Example sentences of "[subord] [pos pn] [noun pl] [verb] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If my neighbours ran up a bill and refused to pay we would not be expected to pay it . |
| 2 | ‘ Our legal adviser told us that using such a route could even lead to the club being closed down if their investigations opened up a real can of worms . |
| 3 | If his fortunes improve over the next six years you are still entitled to collect on your judgement debt . |
| 4 | ‘ He told me he could n't face the prospect of another divorce , which I understood because my parents split up a few years ago and it was very distressing , ’ she said . |
| 5 | My breath rasped in my throat , and a slight light-headedness I had started to feel owing to hyperoxygenating earlier waned as my muscles took up the slack of the extra power in my blood . |
| 6 | I palpated the abdomen with a grim certainty as to what I would find and there was no surprise , only a dull sadness as my fingers closed around a hard lobulated mass deep among the viscera . |
| 7 | I do n't paint from dark to light or light to dark in any special sequence , but as my eyes flit over the paper I add bits of colour here and there . |
| 8 | The sun was showing a different sheen as its beams passed over a stretch of the stone floor . |
| 9 | Madeleine started adding up again , nodding her head as her eyes strayed down the page , moving her lips . |
| 10 | The trio is completed by Dick Vance , the computer ‘ driver ’ , though his activities extend over the whole breadth of keeping the flight data read-out units in working order and developing the programs and electronics generally . |
| 11 | As his footsteps receded down the passage , Polly 's hand rose slowly to her mouth . |