Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [noun] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Very often in them high-ranking officers had easier and more direct access to the ruler , and sometimes more influence over him , than any civilian minister , however important . |
| 2 | My Working Group co-operated very well together , and we enjoyed our weekly meetings . |
| 3 | I was pleased that the supplementary guidance for the terms of reference for my Working Group mentioned both information technology ( IT ) and media studies : ‘ English teaching will provide one appropriate context … for developing information handling skills , … and for media studies … |
| 4 | We managed to salvage the Spotlight feature but my bloody notes had already been printed . |
| 5 | My right hand went instinctively to my sword , thus to force a way through the crowd and take my rightful place . |
| 6 | My right cheek has certainly been placed with admirable exactness under the focus of some invisible burning-glass , which concentrated all the rays of a Tartarean sun . |
| 7 | ‘ My political views have never changed in the past and will not change in the future , ’ he said soon after court officials ordered his early release from a Beijing prison . |
| 8 | All I want is some action , and I do n't mean the action of my facial muscles working overtime in order to produce streams of bullshit . |
| 9 | ‘ And then my dear husband came home to me … |
| 10 | ( ‘ … As my dear brother said only last week , evenings spent with actresses … ’ ) |
| 11 | Too low , too late ; my alpine judgement seemed awry . |
| 12 | My old dad got really wild if you said he was working-class . |
| 13 | Because erm the er the purpose of these regulations which er my old friend has just eluded to and I s I I and I have myself , is to extend to the citizens of other member states of the European union who are resident here , the right to vote and to stand as a candidate in the elections to the European parliament . |
| 14 | six times I have returned to that country , demanding the past from the present , flogging my emotions , requiring of them , still , that freshness they once owed to novelty , and from year to year finding in my ageing desires rewards ever less vivid … |
| 15 | My dog is often ‘ caught short ’ , how can I keep my lively cat amused indoors ? |
| 16 | My favourite subject has always been English , and I hope to study this at university . |
| 17 | I visited one of my favourite Wessex waters recently , Sutton Bingham near Yeovil . |
| 18 | Then I need to think about all the strangeness that happened to you as a child ; my firstborn son has already told me something of your life , and of the questions you have for me . ’ |
| 19 | My hon. Friends have already dealt with the Labour party 's idea for ombudsmen , and I have also mentioned it in my reply to them . |
| 20 | My hon. Friend does well to remind the House of what happens under a Labour Government . |
| 21 | My hon. Friend does well to remind us that when the Labour party was last in office its idea of luxuries included petrol as well as televisions and caravans . |
| 22 | My hon. Friend identifies precisely the problem with which we have been landed by the Government and British Rail . |
| 23 | I urge my hon. Friend to examine more carefully the health arrangements in many European Community countries , because Britain is one of the few in which a patient may visit a general practitioner and receive hospital treatment free of charge . |
| 24 | My hon. Friend spoke earlier of his desire to see armed intervention in Yugoslavia on behalf of the Pope . |
| 25 | Does my hon. Friend accept that much as many of us welcome the sports and arts foundation , we would infinitely prefer to have a national lottery , which would produce far more money for sport and the arts ? |
| 26 | Will my hon. Friend do all that he can to persuade local authorities to play their full part in ensuring the continuation of adult education ? |
| 27 | I am not here to defend British Rail 's management decisions — I am usually better at condemning them — but during the passage of the legislation to which my hon. Friend referred earlier , British Rail stated that it had picked the least safe of the 100 crossings to which I have referred . |
| 28 | Because my hon. Friend looks so disconsolate , I will give way to him after all . |
| 29 | If so , will my hon. Friend say so ? |
| 30 | My hon. Friend knows full well that there are differing views on that subject . |