Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were additional factors with this family which compounded their inevitable distress , not least the subsequent diagnosis of Duchenne muscular dystrophy in an elder son , in whom signs of clinical abnormality had been recognised before the birth of his younger brother . |
| 2 | ARSENAL boss George Graham last night blasted his multi-million pound stars for squandering the qualities which made them giants of English football . |
| 3 | It had been glorious just to sit there at the huge dining table , with the sounds of the sea wafting up through the open window , feeling her exhaustion slip away from her , while the energetic Mrs Birkin set before the three of them course after delicious course . |
| 4 | By involving everyone , the teacher included certain children who were frequently excluded from spontaneous groups , to give them experience of cooperative work . |
| 5 | He said that a number of vice-chancellors see the fees scheme as a way of getting the Government off the universities ' backs , giving them freedom from detailed control . |
| 6 | From day one my D35 blew it away , and I felt no pangs as it went , traded in against the Martin which cost me £225 in Top Gear in Denmark Street . |
| 7 | In 1769 1,375 people were at work on it , many of them prisoners at forced labour . |
| 8 | She and her accupuncturist partner , Richard Spindler , are now in serious debt , they say , because Lloyds lent them money without proper advice and called in the loan after overcharging them . |
| 9 | We explained how the enjoyment of reading helps to develop children 's imaginative and aesthetic lives , enriches their use of language , introduces them to our cultural heritage and gives them opportunities for cultural analysis . |
| 10 | The teacher had given them bricks of different widths . |
| 11 | ‘ And me thinking of old Al Bowlly in the Blitz , London , fog in the streets . |
| 12 | A visitor to Mohenjo Daro , one of the Indus Valley sites , will be left with the impression that this city with all it contained had either in record time surpassed all other human generations in inventiveness , or that like the Aryans they were immigrants bringing with them centuries of cultural inheritance . |
| 13 | The conference is arranged in four sessions : legislation ; monitoring emissions ; controlling emissions ; and cleaning up the environment — all of them subjects of considerable interest to senior management in industry . |
| 14 | Rome clearly never found a perfect solution for this problem : eventually she had to face the rebellion of the socii and grant them entry into Roman citizenship . |
| 15 | When they were away , there was always the worry that they would never come back but when they got home , they always brought with them gossip of other places and other people . |
| 16 | There are plenty of army officers , by no means all of them supporters of radical causes , who think the army should not be used to settle political arguments with the republics . |
| 17 | At length I stood on the ground , up to my ankles in fresh-fallen snow . |
| 18 | Joseph Gamgee recorded that on his return from the Continent , Sewell said ‘ I have seen more lame horses while posting from Harwich to London than I have met with in all my journeys and during my inspection of veterinary schools and public places in France , Switzerland , Germany and Belgium ’ . |
| 19 | ‘ We all read Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee . |
| 20 | SO WROTE Stephen Vincent Benet , who also penned the immortal line ‘ Bury my heart at Wounded Knee . ’ |
| 21 | My heart in daily sacrifice to Truth |
| 22 | my hair in heated rollers , kind-of-casual-but-vamp , threw an |
| 23 | People drank all they could , and I washed my hair in pink champagne . |
| 24 | I stuffed it all into my pocket and raced back through the rain to the hotel , my hair in soggy fronds and my feet squelching . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , Sarah Byrne , you 've strengthened my faith in human nature , even though I can tell you do n't go to church . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Sir , ’ they say , ‘ thank God there is someone … restored my faith in human nature … performed a signal service … struck a blow for common sense and ordinary human decency … exposed the hypocrisy of those who for our sins are set in authority over us … expressed what the vast majority of people fed … spoken up for the minority whose views are never taken into account … ’ |
| 27 | Restored my faith in human nature |
| 28 | I AM writing to express my sincere thanks to a gentleman who restored my faith in human nature . |
| 29 | Your kindness and sincerity really did restore my faith in human nature . |
| 30 | Thankfully , my faith in human nature was restored … |