Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] [noun] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | DALE EVANS was born in 1956 and reared on a small Welsh farm in Cwmbran , Tredegar , South Wales , where her father breeds black Aberdeen cattle . |
| 2 | It was also planned to rationalise operations in the UK , but Mr Heneaghan gave an assurance that Edinburgh , where his company employs five people , would remain as headquarters for the combined operation . |
| 3 | Pausing only for a brief tongue-twister — she did that very well , Karen , where your tongues circle each other tantalizingly , barely touching — we gave chase along the footpath which runs through the meadows bordering the river . |
| 4 | During the past seven years I 've worn fabric and plastic boots so my feet needed some encouragement to weather leather again . |
| 5 | That they have cost me no more than my time makes such decisions much easier than if I had paid for them in gold . |
| 6 | There has also been a huge recovery of confidence in construction material shares as RMC and Redland , although my favourite remains Blue Circle at 250p because of its involvement in the home improvement business through Armitage Shanks . |
| 7 | She concluded that although her findings showed considerable improvement since previous studies , there were still problems and she made proposals to rectify at least some of them . |
| 8 | But although her explanation made logical sense — it did not make emotional sense . |
| 9 | Almost immediately her thumbnail found another groove opposite ; she pulled , and the star came out about a centimetre . |
| 10 | The cabin is usually stabilised at less than atmospheric pressure , so its air has less oxygen than usual . |
| 11 | W … ‘ s Cycle Shop — although their elders warned small boys to keep away from this establishment , they never gave the reason . |
| 12 | France 's new government has hinted it will be more willing than its predecessor to accept freer farm trade , along the lines agreed abortively between the EC and America late last year , but so far there have been only hints . |
| 13 | Tonight he pleaded , although his fingers said other things . |
| 14 | In 1759 , while Smart was confined , his family moved to Dublin , although his wife returned two years later to Reading , they were never reunited . |
| 15 | ‘ Ian is under no pressure from us although his play deserves more goals than that , ’ says Royle . |
| 16 | Although his win brought amazed gasps at the time and returned odds of 444–1 on the tote , Foinavon in fact had been bought specifically with the Grand National in mind . |
| 17 | This is partly because eating foods you do n't like ( and avoiding those you do ) day after day is nigh-on impossible , and partly because your personal cholesterol level is as normal and natural for you as your shoe size , so your body has various feedback mechanisms to keep it at that level . |
| 18 | Bear in mind that once your child has this information , he or she will also need to understand exactly who they can safely talk to about it . |
| 19 | It may be a good idea to pick a more ‘ neutral ’ place than your bedroom to discuss safer sex . |
| 20 | I says , no , I says cos my husband gets three days off once a month , I says , and tomorrow Saturday , and Sunday , are the only three days . |
| 21 | How do I know if my child has head lice ? |
| 22 | but they can come and go , I mean the year four they lost two teachers in the last two weeks cos their husbands got other jobs and the contracts were just terminated and , so it 's quite a , a moveable circle of people , er , but just , they have actually sacked one of the lads that came out with us , they wo n't be renewing his contract next year , he only had a two year contract |
| 23 | Although it was made clear that their incentives would simply extend to exemption from basic customs control ( unless or until their products entered European Community territory ) and that there would be no other special assistance , the government received 45 applications for designation . |
| 24 | In the first edition of a new series of the monthly journal , The Seaman , the union claimed that over 150,000 seamen of all nationalities had , during the previous twelve months , voted unanimously for international action " on the same day and at the same hour , until their unions receive proper recognition , establish the right of collective bargaining and uniform rates of wages and conditions of labour on all ships " . |
| 25 | Employees from the old location may be reluctant to move immediately , preferring to wait until their children finish important examinations . |
| 26 | Foster parents can often claim fostering allowances of 2–3 times the Supplementary Benefit that the natural parent would have received for looking after the same child … which is peculiarly ironic when one considers that some children might not be in foster-care at all if their parents had adequate incomes in the first place ( Fairbairns , 1976 ) . |
| 27 | The local cadres recognised their protest as legal and an investigation team was sent to the college to see if their complaints had any substance . |
| 28 | They are human , and are acknowledged to be , they can think but they are not to be acknowledged as authoritative , and if their presence demands such acknowledgement , they are bad women who should have been taught to hide or repress such demands . |
| 29 | My opinion is that this is a bit harsh and narrow sighted — in the long run Norway will be better if their players get wide experience in good leagues around the world . |
| 30 | National President , Mrs Joyce Triggs , advised members to find out if their MPs supported Christian values and what their views were on important issues . |