Example sentences of "[pos pn] [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | lets hope scum go down for the geordies tomorrow ( match of the day in norway ) ! ( hmm — my futba-english justs keeps improving does n't it ; - ] ) |
| 2 | My hesitant companion said , ‘ May I drink to your health without necessarily wishing to listen to your conversation ? |
| 3 | My conflicting thoughts argued with each other from pavement to pavement . |
| 4 | Even if it is only for one moment that a spasm in your face draws my attention to the intensity of your pain , a glimpse from which I flinch back into insensibility , it is during that moment that a choice between my conflicting pulls to help and to ignore will be made in fullest awareness . |
| 5 | My finishing-school clothes list : One pair plimsolls , one pair best silk stockings , one Liberty bodice , amen , we give Thee most humble and hearty thanks , we Thine unworthy servants . |
| 6 | I nodded and did n't tell him that , apart from my school days , my working French had been learned in stables , not kitchens , and was likely to be rusty in any case . |
| 7 | On 29 April 1988 , when both the Kingman Report was published and the membership of my Working Group announced , the press presumed that I was to lead a Group which would make firm recommendations on grammar , in contrast to the equivocations of Kingman . |
| 8 | To my surprise my Working Group insisted after a lively debate that we kept the weighting at 33⅓ per cent for 14 year olds . |
| 9 | My Working Group felt that there is evidence that such an approach should help to improve pupils ' sensitivity to their own use of language . |
| 10 | My Working Group recommended that knowledge about language should be an integral part of work in English , not a separate body of knowledge to be added on to the traditional English curriculum . |
| 11 | My Working Group co-operated very well together , and we enjoyed our weekly meetings . |
| 12 | I was pleased that the supplementary guidance for the terms of reference for my Working Group mentioned both information technology ( IT ) and media studies : ‘ English teaching will provide one appropriate context … for developing information handling skills , … and for media studies … |
| 13 | Therefore it was not possible for my Working Group to prescribe a single policy which would suit all circumstances . |
| 14 | As my Spanish accountant said , Spain is so far behind not only will it not be ready for 1992 in that year , but it will not be ready by 2092 . |
| 15 | I have been using it for some years and encourage my junior staff to do the same . |
| 16 | For this reason , the Colonel pointed out , he could not ‘ consistent with my wounded feelings support his Lordship 's friend at the late General Election … ’ |
| 17 | I did my usual tap dancing on the table , but actually had quite a good time . |
| 18 | ‘ I was doing my usual Tuesday clean for you , Chris , when the phone rang . |
| 19 | My usual script looks like demented knitting , but among my manuscripts I am still surprised to find poem drafts and diary entries in neat italic calligraphy , painstakingly produced with a special calligraphic pen , or ‘ disguised ’ and back-sloping hands , or the ‘ progressive ’ styles I had copied from my art students in Corsham . |
| 20 | ‘ I have never in all my professional life forgotten to switch the tape on , ’ she said . |
| 21 | My arched body had moved gingerly toward the only hold , and once there I stood upright and whooped knowing that nothing would stop me now . |
| 22 | My adoptive mother came from Tyneside . |
| 23 | ‘ To save my suffering Papa tells me he is dead for sure . |
| 24 | My total involvement has been nil ! |
| 25 | ‘ When I 'm writing , everything that 's happening in my normal life becomes useful for the book . |
| 26 | Oh my bloody trolley 's gone out and walked . |
| 27 | All my bloody furniture 's gone from the living I went upstairs the lot 's gone ! |
| 28 | We managed to salvage the Spotlight feature but my bloody notes had already been printed . |
| 29 | Twice my bloody Piedmontese tried to get rid of the Protestants at their gates . |
| 30 | Is it another sleepless night and I 'll get my bloody ear plugs out |