Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] [pron] [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the sake of his usefulness he might , or for his own honour he might , but if I were de Guichet I 'd never feel sure of it . |
| 2 | Odd that he had n't noticed how long the fingers were or with what apparent gentleness they had taped the plastic bags over the girl 's hand to preserve , as he had tonelessly explained , conscientious in his role of instructor , any evidence under the fingernails . |
| 3 | What the patients need is to have emotional fear and pain acknowledged and expressed through words , tears or in whatever other way they find helpful . |
| 4 | Because I 'm already vulnerable enough where you 're concerned and for my own sake I have to hold on to some degree of control . |
| 5 | His name was Joe Jack , and after my first visit I went back many times to hear him talk as he carved out the shape of a leather sole or polished a repaired shoe on his rotary machine . |
| 6 | I thought the Danakil an attractive-looking people , and despite their murderous reputation they appeared to manifest a genuine friendliness . |
| 7 | It would mean returning to Wellington with a broken heart , and despite their short acquaintance she already knew it would be a long time before she would be able to evict him from her thoughts . |
| 8 | The temptation to say the coin caused the bar to come out can be explained by seeing it for the ordinary cause that it was , and of what event it was the cause , and of what nearby event it was not the cause . |
| 9 | And beneath his skilful touch she had learned to disregard all her virginal inhibitions , to respond with wanton delight to their mutual passion . |
| 10 | Rawcliffe is ‘ The Queen of Yorkshire Villages ’ and with its picture-postcard prettiness it well deserves the name . |
| 11 | Hon. Members would then see what good measures I introduced and with what democratic reticence I did it , which is more than the Leader of the House can claim for the way he adduced his case tonight . |
| 12 | Thick with mountains , forests and lakes , it is an area of truly spectacular scenery and with your included car you can really get to know the whole region , discover its traditions , its unspoilt beauty and its easy , unhurried pace . |
| 13 | Then , we 'll send you your first issue of The Red House Post and with your first order we 'll send you Jess the Cat and a Postman Pat book , free . |
| 14 | I have often looked for it with binoculars , but I have never been able to glimpse it even with × 20 , though my 76-mm refractor brings it out unmistakably , and with my 39-cm reflector I have no trouble in seeing the central star . |
| 15 | By prodding his memory he placed Anna Beckett as the strange , dark little girl who was fostered with Mrs Wooldridge , his laundry woman , and with his new knowledge he thought he could see a slight resemblance to Sarah , though it would never be remarked upon . |
| 16 | She informed him of this conclusion , and with his usual calm he accepted it . |
| 17 | His elder son had been killed in Mesopotamia in the Great War and with his younger son he had little in common . |
| 18 | Twisting into the first side street and then a smaller street off that and along its full length he ran and ran as fast as his legs would carry him . |
| 19 | The room fell silent , and from his great height he gazed over the room with that familiar expression he put on when being headmasterly — an expression that was at once dyspeptic yet predatory ( for were they not , after all , his prey ? ) . |
| 20 | They are given in alphabetical order , and from my own experience I know them to be absolutely reliable . |
| 21 | A Wave washed ashore and within its rushing sound I heard some hope from periodical land — that most finicky home to all media junkies everywhere.Rather than offer up another fascinating glimpse of some consumable , this Wave challenged me to look into myself and wonder whether organic intelligence is what we should be seeking.This story , Inner Space Outer Space has all the trappings of a mystery thriller , except the mystery is ancient and it is us . |
| 22 | Chemically , it is similar to cellulose and in its pure form it is flexible and permeable . |
| 23 | It was exactly as I had always imagined the Dark Ages to be , and in its terrible way it was apt . |
| 24 | And in its current form it would seem to be leading , at both regional and local level , to an increasingly unequal national geography ( Martin , 1988 ) . |
| 25 | This step is the preparatory part of the process and in its ideal form it produces an electron in one of those well-defined states of motion which we have learnt to think of as represented by a vector in a vector space . |
| 26 | But equally she is likely to take considerable exception to the arrival of any stranger and in her current mood you would probably end up with mincemeat ( mincefish ? ) . |
| 27 | She tracked Ana to her room , a room further along the balcony , and in her usual manner she came straight to the point . |
| 28 | This enquiry found that the airship trials had been unsatisfactory and in their final report they stated that ‘ … no Government department , high official or group of individuals was held to be responsible ’ . |
| 29 | It is exactly the same tension that made The Smiths a success , and in their low-key way I suspect that Felt will keep some of the same cult appeal now they are gone . |
| 30 | He usually persuaded rather than forced , and her mother simply battered down any opposition with her tongue ; but they could do it , and in their present temper they would . |