Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Will he tell the House and my constituents what further incentives he can provide to ensure that small businesses are created and the economic blight is removed from my constituency ? |
| 2 | As I slowly unbunched my fists my blurred vision settled on the pile of broken gargoyles . |
| 3 | Er , after I had my children my whole body sagged and I 'd lost a lot of weight and I could n't put it on and I was really skinny and there was no way I could eat , eat a lot and I still would n't put weight on so I started on the weight training and that does n't cost me money and now I 've started putting weight on , so for the skinny kids I think the thing is to do the weight training |
| 4 | During one of my absences our open grate was replaced by a wood-burning stove . |
| 5 | Where 's my crisps you little thief ! |
| 6 | ‘ I THINK MY FANCIES OUR NEW MILKMAN . ’ |
| 7 | Now , after a battle that has intrigued the City for weeks , Owners will be free to put to its shareholders its originally-proposed link-up with another holiday giant , Thomas Cook . |
| 8 | But after ramming their words back down their throats his enormous smile shows how delighted he is to be a golden oldie ! |
| 9 | Gray 's ‘ Elegy ’ , of course , can be read as a lament for the undeveloped mind : ‘ But knowledge to their eyes her ample page / Rich with the spoils of time did ne'er unroll … |
| 10 | As I struggled to follow her directions my natural curiosity overcame me and I asked her how she came to have all that wool and all those knitted garments which were obviously not for her . |
| 11 | For answer he pushed her in the shoulder , and when she almost tipped over the bird cage at her feet his other hand came out and , steadying her , he laughed down into her face as he said , ‘ Sarky little bitch , are n't you ? |
| 12 | In evaluating its credentials our prime example will again be Rawls ' theory . |
| 13 | Boeing had been kept in the picture at every stage of the investigation and were able to tell their customers what long term action was necessary to preserve the structural integrity of their aircraft and the US authorities , through the participation of the accredited representative from the NTSB , were also fully informed . |
| 14 | Attention is paid to the implications of a possible double redundancy of retired agricultural workers and tenant or peasant farmers and their families whose past work is now rendered obsolete by machines and agri-business . |
| 15 | I frequently give into their hands my best guns and never found them in the slightest degree disposed to take advantage . |
| 16 | Laura leaned on the balcony and rested her hands one either side of her . |
| 17 | When people do not know how to bring up or what to teach their children their cultural heritage is indeed in jeopardy . |
| 18 | Later the hierarchy made it clear that the basis for their objections was the increase in power by the state vis-à-vis the liberty and self-reliance of its citizens which such legislation would entail . |
| 19 | So he went back to Emminster to tell his parents his new plan . |
| 20 | they were , they were doing a play or something and it , it mentioned about er , erm , what did it mention ? , it was a bit rude any way this play and it oh it was on about an erection or something and Geoffrey said his trousers his new trousers were sticking out a bit peculiar |
| 21 | He was almost in tears when he took her to the station , and when he said his farewells his reedy voice was quite unsteady . |
| 22 | For his pains my first bedmate could have had the benefits of a protracted rest in one of our quaint medieval prisons . |
| 23 | Tot he cynics their jangling set might seem like an hour and a half of the same song , but , if you 've got a winning formula why not stick to it ? |
| 24 | Tot he cynics their jangling set might seem like an hour and a half of the same song , but , if you 've got a winning formula why not stick to it ? |
| 25 | Ms Duffield has given money to Dulwich 's education activities in the past ; the present gift is intended to enable the gallery to survive for a year while it coordinates its long-term fundraising activities . |
| 26 | The series gave Chapman and his players their first experience of air travel , a venture which in the early days of flying took some courage . |
| 27 | It was said that nature had endowed him with a penis some thirteen inches long and an insatiable sexual appetite — so much so that even in his teens his physical attributes were the delight of many local girls . |
| 28 | What suck his , well if he meant suck his bollocks what fucking bollocks ? |
| 29 | My Grandfather must have recounted to his children his own role in some of the exciting events of the Magdala campaign , when a British army set out to rescue their Consul imprisoned by the Emperor Theodore . |
| 30 | Whenever Ben stops his drugs his mental state deteriorates ; he becomes increasingly irrational , agitated and aggressive , even violent . |