Example sentences of "[det] [adj] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That old Plumpton has them in the baths — an hour , private-like , once a week . ’ |
| 2 | I suppose that simple precept from that old foreman stood me in good stead for thirty odd years , until now . ’ |
| 3 | He says in the autobiography erm my view was that every president was a and this was a famous phrase every president was a steward of the people , a steward of the people , bound actively and affirmatively to do all he could for the people and not to content himself with the negative merit of keeping his talents undamaged in a napkin curious turn of phrase I decline he says to adopt the view that what is imperatively necessary for the nation can not be done unless the president can find some specific authorization to do it in the constitution . |
| 4 | Those who seek to repair the damage caused by the creation of more wealth are only locking us more deeply into the source of the evil ; and Labour 's submission to this cruel belief robs it of any claim to significant opposition to the existing order . |
| 5 | The very prospect of her life being picked over like some succulent titbit chilled her to the bone . |
| 6 | Had General Francis not had his two sticks propped against his chair as a tangible reminder of his condition , and had he not , as had now been explained to me , been making this social call to thank me for nursing his son after paying a second professional visit himself to Bernard Remington-Hart , his appearance and that Rolls outside would have frozen Margaret into a prissy caricature of her normal self . |
| 7 | Bad debts and the doubling of rent and rates on this hi-tec factory pushed him into liquidation . |
| 8 | I have quite a few exciting things to tell you about this year 's season . |
| 9 | ‘ Oh , no , ’ I sarcastically retorted , ‘ just some French bravos welcoming me to this Godforsaken city ! |
| 10 | On the ferry coming home again a fortnight later , some French boys questioned her about what had happened to her hair . |
| 11 | But to press into service , as though it were no more than a compendium of useful organs , the body of a servant , a friend — and a friend , at that , who died for a crime attributable to one 's own negligence — well , this moral madness placed him beyond human consideration . |
| 12 | This simple fact deprives you of most of the information you would normally have about the other person . |
| 13 | For example , some Asclepiadaceae synthesize cardiac glycosides as defence but some danaid butterflies convert them to their own defences against carnivores , mainly birds . |
| 14 | Did n't it hurt his arm to hold her like this ? she wondered distractedly , but then another tremulous whimper escaped her as the hand holding her against him moved to cover her breast . |
| 15 | A few easy moves brought him to the sanctuary of the belay ledge . |
| 16 | But a few sidelong glances revealed them to be He-Shes . |
| 17 | This psychological finding provides us with our next cautionary guideline : |
| 18 | R4 THIS MORNING SAYS DON HOWE IS ANOTHER LIKELY CANDIDATE TO TAKE US INTO THE NEW YEAR . |
| 19 | We 've guided you through your training over the months , now here are a few last-minute tips to see you on your way . |
| 20 | Purcell thought highly enough of this little improvement to write it into his own song-book as an emendation : so it is scarcely conceivable that he would have allowed the original , unimproved version to go into a score being copied under his own supervision for a revival — especially given that the effect of the improvement itself was theatrical rather than primarily musical . |
| 21 | Master of his own hardware universe , pedals and effects spread before him like an airline pilot 's bewildering cockpit or the useless junk at some bum 's feet on a New York sidewalk , this little lot transforms him from frizzy-head potato face misery into a full-blown magician . |
| 22 | Therefore it is suggested that for the husband whose outrage forecloses the possibility of a mere divorce proceeding , a clear case exists for having the courts carve out an exception to the three-year rule so as to allow a suit to be brought for nullity through fraud or mistake.56 To the protesting reader who may feel that this spurious reasoning leads us into the realm of nonsense , the only answer is that it is the purpose of this paper to provoke a re-examination of certain fundamental values and ideas . |
| 23 | This latter award reminds me of a key feature of being the best and that is teamwork . |
| 24 | Despite this many bankers consider it to be more important than the aforementioned economic factors . |
| 25 | Even better is the final presentation of the promised land ( Deuteronomy 9:6 ) like a cross father grudgingly handing the Christmas presents to his undeserving children : ‘ Understand therefore , that the Lord thy God giveth thee not this good land to possess it for thy righteousness ; for thou art a stiffnecked people . ’ |
| 26 | Without doubt , everyone agreed , this extraordinary display proved it to be a tree pipit . |
| 27 | He gave it a few more seconds to get him through the next traffic signals and then killed it again . |
| 28 | Despite this , at lunchtime Kathleen presented me with four hours ' pay and pressed me for a few more details to help her with her enquiries . |
| 29 | He could n't be much further from the truth — but , even as she opened her mouth to tell him so , some deep-down instinct stopped her in her tracks . |
| 30 | She 'd gone only a short way when some sixth sense brought her to a halt in the nick of time . |