Example sentences of "[pron] [subord] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wickenden , as purchasing director , is naturally reticent about details , but he led me to believe that smuggling nuts out of Turkey was an important activity , and that everyone except presumably the government , was satisfied with this arrangement . |
| 2 | During this month I led the life for which I had always yearned hunting big game on my own in the wilds of Africa ; but now I realized that this expedition had meant more to me than just the excitement of hunting . |
| 3 | Since he finally won test honours against France in the domestic series in 1991 McKenzie has established himself as arguably the world 's best tighthead prop . |
| 4 | Even he did n't consider such deeds heroic ( heroes are usually frightened men who rise to the occasion ) , but saw himself as just a reckless fool whose luck would one day run out . |
| 5 | The two modes fight it out in Schlesinger 's Billy Liar , where the hero escapes from the constraints of life in an undertaking business by fantasizing himself as variously a soldier , Winston Churchill , a gunman mowing down his family or an aristocrat living with obliging parents whose behaviour is strikingly different from that of the real screeching proletarians . |
| 6 | Alyssia took a deep breath to steady her nerves , and then said unsteadily , ‘ Nicole is more to you than just a friend , is n't she ? |
| 7 | At once CAMRA declared itself as both a consumer and a conservationist watchdog , speaking up for citizens as well as consumers against the abuses inflicted on one of our best national traditions . |
| 8 | It saw itself as primarily a teaching institution and Lindop underlined that ‘ we are at pains to ensure that we recruit staff who share our view of the primacy of teaching ’ , and the Polytechnic was requiring new and inexperienced staff to attend an in-service training programme of about 250 hours in their first year . |
| 9 | Its view of itself as strictly an object database engine provider has changed to encompass solutions , migration and gateways . |
| 10 | Yeah , we 've actually er , way we 've designed is that erm , it 's actually a sort of , it 's inserted in the ham handbook itself as actually a , sort of separate removal section so they can |
| 11 | It has sublime importance , however , because it is the scene of the hunt , itself as much a prestigious and sacred activity as a means of acquiring meat . |
| 12 | He has told April that I am insanely in love with him , and now they both hate me : he , because I have made it plain this is not the case , and she for much the same reason , only compounded by the fact that since he has raised the subject , and in view of his demeanour towards me … |
| 13 | The modern world is one which confuses and plunders our sense of the past ; one where even the concept of ‘ heritage ’ itself is hi-jacked and distorted . |
| 14 | The ideal data input document is one where only the required information appears and appears in sequence from left to right . |
| 15 | She herself was British , in fact , but having spent several years as a graduate student in California , where she had been converted to radical feminism , she now thought of herself as spiritually an American , and tried as far as possible to speak like one . |
| 16 | Rourke was more to her than just an employer . |
| 17 | Is there a man out there with more to him than just the change in his pockets ? |
| 18 | Andy Macdonald has more going for him than merely the fact that he stands 6ft 8in . |
| 19 | He had not realized the impact on him until nearly a year later he found himself shaking and crying and saying to himself , ‘ I was nearly killed there ’ . |
| 20 | I know that girl , know her as only a mother can , and I know she 's not well . |
| 21 | He had thought of her as essentially a private woman who would be very little concerned with her neighbours or their problems . |
| 22 | The American Association for Recorded Sound Collections has made its second Lifetime Achievement award to Brian Rust , citing him as probably the most prolific discographer in the world and recognizing his extraordinary contribution to the field . |
| 23 | He gave him as sharp a look as he dared . |
| 24 | There was more to it than just a change of style . |
| 25 | It implies there 's something more to it , more to it than just a standard bug I must say . |
| 26 | You see , I think there was much more to it than just the fact that they were childless . ’ |
| 27 | The full implications of this are best indicated if we observe that far more is involved in it than merely the uniqueness of the revelation in Jesus , solely the issue whether there is genuine access to knowledge of God in any other place . |
| 28 | But we 're likely to make more money at it than perhaps the sweat shops do . |
| 29 | If food to be eaten raw or without further cooking has thawed , it 's acceptable to refreeze it if just the surface has softened but you can still feel some ice . |
| 30 | How could you refute it when just the memory of his scathing comments made your eyes fill with tears ? |