rover revealed only the charred remnants of what was later analysed as cannabis , blowing around the decks . |
| 15 | Mihal beat away the burning logs with his club while Martin rushed in and picked up the old man . |
| 16 | Backed again by the Billy Harper Trio , Kenny spent almost the entire evening playing requests , ranging from slower tunes like Mood Indigo ( including an exquisite unaccompanied section ) and Poor Butterfly to up-tempo songs like Lady Be Good and the final Undecided . |
| 17 | The French , along the whole line from Paris to Verdun , must turn and counter-attack ; and Galliéni needed also the active cooperation of the BEF . |
| 18 | When Theseus took away the slain Minotaur 's head , did the Cretans barbecue the rest ? |
| 19 | Stephen liked even the back-room staff to wear uniform , believing it gave them a more professional look and approach . |
| 20 | Sir : In his article ‘ Creating money to buy trouble with ’ ( 9 October ) , William Rees-Mogg puts forward the surprising view that the early 1980s constitututed a ‘ Thatcherite miracle ’ . |
| 21 | Buchanan and Huczymski put forward the following definition of organisation : |
| 22 | Ranging wide over ancient aphorisms , Professor Noel Dilly struck precisely the right note of scepticism , receptivity and curiosity . |
| 23 | Maurice flicks away the stray hairs , settles the next customer into the seat ( ‘ A good bit off the top , Morrie ’ ) , and tells how it all started . |
| 24 | In what was ultimately to become Venezuela the revolutionary implications of the movement were decisive ; a Junta in Caracas swept aside the existing administration and , in the name of preserving America for Ferdinand VII , disowned the authority of the Cadiz Regency , that is of the legal government of Spain . |
| 25 | A late flourishing of Victorian Gothic designed by Sir Rowand Anderson , this red stone building at the corner of Queen Street houses both the National Museum of Antiquities of Scotland and the Scottish National Portrait Gallery , each well worth visiting . |
| 26 | His fellow judges disagreed with Lord Denning and his opinions probably do not reflect the law , though the emergence of such views from a source so eminent as Lord Denning demonstrates clearly the common law 's culture of uncertainty , within which repressive rules can emerge without embarrassment . |
| 27 | A quotation ( provided by Randall Baker , private communication ) from a recent Australian funded cattle ranching scheme in Fiji illustrates both the unquestioned assumption that development must imply modern commercial development and the disparaging attitude towards existing social and economic organisation : |
| 28 | Rose expressed only the infantile yearning and clinging . |
| 29 | San Marino scrambled away the resulting corner at the cost of a second flag kick from which England snatched the lead . |
| 30 | Similarly in 1966 , watching the World Cup on tv in Liverpool brought home the exotic skills of Portugal 's Eusebio , Garrincha of Brazil , Albert and Farkas of Hungary . |