Example sentences of "and [noun] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
Next pageNo | Sentence |
---|---|
1 | Influenced by these dreams , beautiful mornings seemed to mock her waking despair , but once she had shaken herself free from their shades , sun , sky , trees and birds enveloped her like a benediction . |
2 | Last year the Republic refused to extradite Mr Ryan to Britain to face terrorism charges , including conspiracy to murder and cause explosions , on the grounds that allegations in the Press and Parliament linking him with the IRA meant he would not receive a fair trial in Britain . |
3 | It was late in the afternoon when we arrived , and Taylor took me for a drive through the town , which apart from the centre had been badly damaged . |
4 | The National Curriculum 's aims — to give pupils knowledge , understanding , skills and attitudes to equip them for the responsibilities and challenges of adult life and tomorrow 's world — will be widely supported . |
5 | We write most of it and mum puts it into a computer . |
6 | Data could pop up in boxes around the screen , and in due course graphics , mice and icons led us into the wimps era ( window , icon , menu , pointer ) . |
7 | And Miss gives it to the student in n it ? |
8 | When she was leaving , John reappeared and he and Sarah accompanied her to the corner of Magdalen Street . |
9 | She confessed that the bitter jibes and over-exposure led her to the precipice . |
10 | She kills it , and Mira reproaches her in a spirit of raillery for similar treatment of two admirers , Cynthio and Amintor : |
11 | The lease did guarantee the rights of these Hindu residents to cross Tin Bigha into India , but the transfer had nevertheless generated widespread opposition among local Hindus , and attempts to block it through a series of court cases , until in 1990 the Indian Supreme Court ruled the transfer constitutional . |
12 | If the bat 's brain hears an echo from another bat 's cry , and attempts to incorporate it into the picture of the world that it has previously built up , it will make no sense . |
13 | ‘ I am asking for a mandate from the supporters and shareholders to put me on the board . ’ |
14 | The meeting was held as advertised and Kinloch addressed it in a wordy speech in which , after pleading with his audience to keep the peace , he criticized the government for excessive taxation , and declaimed : ‘ In short , the whole of our misfortune as a nation , the whole of our misery , the whole of our distress , can be clearly traced to the circumstances of the people being deprived of their share of the British Constitution by not having a voice in the election of persons to represent them in the House of Commons . ’ |
15 | It was just coming up to three o'clock when the taxi dropped them off in the old town square and Ven guided her to the old town hall where , with barely a minute to go before the run-through of the astronomical clock , Fabia stood in rapt attention . |
16 | The CM-1300 is the second system introduced in three months from Tandem 's development partnership with NCR Corp and NCR added it as a new StarServer FT . |
17 | Our questions ranged far and wide and his courtesy and patience turned them into an intriguing trail of discovery which was endlessly fascinating and richly rewarding , for he is also a natural raconteur . |
18 | But the women 's fight immediately loses control and Spenser depicts them as a tiger and a lioness , beasts confronting one another with animal fury unnaturally seeking to attack their legitimate feminine identity : |
19 | These included being prepared to listen and acknowledge Tony 's difficulties , helping his father and girlfriend view them in a more understanding way , after allowing them to ventilate their feelings , clarifying the nature of Tony 's problems and helping him focus on those which he could do something about . |
20 | Most parents of children at poorer schools already know about those schools , though they do not have the information to confront the governors , teachers and heads to urge them of the need to improve the school . |
21 | The second man ( who appears at the left-hand side of the composition , drawing back a curtain ) in one of the earliest sketches , carries a skull , and Picasso identified him as a medical student . |
22 | Laura passed Rex the gun and Rex bopped him on the head with it . |
23 | The effort exhausted her and Pat wrapped her in a blanket and carried her to Maureen 's car . |
24 | To bring about greater stylistic variation and interest , the extract could be rewritten , by combining sentences ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) , and sentences ( 3 ) and ( 4 ) : As a way of reflecting the development of their heroines , both Brontë and Hardy present them within an organic structure . |
25 | But even if the note was deleted ( and Ramsey deleted it in a later edition ) , Raven could not have voted for Ramsey with enthusiasm . |
26 | Sandy was doing a trash all-nighter at the Scala , and Dionne met them with a cocktail shaker . |
27 | We had dinner with Jochen and Ingrid and Jochen showed us over the school . |
28 | He and Donna used it during the summer , making frequent weekend trips ; Ward himself had written at least two books there . |
29 | " Did n't you and David interrupt us in the study on my birthday ? |
30 | The position carried with it the right to a seat in the Council and Fould combined it with the office of Minister of State . |