Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [noun pl] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm starting to lose my bearings a bit — and my ball-bearings as well , come to that . ’ |
| 2 | I bent my knees a little to put on the shoulder-strap and left him watching me move back onto the road . |
| 3 | ‘ Touch my toes a few times first . |
| 4 | My knuckles and hands were a mass of windblown cuts and boils which meant that whenever I clenched my fists the gashes opened . |
| 5 | ‘ No doubt , ’ said Viola , opening her eyes a fraction to peer malevolently from under the slits . |
| 6 | Three floors up , on the top floor of the large house , Sally Headleand sat on her bedroom floor painting her toe-nails a pale silvery green and listening to her stepbrother Alan trying to explain about inflation and unemployment and monetarism and the economic implications of the new rhetoric praising the Victorian values of family life . |
| 7 | In the second half of 1934 and in 1935 the movement all but collapsed as a national force , and to revive its fortunes the fascist political programme was de-emphasized and instead more attention was paid to fomenting local and regional grievances in populist campaigns . |
| 8 | PWL are keeping their plans a closely guarded secret . |
| 9 | The twenty-five dealers specialising in drawings and paintings are joined for the first time by Colnaghi who opened a small Paris branch in May and are keeping their exhibits a closely guarded secret . |
| 10 | But it was the frustrated libido seeking spiritual orgasm … if I could have copulated with Clare , or merely stroked her breasts a bit … ’ |
| 11 | Unless Labour develops its policies the next election will be a battle between two parties with virtually identical economic policies . |
| 12 | The workshop probably has its origins a little later than the saltire/interlaced square workshop already mentioned ; indeed , it could have been a product of the latter 's contact with the later phases of the " Orpheus workshop " in c. 325 . |
| 13 | If everyone had waited until they could promise their children a safe life , the human race would be extinct . ’ |
| 14 | I 'd certainly like to know which bookshops the trials are being held in . |
| 15 | Parish Council chairman Peter Foster yesterday said so many people were booking their plots the village was running out of burial space . |
| 16 | But she had lifted her skirts a full six inches above the ground as she entered the water , and he was captivated . |
| 17 | On their first date she had shown Preston , with nonchalant pride , the scars where she had slashed her wrists a few days after her nineteenth birthday . |
| 18 | But as I rode out with the nation 's most prestigious hunt , I found its members the model of politeness . |
| 19 | Our survey shows that highbrow readers rated their papers no more useful for them than the lowbrow papers were for their readers ( Table 6.11 ) . |
| 20 | Those who read highbrow papers found their papers no more useful for helping them decide how to vote or for revealing politicians ' personalities , and only a little more useful for explaining political issues . |
| 21 | It is customary for artists to feel antagonism towards critics , and though Sylvester was welcomed at the Royal College 's Senior Common Room , the painters sometimes joked that they found their ideas a week later in the pages of The Listener translated into the very different language of the critic : Minton , accordingly , coined the term ‘ pre-Sylvestration ’ to refer to this process . |
| 22 | ‘ And these fellers used to go to sea like that ; and in these boats they were gone ten and twelve weeks , and they slept in little bunks , and they never changed their clothes the whole time . |
| 23 | The centre has been a great success since opening its doors a year ago and looks forward to celebrating many more birthdays . |
| 24 | yeah , absolutely , erm I think partly those things are to in when people pump out loads and loads of references , partly it 's to indicate which studies the ideas , information , evidence have come from |
| 25 | Comecon was introverted , denying its members the benefits of open and proper relationships with third countries . |
| 26 | The frequent complaint that ships , once requisitioned , were not actually used for several months , thereby denying their owners the use of them in between times , was not always the fault of the wind or weather . |
| 27 | There is no reason why a lyricist should elucidate but in Gedge 's case the lack of chimera can make surveying his words an unrewarding exercise . |
| 28 | Boyd borrowed his parents ' car , brought Johnson up to the family home in New Jersey , and charged his friends a dollar each to attend the impromptu concert . |
| 29 | While he has his backers the nature of Mr Birt 's shake-up at the corporation , introducing distinctly Thatcherite market-forces into an organisation at least as set in its ways as the civil service , but many times more internally political , means there are many ready to use the episode to raise other questions against him . |
| 30 | Considering that Ubogu had started the game with a wide bandage protecting his ears the injury was surprising and could only have been caused by heavy treatment from something metallic . |