Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is always dangerously easy to write superficially about human relationships , particularly this one of the mother and daughter living together in old age , picturing them enjoying endless winter evenings by the fire , with never a cross word , and long summer afternoons in a garden of roses , sitting in deckchairs on a lawn that never needs mowing . |
| 2 | There is a revolution taking place today in the way that executives are obtaining information to help them make critical business decisions . |
| 3 | This ingenious arrangement has two advantages : it scents the house with an acrid , invigorating smell of frying cloth recalling a tailor shop in the Bronx , and it permits me to tend two kerosene burners , a Franklin stove , and a fireplace . |
| 4 | His restlessness permeated the entire house , and she felt guilty , certain that her presence was tying him to Gullholm , that if it were n't for her he would go home , or visit one or other of his sisters or his mother , all of whom made regular telephone calls . |
| 5 | The flat roof of our own house was high enough for me to see two summer screens for free . |
| 6 | OPENING up your excellent Have a Rattle page , it continually sickens me to see so-called Glentoran supporters giving their manager the verbals in the press . |
| 7 | About 70 per cent of new entrants were over twenty-one , half of whom lacked two A levels , and fewer than a quarter were school-leavers with these qualifications or their equivalent . |
| 8 | Henry Ratter had arranged for me to attend several training courses , including the two-day ‘ Quality in Action ’ workshop . |
| 9 | It is difficult for them to obtain overseas development funds , and it is even hard to mail a letter to another country because Eritrean stamps are not yet internationally recognised . |
| 10 | It is difficult for them to obtain overseas development funds , and it is even hard to mail a letter to another country because Eritrean stamps are not yet internationally recognised . |
| 11 | Munich , in other words , was expressly orchestrated to destabilise public opinion at home , to terrify whole populations with the threat of war and coerce them to accept reactionary government measures in exchange for peace ; ( c ) the British and French governments recoiled from inflicting the diplomatic humiliation on Hitler that would have resulted from resorting to the anti-fascist resistance offered by Washington and above all by Moscow . |
| 12 | Until now Turkish protection of the Crimean Tatars had enabled them to launch repeated slave raids on Russian territory , prevented settled cultivation of wide areas of the Ukraine , and blocked Russian access to the Black Sea . |
| 13 | ‘ Shall I make some sausage rolls ? ’ asked Betty . |
| 14 | Of course , I regret those job losses , but the hon. Gentleman has surely seen the article in The Independent on Sunday a week last Sunday which spelt out clearly the devastating consequences on jobs in the retail trade of his proposal for a national statutory minimum wage . |
| 15 | I mean that stuff spots . |
| 16 | I mean serious winter puddings , steamed , boiled and baked , sticky , rich and sweet , that sit fair and square on the plate and fill you with a glorious glow of warmth and well-being . |
| 17 | I , I really feel two pound fifty is low for the quality of , of play that they 're seeing I mean other amateur groups not that we 're comparing ourselves , but they certainly charge more than us and quite honestly the end product on some of them is not up to our end product . |
| 18 | who tells you your not a , I mean aggressive truck drivers are frightening |
| 19 | I mean isolated farm houses in |
| 20 | They had three on on door I mean three security men but it 's not worth it mind . |
| 21 | The joke here little girl on a beach says , mum , if I eat enough silicone chips will it increase my bust size ? |
| 22 | ‘ I lose more telephone directories that way . ’ |
| 23 | I lay awake writing letters to you |
| 24 | I produced some option plans and they took to it like a duck takes to water . ’ |
| 25 | I met other bird watchers and we swopped sightings . |
| 26 | I got two toilet papers on . |
| 27 | And I got two polo necks one with slight ribs in . |
| 28 | I needed some change so I got two sausage rolls , I 'm gon na wire them up on microwave in a bit right ? |
| 29 | So far as he was concerned , I could become a Muslim or a Jew , provided I got good School Certificates . |
| 30 | Well the paper must be out of date because I think I got that stamp months ago in fact you bought it back from Switzerland . |