Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He seemed to remember something about her , something which took him back into a happy past , before decision made his life difficult . |
| 2 | Also in October 1990 , Grainne de Burca became our long-wished-for second Fellow in Law . |
| 3 | Stuart Levitt receives his Eagle II from George McRae ( Right ) |
| 4 | IT was a weekend to remember for North Down 's cricket sides , Bangor cementing their Section One future and North Down lifting the Schweppe 's All-Ireland Cup . |
| 5 | AFTER 24 hours of disruption , the European Parliament recovered its poise last night when two members of its neo-fascist faction publicly apologised for violently interrupting proceedings on Wednesday . |
| 6 | If you are generally unwell with any of the above symptoms you should of course consult your doctor first . |
| 7 | The fur made my skin dry and I began to feel better . |
| 8 | It was , he decided , Emersonianism — a disease ( if that is what it is ) which is certainly no less rife now than it was when Winters made his diagnosis fifty years ago . |
| 9 | Typically 1300-1400 bargaining groups report their settlement each year . |
| 10 | The treatment itself was distressing and made him feel very ill , but the care and kindness of the medical staff and of the radiologists made his time bearable for both of us . |
| 11 | WHEN Nick Faldo signs his autograph these days he uses the ‘ l ’ as a flagstick , on which he draws a flag bearing the number 11 . |
| 12 | Oh , this master of the secret arts thinks my idea stupid . |
| 13 | Simple words make your meaning clear and allow the reader to concentrate on the message . |
| 14 | The main point is that even when examples could be non-sex specific , these books make them sex specific . |
| 15 | T. S. Eliot [ q.v. ] found it ‘ slight ’ , but Sir Roderick Jones , Sir Desmond MacCarthy , Sir John Betjeman [ qq.v. ] , and the author of this entry found her decision incomprehensible . |
| 16 | Gorbachev used his emergency presidential powers to issue during October four decrees marking critical steps towards market reform . |
| 17 | The Nottingham Forest manager has wasted no time in moving for Olympic keeper Brad Freidle after Mark Crossley cost his side two crucial survival points against Wimbledon on Sunday . |
| 18 | Doc Threadneedle parked his bike next to two Maniak sickles , and chained it to the hitching post , setting the boobycharges in the padlock to blow if anybody tried to tamper with it . |
| 19 | Britta shook her hair free of the long fingers and their slow stroking . |
| 20 | Spurs fans give their message loud and clear outside Sugar 's conference hotel |
| 21 | A VITAL search to help her baby 20 years ago has led Brenda Adey to a new career . |
| 22 | The Donegal club celebrated its centenary last year by adding nice new holes . |
| 23 | But she still held the gun and , as Kellerman turned on her , Donna shook her head clear and fired at him . |
| 24 | In fact , the insect 's eyes assess its speed relative to the ground , and this visual information has overall control . |
| 25 | Specks of the blood spattered his face , then the Frenchman was falling away and his dying weight ripped his body clear of the long steel blade . |
| 26 | When Dr Haritos-Fatouros began her research 15 years ago into the minds of torturers — particularly those who served the Greek dictatorship of 1967–74 — she assumed they must be sadists . |
| 27 | In one such ritual the defendant touched his head three times in the presence of his child or mother . |
| 28 | The moisturizer keeps your skin nice and soft and supple , it does n't get dry . |
| 29 | The little vole scratched his ear three times very quickly . |
| 30 | It was not long before the authorities began to harass the unions , and to maintain an aura of fear to keep their membership dormant . |