Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Luckily for us simple folk the game plot is very straight forward . |
| 2 | People took them in for them other people what was sick but we did n't never have no dosh . ’ |
| 3 | John Newsom brought to that task an intimate knowledge of the workings of the Establishment , a rich store of anecdote ( much of it scurrilous ) , a delight in getting to know his fellow members and in entertaining them in princely style , and a huge sense of fun . |
| 4 | According to the Soil Association — the largest body of organic farmers , of which Tustian is a member — although sales of organic produce have increased overall because there is more of it in the shops ( much of it imported ) , the recession also means that some of it lingers on the shelves for longer . |
| 5 | The whole gave her a rather leggy , tomboyish look , especially with her long blonde hair pulled back in a fashionable plait . |
| 6 | See if its sweet enough , I 'm not putting much sugar in and I ca n't carry both in , I dare n't carry any thing in with me left arm yet |
| 7 | There was some in with me different now . |
| 8 | Others have become Christians at a particular moment in their lives but have believed for good reasons which have had mixed in with them other less solid motives for believing , so that their faith was never based on a strong , established conviction . |
| 9 | What made you want to crawl in with them mucky birds like that ? |
| 10 | While many feminists will abhor Segal 's conclusions about violence and pornography , I found them extremely relevant at a time when the British anti-porn bandwagon is sweeping along with it Labour women MPs and anti-censorship feminists , in company with the powerful , pro-family , homophobic moral right . |
| 11 | As we made our way down towards Butter Tubs Pass following the boundary fence , Bill found the head of a freshly killed grouse , possibly the work of a fox , and refused to put it down again but walked along with it head first in his mouth , the neck feathers sticking out like a shuttlecock . |
| 12 | Many clubs have a map of the course on the scorecard so before you tee-off , it is a good idea to mark the wind direction ( photo above ) . |
| 13 | She leans down to me real close and I can smell it — the gin . |
| 14 | On the way to Upper Halling we find that the names have come down to us unaltered , to our right we have Yew Tree Kill , which has disappeared into the chalk quarry , also the Vicarage Close , further on and still on our right is Foxes ' Hole , a name that has continued down to this day . |
| 15 | In fact the definition has come down to us unchanged from the Agriculture Act 1947 , and includes all land used for , among other things , dairy farming , livestock breeding and keeping , grazing or meadows . |
| 16 | All around him other men in pale suits are driving into town . |
| 17 | I do n't know if you 've ever felt that , it kind of comes in totally f—ed up and there are people all around you guiding you and they 're bringing all my friends to me , y'know … ’ |
| 18 | Sent to you by the Inland Revenue and filled in by you monthly . |
| 19 | Not for them chirpy whelk stall amateurism or cheerful under-achieving . |
| 20 | Not for him the life of a squire ; not for him rain-swept , windswept Mayo with its barren mountains and bogs . |
| 21 | Not for him Classical decoration hung on utilitarian steel or concrete frames . |
| 22 | No , I soon thought , not for me hang-gliding or white water canoeing or push-biking around the Himalayas or starring in parent/teacher bloody and painful , and of course exciting , rugby matches ! |
| 23 | ‘ Not for us disposable ideas , not for us throw-away convictions , not for us rent-a-principle , ’ she declared . |
| 24 | ‘ Not for us disposable ideas , not for us throw-away convictions , not for us rent-a-principle , ’ she declared . |
| 25 | It is tinged sometimes with a blinkered nostalgia , a belief that there really was a Golden Age in the countryside when humans and nature were in harmony ; at others with an ugly neo-colonialism , a conviction that wilderness are all right for the Third World , but not for us civilised folk . |
| 26 | Such abuses were seldom reported , thorough investigations were rarely held , and " the few perpetrators disciplined or prosecuted usually get little more than a slap on the wrist and most know they can get away with it unchallenged " . |
| 27 | Not with it dear . |
| 28 | AS THE political parties ' election campaigns grind into their final week , many peoples ' thoughts are turning to Easter holidays and plans to get away from it all-assuming they can still afford it , that is . |
| 29 | What he 's talking about and this is the same erm same councillor who was talking about living harmoniously side by side those that have are are buying them , those that are renting them but what he 's actually saying is well I 'm actually very , very sorry but if you have n't a job , if you have n't an income or you 're income is so low , just go over there and stay away from us decent chaps with lots of cash . |
| 30 | And you you people are destroying that situation by taking away from us true family values . |