Example sentences of "[pron] [subord] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The old drove-roads made their own contribution to the landscape in the wayside inns that grew up to cater specially for drovers in lonely stretches of country , and in the ‘ stances ’ beside them where the cattle were shut up and rested for the night . |
| 2 | If you find yourself yearning for a relationship with someone where the feelings are not mutual , or the other person 's love has died , ask yourself what aspect of you that person represents . |
| 3 | ‘ How happy were I if the Gods above/Would equalize my fortune wth. my Love , ’ |
| 4 | In logic we would say to ourselves because the Germans are getting more seats , because East Germany is being added to the union , why on earth should Britain get more as well and it seems very difficult to explain why we should have extra seats at all . |
| 5 | ‘ Sara , we are a group of middle-aged , well , nearly middle-aged , housewives , who amuse ourselves while the men are toiling , with a little bit of painting , sketching . |
| 6 | All these people want to do is hit someone before the lights go out . |
| 7 | A driftwood fire blazed in the grate and we sat warming ourselves as the flames leapt . |
| 8 | The latter is the usual pattern and I only know it to be his as the items came from the family . |
| 9 | More er and more in a month some of them than the others did in a year . |
| 10 | To see whether the junction films actually did have more fixed information in them than the others , a comparison was made of the ratings from Groeger and Chapman ( in press b ) . |
| 11 | but now they 're all set up and I 'm left alone and the children , three of them , have n't got time to look after me to give me what I , what I need and especially one in the truth , that one is less getting in touch with me than the ones that told me the truth , boys ring me , twice , three times a week , Julia rings every , every night , but Ted rings twice or three times a week , three times I could go , the one |
| 12 | Finally I went to the Principal of the college , a sympathetic dame whose ear I have for any amount of services rendered , and told her I had decided that term must end slightly earlier for me than the others . |
| 13 | Corbett walked and argued with himself until the bells tolling for Compline brought him into the Abbey church with its lofty roof , pointed arches and round drum-like columns . |
| 14 | After examination the Council confirms its grant for the previous year which until the accounts are received remains provisional . |
| 15 | Or consider rhetorical questions like ( 36 ) : ( 36 ) Was Mussolini going to be moderate ? which if the participants believe that whatever Mussolini was , he was not moderate , is likely to convey ( 37 ) : ( 37 ) Mussolini was definitely not going to be moderate Here , by overtly violating the sincerity of a question , once again an implicature is generated by a flouting of the maxim of Quality . |
| 16 | Mr Annal wrote , too , to the Education Department , to discover for himself whether the children 's teachers had ever been consulted . |
| 17 | On top of that , Wright has his England future to worry about because much as he may look forward to an avalanche of goals against San Marino in February , first he must ensure his presence in the team , then be in control of himself when the chances come . |
| 18 | Have our little bit of fun then throw daddy out to fend for himself when the kiddiewinks come along . |
| 19 | He was whistling to keep up his spirits , that was all , Robert said to himself as the boys clattered after him . |
| 20 | stay with them until the effects have worn off |
| 21 | Cricketers were no longer even financially privileged workers and there was no representative body to fight for them until the Cricketers ' Association was formed in 1968 . |
| 22 | Since , in view of the fact that F has two null columns , the first two elements of x are always multiplied by zeros , it is not necessary to compute them until the iterations are complete . |
| 23 | If , as is likely , the attackers turn nasty , the arresting citizen is quite entitled to use a reasonable amount of force to defend himself and restrain them until the police arrive . |
| 24 | I did n't know what was in it ; I just had the feeling that Sunil would n't thank me if the boys in blue turned it over in their usual zeal to find something to donate to the Oxfam shop . |
| 25 | One old lady from Wiltshire told me if the Germans had come they 'd have killed off old people like her . |
| 26 | ‘ Can you tell me if the shoes are comfortable or not ? ’ to the helper . |
| 27 | ‘ After all , ’ he continued , ‘ it 's totally pointless your coming to work for me if the designs you produce do n't suit my needs . ’ |
| 28 | Nottingham Forest are likely to stick with the same team that beats Notts County for tonight 's match against Millwall at the City ground the London club are currently eleventh in the First Division Forest will go above them if the Reds win . |
| 29 | The concerns that have been expressed outside the park committees need to be fully voiced within them if the committees are to decide in the best interests of the parks and their purposes , and if they are to be seen to do so . |
| 30 | If the sectional open type of plate is used , then the fry can be trapped beneath them if the gaps where the water flow goes through are too large — the strength of the turnover rate can add to this problem . |