Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Deep in the solid mass beneath her , she heard the laughter . |
| 2 | He sensed the subtle change in her , which was possibly betrayed by the firm manner in which she gripped the hand that moved towards her skirt waistband . |
| 3 | Until then Britain , which had taken the initiative in founding WEU out of the wreckage of the EDC , tended to place little credence in it . |
| 4 | Oh shi , oh well just go and then you wo n't have to pay , you would n't have the bloody worry of it would you ? |
| 5 | the total opposite of them . |
| 6 | ‘ You did hit him in the stomach — and that briefcase of yours is quite a solid design , after all . |
| 7 | The A N C was locked in a crucial national executive meeting to discuss the issues of township violence and the possible arming of it 's members in the strife-torn zones . |
| 8 | Linking strong fingers with hers , Vitor kept her upright as they made their way down the bank . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | For many people , Christmas is a time to have an apocalyptic hangover or binge ; the Christian bit is an unnecessary encumbrance to them . |
| 11 | It turned out that our candidate , who came to address us one evening , knew my Aunt Kit and had the greatest admiration for her , even though he also knew that the only reason why she had not been offered another , safer constituency after 1945 was that it had become too obvious she was unable to keep off the drink . |
| 12 | And all the time you were n't really there , you were somewhere else entirely , and the funniest part of it was that you ended up looking like a pro , like a model who lived for these moments in the public eye . |
| 13 | But the funniest part about it was in King George 's playing fields where the cricket club is at the beginning of the war that was a A R P assembly point for the A R P wardens . |
| 14 | Oh the funniest part about it was when he set these people 's thing . |
| 15 | Furthermore , the government ( Minister of Land , 1966 , 3 ) has not only sanctioned this growth when , as long ago as 1966 , they stated ‘ that townspeople ought to be able to spend their leisure in the countryside if they want to ’ but following a report of the House of Lords ( HL Select Committee 1973 ) has also endorsed and encouraged recreational uses when they accepted ( Secretary of State for the Environment , 1975 , 1 ) that ‘ recreation should be regarded as one of the community 's everyday needs and that provision for it is part of the social services ’ . |
| 16 | Once again , employers showed little enthusiasm for them . |
| 17 | They had n't that veil on them like they used |
| 18 | I thought it was pretty er , ironic that we were playing Crime of the Century by Supertramp and I just got this bloody hi-fi off you and the bloody tape wo n't work ! |
| 19 | And there , all along the lefthand side of the Parade , is the grandest building of them all — the Admiralty . |
| 20 | I mean , I let him spend all that money on me , and although I told myself it was fair , it was n't . |
| 21 | thank you for spending all that money on us . |
| 22 | Got that money for me ? |
| 23 | How parents can spend all that money for them to run down on the chest paddling with their hands on the dirty pavement ! |
| 24 | I mean , fancy an 'ard-up orphanage girl like me 'aving all that money in me purse . |
| 25 | ‘ 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 . |
| 26 | Oh , hang on David I think we ought to have that jumper off you . |
| 27 | the other thing is , functions split into ranges , which each ra each bit of them , each range , is continuous , but the breaks between the ranges . |
| 28 | He closed his eyes against the unbelievable horror of it all . |
| 29 | Lucy had already decided that this would be the wisest course for her to take . |
| 30 | Flipping ducks on it . |