Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [verb] [prep] [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aleksei Ermolov , the Russian commander in the Caucasus whom Paskevich replaced in 1827 , had been pursuing a conciliatory or " regionalist " policy for more than a decade . |
| 2 | Some of the most distinguished English binders in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries were Samuel Mearne ( working c. 1660–83 ) , in whose shop much work was done for Charles II ; several unidentified craftsmen working for the two Queens — Catherine of Braganza and Mary of Modena — ( known as Queens ' Binder A , B , and C ) and William Nott ( who may have been Binder A ) , of whom Pepys wrote in 1669 : |
| 3 | It was a fine effort , particularly as it was achieved in the company of Arnold Palmer , still a great favourite here , whom Wolstenholme outscored by three strokes . |
| 4 | My contract ran until two weeks before my son Adam s Barmitzvah and we planned to spend Christmas in Massachusetts then drive down to New Haven to begin re-rehearsing for our American opening at the Long Wharf Theatre . |
| 5 | Well , the answer is that my contract expires after six more commercials . |
| 6 | So gripped did I become with my inability to proceed at one point , that I almost became benighted through ignoring what was literally a keyhole through the rock . |
| 7 | I do n't feel that music is the most appropriate forum for social change because frankly I do n't think my opinions are valid for everyone , so I would n't want my opinions echoed by hundreds of thousands of people buying T-shirts with my name on them . |
| 8 | For example my mum looks after two little boys who are both three . |
| 9 | On the hustings in my first election campaign in February 1974 , the casualty list among officers of my association consisted of one broken nose , two black eyes and the lady chairman drenched by a bucket of water , which the candidate had ducked . |
| 10 | Drinking — and not training weekends — meant my weight stuck on 12 stones ; trying to race on 20 miles a week , plus the drinking , was not on . ’ |
| 11 | All my research pointed in one direction : psoriatic arthropophy . |
| 12 | There was a constant stream of them from early morning all through the day , but my work ended at five in the afternoon , when I was free to go and meet my friends . |
| 13 | Ok , Time found hidden in a hard day , dry earth becomes a dance floor , audience of three fowl , the fourth along with a reaper turns it back , wooden shoes meant for mud , rug on dancing feet Erm the next one is the still life on , on with three puppies , while I was looking at Gaugin 's work I could n't help but notice he 's constantly struck by the fact that he use set of three symbols through out his work it seems , and very , very often three caricatures erm or lines of three or three objects and I found this very interesting , more point of view that something that I , I wanted to incorporate in my own work , but I wanted to find a line or a phrase to use in the same way , erm , all of my work starts as one or a series of visual images and , and I then turn them into characters , repeating a word or repeating a line would be a way of erm emphasising characterise erm and the puppies that are in this painting erm , they delighted my children so much , I do n't know if any of you know , do you know the painting of the three puppies |
| 14 | My mood changed from one of deep despair to sheer exultation , possibly in the reasonable hope that we might now survive the descent . |
| 15 | If my team finished with 77 or 78 points I would be extremely disappointed not to go up automatically . |
| 16 | Suddenly my eye leaps to four words in brackets at the bottom of the column : ‘ ( See also Strategy Unit ) ’ . |
| 17 | In every case , their work is illustrated by important historical material among which is Bruce Nauman 's ‘ Neon templates of the left half of my body taken at ten inch intervals ’ , a large felt work by Robert Morris , the Fibonacci igloo of Mario Merz and major works by Joseph Beuys , Marcel Broodthaers , Luciano Fabro , Eva Hesse and Robert Smithson . |
| 18 | My er , circumstances are entirely different , I am the person who 's being cared for and my husband died in nineteen eighty seven , and my son in nineteen eighty eight and I was left with my young son , and he looked after me on his own , and then my daughter who li , I was living in Ireland , my daughter lived in England , and she decided it was n't good enough that it should all be left to him , so we had a long talk and we discussed it at length for two weeks at Christmas , and then they all moved Sou , over here , we got a house in Scotland , and I 'm looked after by my young son and my daughter , and since then a year ago my daughter got married , her husband moved in and he looks after me as well , so I 'm looked after by three young adults . |
| 19 | Until I re and , well until my husband retired at sixty and I thought well if he 's going to retire at sixty , I might as well retire , you see . |
| 20 | I am a female , mid-twenties and happen to have my nose pierced with one small silver ring . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , as you say , I 'm supposed to be there at ten past the hour , and my shift finished at six . |
| 22 | My day began at seven with unwanted glimpses of Trish and Brian 's intimacies , followed by slurped tea and munched toast in the communal kitchen . |
| 23 | And a South Yorkshire miner said : " My day starts at 5 or 6 a.m . |
| 24 | ‘ My day ends at five . |
| 25 | I let my head fall to one side , my cheek against the cool damp sand . |
| 26 | That means I can get to my Darts Match at 7.30 pm . |
| 27 | The Minister will be pleased to know that unemployment in my constituency fell by 41 last month . |
| 28 | Next morning my phone rang at nine forty-five . |
| 29 | Thus a recent work , The Penitent ( Royal Academy 1991 ) , was based on a drawing of my wife done in 1948 . |
| 30 | Then glancing at his watch , he said , ‘ Come on , get up out of that ; I 've got to be away , my train goes at four o'clock . ’ |