Example sentences of "[noun] [unc] [noun] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once you 've chopped off the top ten , there are mass mi middle , medium sized P L C's , the nine million to fifty million turnover er company and they 're looked after by some by major firms , some more often than not by the second tier firms , so we can see very much and we can penetrate those er that middle market situation , then these are the companies in the future that will er will probably be the big P L C's and also these it will be easier to get into these organisations er with the services that we have to look through to offer . |
| 2 | Both themes were present in Napoleon 's invasion for he hoped to strike a blow against Britain 's control of India by cutting the short overland route across the isthmus from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea , and also to develop new trading opportunities for France in the eastern Mediterranean . |
| 3 | Beyond the window , sunshine slanted through the trees to fall across Frankie 's face as he enjoyed his morning feast . |
| 4 | We knew Lord Spencer 's father and we like Charles . |
| 5 | He said : ‘ I have never seen Downey 's picture but I would think I may know him . |
| 6 | He could not catch what she said as she touched Cunningham 's shoulder and she did not look back as she walked swiftly from the bar . |
| 7 | I shouted , desperately trying to turn my horse 's head so I could flee like the wind . |
| 8 | But he could glimpse that the man was no longer standing but walking in a small circle , keeping level with the horse 's shoulder as he galloped . |
| 9 | A horse 's degree of willingness , cooperation in learning new things , agreeableness in doing what we ask of it , are most important traits in a horse 's temperament if we wish to enjoy riding it ; yet it is an aspect of the horse that is more overlooked than any other when someone is thinking of buying or breeding a horse . |
| 10 | However , we tend to only notice a horse 's emotions when they become excessive , and involve the entire horse . |
| 11 | The ears usually only flatten onto the back of the horse 's neck when it is all too late , and the horse is already lunging at its opponent with its teeth bared ! |
| 12 | The flies lay their eggs mostly on the hairs of the horse 's legs , where they hatch and enter the horse 's mouth when it scratches itself . |
| 13 | Labour and plant disruption is likely to have the greatest impact on the contractor 's cost but it is invariably the most difficult to substantiate and evaluate . |
| 14 | In the sixty fourth minute , Pedro Herbert restored the home side 's lead when he picked up the ball on the break and side footed it past keeper Cummings , to make it two one to Harefield . |
| 15 | Later on , when I was living in Cardiff , I would often miss the last bus from my girlfriend 's house and she used to lend me her bicycle . |
| 16 | Jeremy is leaning forward , his face rapt , his body taut ; other men , more sophisticated , sit back , toying absently with their drinks and their girlfriend 's knees as they watch . |
| 17 | She ran , jumped on her girlfriend 's motorbike and they roared off to the house in the middle of the ricefields where they were staying , the bike slewing around in panic . |
| 18 | And I felt worse , as I stumbled away , remembering Gharr 's laughter when I 'd struck him . |
| 19 | That morning I was so ecstatic about my triumph in seducing the dog-owner 's daughter that I 'd completely forgotten about Jamila 's big decision . |
| 20 | Newcomen came up against Savery 's work when he tried to exploit his steam engines . |
| 21 | The Moon was so angry with the hare 's evasions that she picked up a hatchet to chop off his head , but missed her aim and cut the hare on the mouth . |
| 22 | My daughter , who was six years old at the time , was delighted to be sleeping in Mummy 's bed and I was delighted to have her with me . |
| 23 | My gorgeous glossy dark locks used to be Mummy 's Delight when I was little , but now it was just wavy like the sea at Brighton and I wore it long with a flyaway fringe — well , it was flyaway if I could stick it solidly enough with gel or spray . |
| 24 | The projected documentary on the exiled Stuarts was Verrall 's idea and he had commissioned William to do the spade-work . |
| 25 | Jess — her blunt nose coming in contact with Samson 's hand as she coiled round — bit him . |
| 26 | Jimmy Jessop , the glaciation expert , who is a skilled pickpocket , undoes the back buttons of Neil 's braces as they lean over a diagram together , until Neil loses his temper , and chases Jimmy round the office , shouting that he is going to bloody kill him . |
| 27 | He said on the old shillings I want Neil 's bed but it were n't that cos he 's bit of a fun to , you know , you know |
| 28 | ‘ Old ? ’ said Sally-Anne a little indignantly , to Dr Neil 's amusement as he watched the two women . |
| 29 | I , I mean , I at the moment I 'm not doing anything about Neil 's training because we 've got coming and it 's it 's too soon to start stirring up the bud again . |
| 30 | Secord and Hakim told Secord 's lawyer that they thought they were doing ‘ the Lord 's work ’ . |