Example sentences of "[subord] [noun sg] [verb] [vb pp] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is difficult and must remain that way because history has left us with this difficulty . |
| 2 | The bishops ' letter has shown the possibility of open dissent to a population that since independence has known nothing but calm . |
| 3 | The list of names was approved by the Prince Consort before Hall had sent it to Palmerston . |
| 4 | I was sitting in bed , reading about Lot 's wife as Mum had told me to , when Dad came in . |
| 5 | These people [ the Brazilian Indians ] are wild [ sauvage ] in the same way as we say that fruits are wild , when nature has produced them by herself in her ordinary way … they are still very close to their original simplicity … they are still governed by natural laws and very little corrupted by our own " .1 |
| 6 | When nature has provided you with a highly efficient set of incisors capable of cutting down more than 100 trees in one season , and an overriding instinct to build complex dams up to 4,000 ft. long and 12 ft. high , you can regard yourself as one of her senior architects and master builders . |
| 7 | This was a sort of celebration meal , as word had reached us of the successful British attack on Caen . |