Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [Wh adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Nobody likes answering machines , but if we are out at the bank , or out of normal hours when you telephone , please leave a clear note of your name and telephone number with your message .
2 ‘ You must need your head tested ’ , was one of the more polite reactions when I said that I was going to spend two weeks holiday walking some 120 miles up-and-down mountains rather than lying in the sun .
3 For these , they owed service in the host with one knight ; they paid 300 s.bordelaises in relief at change of lord and they owed the king-duke a meal with ten attendant knights whenever he came to Gascony , at the castle of Redort .
4 On some journeys she was accompanied by relations , but on her ‘ Great Journey ’ in 1698 she travelled on horseback with only one or two servants , staying at inns or at private houses where she had family connections .
5 So she ran through those utterly devastating transformations when she had been In Love , desperately seeking patterns , pointers — digging for something to bring back her joy , her I will survive .
6 Möllemann , the first German minister to visit since June 1989 , requested information on 903 political prisoners when he met the Chinese Prime Minister , Li Peng , and said that trade and economic relations would be dependent on improvements in human rights .
7 Most of us have no idea how much we actually pay for services , because in fact we do buy parts at odd times when they are needed , so the cost is spread out over the year .
8 Consider it as a kind of insurance for the odd times when you are not losing weight quite as you should .
9 However , it is accepted that there will be specific cases where it is necessary to leave the salvage with the Policyholder for the purposes of a settlement , in which case some adjustment should be made to the settlement figure .
10 He had taken only a few hasty steps when he heard the tread of feet on the wooden steps above his head .
11 He had originally charged only 10% back in 1946 , at a time when he was principally concerned with much lower-level searches , and had frequently experienced total losses when he had been unable to complete an assignment satisfactorily .
12 But the green smell used to be there and it was strong enough to make me think of English summers when I looked at the sky .
13 However , there are some very sound reasons why we should not re-petition just yet .
14 He managed to escape from the car and struggle to nearby houses where he was given first aid .
15 Murray , who will be closing his own commercial operations when he takes up his new appointment at the beginning of July , faces the daunting challenge of restoring the Fruitmarket 's critical fortunes .
16 It was therefore a shock to face such hostile and patronising attitudes when I arrived .
17 They accepted that employment upon the terms as to remuneration laid down in the scale of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors whereby they would receive 10 per cent of one year 's rent defined as ‘ the rent reserved by letting ’ plus any additional service charge .
18 I 've no idea whether Europe is going to work , no one has , and I can think of huge historical reasons why it wo n't .
19 By now , at least , it would be hard to find an example of either of the supposed mutually exclusive ‘ pure ’ types of culture ; indeed , there are few , if any , historical cases where we have detailed and solid ( rather than speculative ) evidence about the processes of communication in a purely ‘ oral ’ society .
20 Jim took over the Old Bells when he feared new sky-high rent would force them both to quit the White Hart 12 miles away .
21 " I say , Lyn , did I ever tell you how I actually got into one of the old mines when I was a kid ? "
22 She was an emotional artist and woman with a lively intelligence , charming journalists wherever she went .
23 O'Connor consumed by emotion , burst into tears in front of thousands of delirious supporters when he consolidated his marvellous recovery against Freddie Couples with a No. 2 iron to five feet at the last .
24 For example , in In re Tucker ( R. C. ) ( A Bankrupt ) , Ex parte Tucker ( K. R. ) [ 1990 ] Ch. 148 , where the application of the Ex parte Blain , 12 Ch.D. 522 principle was urged , this court declined to construe the words ‘ any person ’ in section 25 of the Bankruptcy Act 1914 as embracing British subjects wherever they might be , and held that the power given to the court by that section to summon persons before it was even more limited and extended only to persons who were available to be served in England .
25 Power was conferred upon the chief officer of police to impose conditions on the holding of public processions where he had reasonable grounds to believe that serious public disorder was likely to ensue from the holding of a procession .
26 BALLYMENA opened their season by making the long trip to the Scottish Borders where they defeated Hawick after leading 13-0 at the interval .
27 With the overtly Protestant policies of Edward VI 's ministers , the new groups were given a much freer rein , casting out images , decorations and the old vestments where they could , damaging many churches in the process .
28 Apart from the ecclesiastical buildings of northern and central Italy , there are many towers surviving from the Romanesque and Medieval periods when they were places of refuge , fortresses and , later , status symbols .
29 But everyone says it would be a mistake to dismiss Mrs Shephard as ‘ a mumsy suburban type ’ , even though she shows some housewifey traits such as walking from Westminster to a West End restaurant in a pair of sensible shoes where she will then change into high heels carried in a plastic bag .
30 Mr Makepeace , who dreaded public places where he might meet the boys of Burleigh , sat longer than any , pretending to go through the disgracefully scrappy mathematics homework that his classes saw fit to throw his way .
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