Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [vb -s] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That finding leads us to a shocking conclusion : a gesture is more individual than an individual . |
| 2 | As that money disappears it will inevitably put more of a burden on the union . |
| 3 | This Mrs Melburn , the parson 's wife … she seems a motherly figure , in a way , but that bit ’ — she pointed to the page of a letter that was on the table — ‘ that bit tells you why they came this way . ’ |
| 4 | The first thing that that litany reminds us of is that when it came to success , in the immortal words of Mae West ( put into her mouth by scriptwriter Vincent Lawrence ) , goodness had nothing to do with it . |
| 5 | And the next fortnight I would be on the afternoon shift , which meant getting the same distance , to half past two to work till They were eight hour shifts you see and the night shift likewise had to come a very er a tremendous number from working at the Ford Motor Company at Dagenham ev even in those days , travel from various places . |
| 6 | Yet that weakness makes it extremely difficult for Patten to make any concessions on his plan . |
| 7 | Each month , How To Get That Look brings you ideas and information on a particular room or furnishing style with hints on how you can adapt it to suit your own home . |
| 8 | Each month , How To Get That Look brings you ideas and information on one particular room or furnishing style , with hints on how you can adapt it to suit your own home . |
| 9 | Having you family portrait done by a professional photographer gives you more than just a reminder of what your children looked like as they grew up , because a professional has all the best equipment necessary for a top-quality portrait . |
| 10 | The exhibition is not simply a display of painted nudes ( and there are only four examples of the male nude ) ; rather , as the introductory text tells us : ‘ All were painted with the nude model directly in front of the artist ’ . |
| 11 | And each experience helps you to mature emotionally . |
| 12 | Each experience teaches you something more about yourself , your own needs and what you have to offer others . |
| 13 | Conversely , Trade Indemnity maintained support for the Mirror Group , whose PAS-score trajectory shows it to be financially sound . |
| 14 | The prospect of that responsibility terrifies me , and I know I would n't be content to sit at home all day with a baby . |
| 15 | Whilst other space agencies have equally ambitious plans , they remain as blueprints , or , as one European scientist puts it , ‘ pie-in-the-sky-eyes-in-the-sky . ’ |
| 16 | The conversation at Monboddo that afternoon exemplifies it ; they considered how Homer never describes his characters , but permits them to develop themselves . |
| 17 | That lash-up pedal near your right foot releases it . |
| 18 | All prisoners will be returned to custody to serve the rest of their sentence if before that sentence expires they commit a further imprisonable offence . |
| 19 | His withered skin mummifies him , though those old Golconda eyes are golden-black still . |
| 20 | Our second introductory case places you in this situation . |
| 21 | Her elder sister rebukes her : ‘ It 's only providing for its family ; it has a right to them . |
| 22 | The 1861 census gives us the chance to meet Benjamin and Elizabeth at yet another new location : 7 St Thomas 's Street , Islington . |
| 23 | And erm I think it 's a little bit of creative accountancy on their part in saying that and in fact putting that five hundred thousand elsewhere , and also they have erm done a further piece of creative accountancy in that the provision for pay and price increases they have reduced by one point five million , and the combined budget reduces it by half that figure . |
| 24 | A loving partner 's selfless support gives you the extra edge you need to succeed . |
| 25 | A loving partner 's selfless support gives you the extra edge you need to succeed . |
| 26 | The answer might seem to be that experience tells us that nation states are a key fact of the current world and that they plainly do often behave in a self-interested way . |
| 27 | Locke obviously recognized the implausibility of supposing that experience gives us these pieces of knowledge ; experience can not account for their certain applicability to all wholes , all numbers , or all promises . |
| 28 | This hesitation seems to be due to something about what knowledge is , and there is no obvious way to explain it if knowledge is as the tripartite conception claims it to be . |
| 29 | All the same , Patrick O'Brian 's skill in stitching what is , to him , historical fact into a unified fabric helps us to forget the often tiresome contrivances of historical fiction . |
| 30 | Bear in mind that if a total loss occurs you still have to pay any outstanding instalments and if a Motor policy is cancelled you are liable for premiums up to the date we receive from you the Certificate(s) of Insurance . |