Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adj] [noun sg] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It sometimes seemed to me that animal rights must always prevail over every other claim , however strong , including claims from the environment . |
| 2 | ‘ When I was still involved with Vernons , we participated in the introduction of the lotteries in both New York and Sydney , and our experience then told me that football pools would be swept away should lotteries ever come to Britain . |
| 3 | Do n't give them sole selling rights , because you will have to pay them commission even if you sell your property privately . |
| 4 | Aye , them , them bloody oxygen things . |
| 5 | ‘ Yes , ’ Joe continued , ‘ he said she looks like one of them bloody film stars . ’ |
| 6 | Managers whose consciences tell them that service users ought to have a voice often choose just one articulate , recovered , temporary recipient of the service as a token single voice of the mental health planning committee , where this lone individual often feels at a serious disadvantage , confused by professional jargon and out of his or her depth in the complex and confusing world of statutory agency planning . |
| 7 | In battle they believe so strongly in the power of the Orc gods Gork and Mork to protect them that enemy arrows and swords blows really can be deflected by the Orcs ' aura of self-generated arcane power . |
| 8 | It had further taught them that bomb casualties in Protestant districts frequently included a substantial proportion of Roman Catholics . |
| 9 | It is in your reaction to them that misfortune lies . |
| 10 | Erm , I 'm suggesting they 're going to call them interim fieldwork reports . |
| 11 | The bard was fair , but she must teach them some court dances , Elizabeth thought . |
| 12 | I left them some tea bags there today . |
| 13 | Over 70,000 visited the exhibition , amongst them Scottish Office Ministers and the Lord Mayor of London . |
| 14 | I mean , some of me favourite TV programmes start at 8 p.m . |
| 15 | To give them this idea economists have put a considerable amount of research effort into estimating models of the economy . |
| 16 | I can still hear stuff , but it sounds swishy like when you listen to one of them curly sea shells . |
| 17 | mum , mum , can you buy me some wrestling cards ? |
| 18 | In desperation your mother gave me some home movies they 'd made over the years , and I watched a chubby five-year-old with a cheeky grin and eyes like pansies . |
| 19 | Well Geoff did buy me some sherry glasses he says oh , you give me two |
| 20 | It was as if she were giving me some hyacinth bulbs and saying December was a bit late to plant them . |
| 21 | But he was good enough to allow me some writing materials before I was taken back to my cell , formally charged with murder . |
| 22 | You want them high interest ones . |
| 23 | ‘ Would it surprise you to know that in the five years since I first set eyes on you , I have not looked seriously at another woman ? |
| 24 | I do not want to be harsh , but when I first set eyes on him I knew the type at once : the big , gangling provincial , so eager and relieved to find himself at last in artistic circles . |
| 25 | ‘ I remember when I first set eyes on you at that cocktail party and I thought , In spite of her dark flowing hair and her Mediterranean beauty she has a bite about her that can only be British . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've wanted to make love to you since I first set eyes on you . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ It was the first bit of luck I 'd had since I first set eyes on you . |
| 28 | Schedule I First Mortgage Debentures |
| 29 | them wee tile things |
| 30 | And see ye that sumpter beasts be laden with all that there is in Valencia , so that nothing which can profit may be left . |