Example sentences of "[subord] [adv] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A typical example is the 1978 Tremadoc Guidebook comment after the first ascent of Fingerlicker in 1975 , where alone in that guide it was pointed out that the route had only been climbed after two ‘ Yo-Yo 's ’ ( according to the 1975 definition of a Yo-Yo ) . |
| 2 | Our concerns go far beyond those that we anticipated in our debates on the Gracious Speech , which took place before we had sight of the text of the Bill although even at that stage we had our fears about its final form . |
| 3 | Because only in this way we regard ourselves not merely as a variant of a human prototype but as a being with its own irreplaceable essence . |
| 4 | ‘ Looking for the unicorn , ’ she repeated , saying ‘ looking ’ now instead of ‘ hunting ’ because perhaps in some way he was the protector of the beast . |
| 5 | If he was already on his way out , she would simply have to find some way of stopping him , though right at this moment she did n't have a clue just what that would be . |
| 6 | All of a sudden , the morning gathering at Mrs Tiverton 's had lost a little of its terror , for just at this instant it seemed less threatening than Mr Aycliffe 's serious face , demanding of her this fatal choice . |
| 7 | About the exchange of bird species between closely adjacent islands Wallace noted : ‘ Birds offer us one of the best means of determining the law of distribution ; for though at first sight it would appear that the watery boundaries that kept out the land quadrupeds could be easily passed over by birds , yet practically it is not so ; for if we leave out the aquatic tribes ( seabirds ) which are preeminently wanderers , it is found that the others ( and especially the passeres , or perching birds , which form the vast majority ) are often as strictly limited by straits and arms of the sea as are quadrupeds themselves . ’ |