Example sentences of "[adv] [art] [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The adult who will finally emerge is different from the child , but still recognizably the same person you once knew and understood . |
| 2 | Melanie smiled lazily , smoothing back her hair , the opulent curves of her body outlined by the satin dressing-gown which was very blatantly the only garment she had on . |
| 3 | Izzie returned with the cups of wine , saying softly to her father without looking at Gabriel , ‘ Was n't I right the first time I saw this boy ? |
| 4 | Right the quiet period I have some dates for the quiet period . |
| 5 | He was dead the last time I saw him . ’ |
| 6 | At about this time a hitherto unsuccessful fortune-teller living on the other side of the block chanced to glance into her scrying bowl , gave a small scream and , within the hour , had sold her jewellery , various magical accoutrements , most of her clothes and almost all her other possessions that could not be conveniently carried on the fastest horse she could buy . |
| 7 | With that he started putting on the shabby jacket he always kept hanging on the hook on the back door . |
| 8 | We have n't got enough Nice to get some work started on the eighth floor because of the different activities But then again with the activities that are carrying on on the seventh floor we ca n't By the time we get round to the ninth pretty desperate . |
| 9 | Embedded in his initial instructions to Joshua concerning the actions the people are to take on the seventh day we find the clause , ‘ … when they make a long blast with the ram 's horn ’ . |
| 10 | If you are the victim of a game refuse to take on the bad feeling it leaves you with . |
| 11 | ‘ Thanks , ’ he said dryly , his face taking on the blank expression it usually had when he was annoyed . |
| 12 | Later on the same page he makes this challenging statement ‘ If any of us actually had the power to release souls from purgatory and refused to exercise that power except in return for a payment of money he would be considered cruel and unchristian — which indeed he would be . ’ |
| 13 | Erm , apparently the first tune they used to those words , was a tune , which I 've not been able to find , which came from Britain . |
| 14 | Apparently the private jet they were travelling in crashed into the side of a mountain in thick fog . ’ |
| 15 | Basically the full time I was in basic training and when I went to the Regimental the Royal Highl Fusiliers Regiment the first battalion , I was physically beaten and mentally tortured er into the same bargain . |
| 16 | At first , this made Lucien nervous , especially the first time he came across a half-clad female sauntering along the sky-lit corridor outside his room on her way to the bathrooms . |
| 17 | They knew every day you , when you went on the rounds they knew just where to stop and start , especially the last pony I had . |
| 18 | And before we can create this new confident person , we frequently have to break down the poor self-image he or she has acquired over the years . |
| 19 | She 'd turned down the only chance she had had . |
| 20 | … down the yawning steep he rode |
| 21 | Work out what you want to know , write down the approximate question you think will bring out the right answer and then in a third column put a percentage to represent how much the answer equates with what you would like to hear . |
| 22 | So down the wide staircase she goes , past the oak chest with its bowl of white roses on the half-landing , past the Albers squares , past the dim varnished portrait of a full-bosomed crimson gowned pearl-decked eighteenth-century woman who some take to be an ancestor , though she had in fact come with the house , down through the black and white tiled hall with its marble and gilt claw-legged table strewn with Christmas cards , gloves , and glossy free advertising magazines , and into the broad high first floor drawing-room , where sat Charles , drinking a gin and tonic , which she had expected , and talking to Esther and Alix , which she had not . |
| 23 | Go down the other end I expect . |
| 24 | He ran down the first alleyway he came to , across the next street , over gardens and waste ground , and finally slowed to a stop , listening to the still night . |
| 25 | ‘ I mean , to have a German plane shot down the first time we went up . ’ |
| 26 | When Razor went down the first time I was shouting and jumping up and down , ’ she said . |
| 27 | Mowed down the first time she left her new baby son |
| 28 | He turned down the first street he came to , turned left , right , left again , he walked down a hill , along an alley , through a deserted square , but still he could n't find one anywhere . |
| 29 | Going down the second fairway he told me he 'd lost his yardage book and asked me what I thought his second shot was . |
| 30 | Councils argued that rather than run down the home-help service it was better to charge those who could afford to pay and keep the total level of service . |