Example sentences of "[noun prp] [be] [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hereford are suffering something of a flu epedemic at the moment . |
| 2 | Hereford are staging something of a mini revival this year inching their way out of the gloom at the bottom of division three . |
| 3 | In these pre-Cubist paintings of 1907 and 1908 it is as if Picasso were preparing himself for the difficulties involved in creating a new style by taking stock afresh of some of the basic problems inherent in all painting since the invention of illusionistic perspective . |
| 4 | With more emphasis on household products , does this mean that Marks and Spencer is turning itself into a supermarket ? |
| 5 | ‘ In a way , Jeff is putting himself in the position of being a cultural martyr , ’ says Ned Rifkin , exhibition curator for Washington DC 's Hirshhorn Museum , part of the prestigious Smithsonian Institution . |
| 6 | During the filming of another sea-going saga , Mutiny on the Bounty ( 1935 version ) , Charles Laughton upstaged Gable , who complained to director Frank Lloyd , ‘ Laughton 's treating me like an extra . |
| 7 | While the Independent 's raising prices , Rupert Murdoch 's cutting them at the Sun and the Times . |
| 8 | ‘ Tell him Edward 's turning it into a conservation area for endangered species . |
| 9 | Stylistically , Samson is distancing itself from the very audience it should inspire , but by doing so Milton is helping to avoid potential censorship and a silencing altogether . |
| 10 | Jean was pulling him by the hand towards the dance . |
| 11 | First er but I 've been tol I 'm sorry I 'm I have n't realized Scott was joining us on the line . |
| 12 | David was warming himself by a fire in the centre of the hut ; he was almost nude and had never worn anything other than a coarse blanket which was slightly tied round him to cover his back . |
| 13 | Sue was beckoning her from the till . |
| 14 | Yeah , I think he did er , Rumpole was put him in the big time really . |
| 15 | ‘ Ma must have taken to cooking up bits of food in her bedroom , ’ Algy said when Lady Grubb was doing something to the plants and she and Guy were alone with father in his study . |
| 16 | He felt as if Simon were lifting him by the collar and dangling him so that his feet were off the earth and his toes straining to reach something . |
| 17 | ‘ Captain Hook 's drowned hisself in the river , ’ he babbled . |
| 18 | Although 70% of the company 's revenue was from Unix in the last fiscal year , Progress defended its support of the AS/400 : IBM is refocusing it as an open platform and database server which means it can be combined with Unix , commented Wark . |
| 19 | ‘ Mr Foggerty 's taking us to the baths after school , he said . ’ |
| 20 | The Royal Bank of Scotland is suing him in the High Court to recover the money , which includes a £500,000 overdraft . |
| 21 | Alexander was disporting himself about the boat . |
| 22 | As Estella was leading me along the dark passages , she stopped suddenly and put her face close to mine . |
| 23 | Sir Charles Webb-Bowen was delivering himself of a homily . |
| 24 | Gaynor Wynne was filming her with a camcorder during a champagne reception at the Imperial Hotel . |
| 25 | Maggie was taking a plane to London that night and Sheila and Mona were driving her to the airport . |
| 26 | BODO 'S EPIC misinterpretation of my failure at Lani 's established itself as the authorized version of events . |
| 27 | Professor Moravcsik is addressing himself to a vast audience , from high school students to politically responsible adults . |
| 28 | Yeah i well he 's just distressed cos I think Gill 's phoning him in the morning and she said she 'd give him a lift to the hospital . |
| 29 | I think Alwin and Pat use an auditor cos as you know he 's in business and I 've got a feeling that Alwin was asking me about the auditors the other day , so whether there 's would be , whoever he is , would be er willing to do it , I do n't know . |
| 30 | Mrs. Jarrett was leaving them with a legacy . |