Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Linking strong fingers with hers , Vitor kept her upright as they made their way down the bank . |
| 2 | I have had many pleasant discussions with him , but I must say to him and to the House in all firmness that to ask us to talk about justice as politicians is to go down a very dangerous road . |
| 3 | ‘ If I 've told you once I 've told you a thousand times , ’ he said , ‘ your catapults are for stoning the Brits — not for shooting sticky buds at me , right . |
| 4 | Flipping ducks on it . |
| 5 | They got eight copies of them video shop |
| 6 | When two businesses are both buying from and selling to one another the outstanding accounts between them can be offset and the net balance paid by whoever owes it to the other . |
| 7 | There have already been two attempted coups against him . |
| 8 | Unfortunately very comprehensive data would be required as there are many possible flows through HE . |
| 9 | It was Faith 's fault , after all , and speaking ill of the dead was one thing , making correct , clear-minded private judgments about them quite another . |
| 10 | We shall come across specific forms of them later . |
| 11 | Not about the great figures of the game but of the subtle strategies behind it : the financial deals , how players could be disposed in different formations on the pitch . |
| 12 | In 1987 , libel damages of £450,000 were awarded against a Greek newspaper , although only fifty copies of it were circulated in Britain . |
| 13 | We 'll use Times Roman ( that 's normal Times to you and me ) in 10pt set justified across three columns . |
| 14 | But these were not normal times for me . |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't mean to impute mean or vulgar opinions to you , Alison . |
| 16 | Whereas the great architectural theorists of the day and leaders of style spun their philosophy and bossed their clients about , they built few private houses between them . |
| 17 | The anchor handling vessel Monika Viking succeeded in getting a tow line on board the accommodation platform yesterday as weather eased after the airlift of 400 non-essential personnel from it on Sunday . |
| 18 | Different regions — or the people and economic activities within them — play different roles within the overall division of labour . |
| 19 | I should be grateful if you could answer a few technical queries for me . |
| 20 | I have always been interested in maps and looking for odd placenames on them . |
| 21 | G. R.Shepherd , the Labour National Agent , wrote to local Labour Parties in March 1939 , warning them against close liaison with the Club : Since groups of the Left Book Club are not entitled to affiliation with constituency parties , joint political activities with them should not be entered into , especially when these are in the direction of a so-called " Popular Front " with any other political party . |
| 22 | For , as Neil Bartlett points out , that nice little word was corrupted long before we got our sticky fingers on it . |
| 23 | She was wearing a tweed check suit in shades of lovat green and brown and she did n't want his sticky fingers on it — or worse . |
| 24 | Nevertheless , many doctors did recognise the sexual connections of hysteria and the emotional conflicts behind it ; the problem remained one of treatment . |
| 25 | That is , until a large white flag was hoisted and a party of resplendent heralds beneath it , these proceeding to pick their way heedfully in and out of the ditches , towards the North Gate . |
| 26 | But if they were strange times for us , I can hardly imagine what they were like for my mother . |
| 27 | Did you phone that hairdressers for me ? |
| 28 | Two Spanish climbers above us were working on the overhanging 6b pitches and although we 'd been told you could aid the whole section it was obvious from the stance that the bolts were too far apart . |
| 29 | In fact those with a ‘ green image ’ may be no better than the non-green products beside them . |
| 30 | From the evidence in city museums , artists among the early settlers brought their European attitudes with them too and , failing the innocent eye test , also failed to interpret the essence of their new found environment , while those who subsequently practised the new styles of modern art in the early decades of this century did so with the same little effect . |