Example sentences of "[det] [pron] [vb base] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , ’ she said , seeing me mixing rose madder and burnt sienna in my paint-box , ‘ what 's all this I hear about a new mother ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ What 's this I hear about the dreaded Wullie ? ’ |
| 3 | By this I refer to the acknowledged limitations on the ability to infer the contents of consciousness from any number of behavioural or physiological observations . |
| 4 | This I regard as a possible but less natural meaning of the section . |
| 5 | As life speeds up like this I move among the urban people , in the urban setting , the city 's metal and mortar , its sharper interactions , with more grit and bite in the gears . |
| 6 | All this I learn from the official match programme , price sixpence and now something of a collector 's item . |
| 7 | The result is a ludic collapsing of autonomous theoretical systems on the basis of structural similarities or ‘ slips ’ from one to another which point to the common ‘ story ’ underlying them . |
| 8 | And er the fire was underneath this you see in a little grate and you used to open the door and stoke it up and er more often than not it was fired by slack , which was a residue of the coal out of the coal house , you know when you broke your coal up with the lumps the the little sl bits of slack they were all put on one side for the copper fire . |
| 9 | As we progress up the scale of profit-taking , we find others who sell at small craft fairs and those who find an outlet through local shops , until we come at last to the favoured few who sell at the prestigious crafts fairs which Hugh prefers . |
| 10 | As was pointed out in the previous chapter , the plan of the Victorian house and the Victorian city have this in common : that both are so designed that the few who live on the privileged side of the divide need know nothing of the many who are crowded beyond it into a fraction of the space . |
| 11 | However , for this they lock into a different sort of electricity — that produced by the prey itself . |
| 12 | On the application , the walls are in wood , and that 's as much you get with a polycarbonate roof . |
| 13 | How much you pay for the eurocheque service depends on the number of cheques you issue , but there is an annual fee of £5 for your eurocheque card . |
| 14 | As such they belong to a distinct and long-standing tradition , that of the ‘ mères ’ . |
| 15 | In moments of crisis like that you reach for the old dependables . |
| 16 | After that you go into a big room and they look through your clothes and they ask you questions , then you have to pull your knickers down to your knees and do a twizzle , twist round , pull your pants up and put your dressing-gown back on . |
| 17 | okay , I ju as I say i do n't want to promise you something that that I know I 'm not going to be able to achieve in these two days because that 's not yep certainly if you want to talk about that you know as a separate thing outside the time then then we 'll be able to help you do that , okay ? |
| 18 | Structures where economic relationships are primary we call class societies , and in these we refer to the different unequal groups as classes . |
| 19 | The mountains have an undisputed lure , the Russian people a warmth and generosity that will come as a very pleasant surprise to all who arrive with an open mind and a readiness to respond with a smile . |
| 20 | Many children , it was said , ‘ actually begin their downward course of crime by reason of the burglary and pickpocket scenes they have witnessed ’ : ‘ All who care for the moral well-being and education of the child will set their faces like flint against this new form of excitement . ’ |
| 21 | A calculation can be made to pass such costs ( or benefits ) onto all who enter into the forward contracts by an adjustment to the prevailing spot rate to give a forward rate . |
| 22 | Behind the scenes , many who sit on the Conservative Benches are betraying their concern even before the Bill has received its Second Reading . |
| 23 | You see , in spite of all you read About the nasty banks , We ‘ re mostly very nice indeed But seldom get the thanks . |
| 24 | All You Need for a Fun Day Out … |
| 25 | This will create a seating island which is probably all you need in a confined space . |
| 26 | The form is all you have in the initial stages , and if you do n't erm fill it out sensibly then you do n't get as far as the interview , when of course your individual personality can start to come through . |
| 27 | In the former we look for the objectionable and unacceptable features in the book and use these as the basis of rejection , and in the latter we look for the meritorious and desirable features in the book and use these as the basis of selection . |
| 28 | Incredibly , the fine 1972 Nutcracker has yet to appear complete on CD ( Previn 's RPO remake is a bitter disappointment by comparison ) so the generous selection here ( including the ‘ Snowflakes Waltz ’ and the Finale as well as the pieces from the Suite and some other movements ) is all we have from a fine set . |
| 29 | All we have in the General Secretary 's report is one page . |
| 30 | ‘ All they want from the wrecked car is the log book , which they can transfer to the stolen car , ’ says Mr Sloan . |