Example sentences of "[vb -s] [pron] [adj] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | Frost ai n't good for plants , it turns them black and kills them off if you ai n't careful , but I reckon grass must be OK . |
| 2 | Mario and Yoshi may please puzzle addicts , but offers nothing new and does n't push the NES 's capabilities in the slightest . |
| 3 | This renders them sterile and has resulted in their virtual elimination from the Southampton and Solent coastal waters . |
| 4 | I am sorry to observe so little Care taken of the Education of our Youth designed for the Sea , even such as have a Prospect of commanding Ships either in the Government or Merchant Service : The element in which they live renders them rough and boisterous which makes a little Education more necessary to give them an early Byass . |
| 5 | He wants them small and blonde but also to know their mullet from a mallet . |
| 6 | Because many prefabs have now been bulldozed English Heritage wants them listed and protected from redevelopment . |
| 7 | She needs someone solid and dependable , with their feet on the ground , someone strong enough to take her instability , her neurotic insecurity — ’ |
| 8 | So Yarwell Tunnel has its mysterious and macabre secrets , sharing with some these facets and leaving an indelible memory in the mind . |
| 9 | If one thinks dialectically , so Hegel believed , it was possible , for the it was possible , he had done it , it 's set out in the Encyclopedia , his Encyclopedia , to see the whole system of reality as one articulated , logical system in which everything has its orderly and appointed place . |
| 10 | Emma Johnson was eager to point out that while the concerto has its inward and reflective side , it also offers scope in a purely virtuosic sense as well . |
| 11 | If your lord has her safe and sound , he is entitled to the prayers of all the brothers of Shrewsbury , and of half Wales into the bargain . ’ |
| 12 | You may not see a great deal of your creative team — many agencies take the quite reasonable view that the creative people should be busy making advertisements , not chatting up clients , and in one or two like Collett Dickinson & Pearce , the creative department holds itself superior and aloof and deals with clients only through its emissaries , the account executives . |
| 13 | ‘ Your old friend Newbegin wants you dead and out of the way . ’ |
| 14 | His vigour , nowadays , contains something savage and tasteless . |
| 15 | It is a curious blend of delicacy and crudity and has something rough and barbarian about it . |
| 16 | Whatever our working situation , whether we view ourselves as being in a position of unique privilege or even perhaps severe disadvantage , Paul has something fundamental and life-changing to say to us in terms of principle and practical application . |
| 17 | Guttering is usually supplied in 2m lengths , so each length needs one joint and one ( or two ) support brackets . |
| 18 | King Lear stems from the gaudy fictions of Geoffrey of Monmouth , laughed at in Farmer Giles , and yet it contains one ancient and resonant line in the mad scene of ‘ poor Tom ’ : |
| 19 | The delicate flavour of the English new season lamb needs something light and fruity , says Ashworth , recommending a red burgundy 1986 Aloxe-Corton . |
| 20 | Despite the shortcomings compared to CD-I , at the time of writing CDTV has one major and unanswerable advantage . |
| 21 | Mind you , I do have a relative who has one tried and tested way of getting rid of his junk mail . |
| 22 | A Disaffection is a problematical book — because of this closeness : we learn very little about how Doyle is seen by companions , very little about the standpoint of those who surround him , those with whom he has his tender and abrasive dealings , with whom he airs his invectives and bitter ironies , with whom he conducts his antagonisms and ingratiations . |
| 23 | So very often it 's better to hold the wardrobe vertical and the man at the bottom end if you like holds it vertical and you go down holding it flat like that . |
| 24 | But opponents of fox hunting say the video says nothing new and the publicity launch suggests the Hunt Supporters , themselves , are on the run . |
| 25 | It fits into the following part of the story , where the author describes her rich and rather spoilt heroine 's exit from a high-class antique shop in London 's West End : [ 4 ] " Charming ! " |
| 26 | In both classical and positivist criminology , it is the particular way their basic assumptions are interpreted and developed that establishes their political and ideological positions . |
| 27 | Currently thrilling packed houses with his mellow vocal style and uncompromising ‘ no sell-out ’ cardigans , the singer wishes to point out that though he will be opening for the Happy Mondays at certain venues , he by no means endorses their outrageous and unorthodox lifestyle . |
| 28 | Currently thrilling packed houses with his mellow vocal style and uncompromising ‘ no sell-out ’ cardigans , the singer wishes to point out that though he will be opening for the Happy Mondays at certain venues , he by no means endorses their outrageous and unorthodox lifestyle . |
| 29 | His Mum sort of turns him away and says summat foreign and they all walk off quick . |
| 30 | It summarises geological knowledge of metalliferous mineralisation , reviews current and past exploration , and describes its administrative and legal framework . |