Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The rest had followed Hazel when he roused them and , without explanation , told them to go quickly outside the barn . |
| 2 | ‘ For , ’ she put down , ‘ I want to go there as humble McAllister who keeps the house clean , dressed the doll and made and embroidered the baby clothes , not as the American Princess doing the gracious , ladling our Papa 's money , not one penny of which I have earned , smiling and patronising those not so fortunate as myself , and then leaving them to go home to the embassy — to forget them ! ’ |
| 3 | They 're well-disposed enough , all the Percy tribe , because their own holdings are in the north , and they have nothing to lose here on the Welsh border . |
| 4 | He wondered whether to tell the four of them seated there about the death of Dr Kemp , for they 'd have to know very soon anyway . |
| 5 | After that everything between them became easy for the time being . |
| 6 | ‘ At least let me stay here for a while until I get my head clear . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ At least , let me stay here for a few days . |
| 8 | My conclusion makes it unnecessary for me to proceed further upon the natural justice argument . |
| 9 | ‘ Bumface came here to tell me that he was going to fight the War Office and that he was not having the WO Instruction for me to report forthwith to the Ski Battalion at Bordon . |
| 10 | Everyone sits quietly in the room and the leader draws an imaginary circle with a finger and says ‘ Here I have the wonderful magic circle and I sign it with a dot . |
| 11 | One reason is that women , particularly in the Third World , are often not aware of the real dangers of contraception because health staff and pharmaceutical companies keep them in ignorance for fear of making them stay away from the clinic . |
| 12 | For all the world as if she and Miss Beard were ladies of quality , he ceremoniously handed them into the carriage , the two of them to sit together in the back , while Herbert Fraser sat beside Sean in the front . |
| 13 | Of course the Captain forbade me to go anywhere near the place again . |
| 14 | They asked me to go there for an interview , and from that they recommended a therapist who would see me at her home . |
| 15 | It was an angle that caused them to fall apart in the end . |
| 16 | The citizens charter sets out a comprehensive programme to improve the quality of public services and make them answer better to the wishes of their users , where that can be done , by providing choice for the citizen . |
| 17 | When Connor came back with a pint pot in either hand , he found his wife in the arms of the young Welshman , and stood smiling , watching them dance together to a song that had become all the rage in the last few years : |
| 18 | One primary intervention therefore was for me to liaise regularly with the ward so that Mrs Allen was fully informed about the situation . |
| 19 | Lush 's large audience , most of whom chatter blithely through the sensitive acoustic numbers , seem to agree . |
| 20 | Lush 's large audience , most of whom chatter blithely through the sensitive acoustic numbers , seem to agree . |
| 21 | Sometimes the clerics among them met separately from the laymen . |
| 22 | ‘ Four of them got together over a couple of decanters of port and I listened to what I could . |
| 23 | The destruction of the temples and the towns round them led directly to a rebuilding programme . |
| 24 | First there was a vague lightening of the sky ahead , then the drumming of the rain was less persistent , the lesser darkness in the heavens spread until it was over them , they could distinguish the greater irregularities of the ground , the last few drops of rain splashed down and a blissful silence spread around them broken only by the sibillations of the water draining away among the rocks and the splash of their sodden feet . |
| 25 | Father keeps them hidden away in a room off his library . ’ |
| 26 | The Dana andrew had told me to wait here for the girl Trefusis had sent indream after me . |
| 27 | Sometimes she wants me to work hard on the court and she is very serious and at home she is very nice to me . |
| 28 | The use of acrylic colours in my palette allows me in all aspects of landscape painting to correct and add light ; in fact it enables me to work more in the manner of an oil painter . |
| 29 | On the ground floor he walked a few feet ahead , leaving me to trundle behind like a meek Arab wife . |
| 30 | He says the two main benefits for shareholders are that the perks are a ‘ bit of fun ’ that it ‘ enables them to relate more to the company . ’ |