Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Travelling at a speed of a hundred miles an hour made him worry that he would leave the safety of God 's Earth . |
| 2 | We have made a major contribution to the overall income of pensioners , while all that the Labour party has to offer is inflationary erosion of savings , a failure in home ownership and many other schemes that Labour has offered ; although such proposals make it seem that pensioners are better off , because they are offered with other features , in reality it is a small percentage rise . |
| 3 | The experience made me realize that there is more to speechreading/ lip-reading than meets the eye . |
| 4 | As a final thought , my enjoyment of the longer essays made me regret that we still do not have an Oxford Companion to the Earth Sciences . |
| 5 | In fact , the numbers of Punch aficionados make me worry that the same end will come to the comp complex as came to Punch . |
| 6 | The light shining through her roughly heaped haycock of hair made it blaze so you might have thought you could warm your hands at it . |
| 7 | Roman let her go and she closed the door on him with relief , pushing any tinge of regret that he had n't kissed her firmly away . |
| 8 | ‘ I was attracted to it because the script made me laugh and it 's a splendid play . |
| 9 | But the memory of Mala in that half-embrace with Gharr made me wonder if she had not already … travelled beyond my reach . |
| 10 | The low morbidity and excellent functional results of pouch construction with ablation of all colonic disease and the anal mucosa among patients with familial adenomatous polyposis make us believe that this is the operation of choice in most patients for this disease . |
| 11 | Is that the telephone 's fault d' ya think or is that fault I mean salesman coming in as well . |
| 12 | I know for a fact she 's had her eye on my mother 's matinée jacket collection for years and when I once , in passing , said I wondered what happened to those old prosthetic devices in the estates of deceased senior citizens , Madge let it slip that she knew a way of turning a Zimmer frame into an attractive lamp ! ’ |
| 13 | Corbett let it drop as the trumpets brayed again and royal serjeants-at-arms , staves in their hands , moved into the hall and began to impose order . |
| 14 | Trustees of the family 's shareholding in Ferranti commissioned the report on ISC to help them decide whether to support the takeover . |
| 15 | Purchaser research is the name given to the research services we can provide to our clients to help them advance and achieve strategic objectives . |
| 16 | I sat down and began switching my tail from side to side to let her know that I was constantly alert and maybe a little unpredictable . |
| 17 | When he had begun to eat , I'tibar Khan entered with the box and laid it before the unhappy father , saying : ‘ King Aurangzeb , your son sends this plat to your majesty to let you see that he does not forget you . ’ |
| 18 | Was it a greater crime to let her drown or to cross the great divide to the women 's section to rescue her ? |
| 19 | Old body disposer Pugh 's nephew Duncan has been begging me for months to let him play and things have got so desperate I have no choice but to take him on . |
| 20 | ‘ Do n't let Barney hear you say that , ’ Melissa murmured with a faint smile . |
| 21 | The seal saw them shimmer and melt away until one day the penguin said to her : |
| 22 | If this innocent practice helps you relax and to cope better with your pregnancy , I reckon you should just lie back and enjoy it . |
| 23 | Peering out a few seconds later , Manville saw him turn and begin to stroll down the street . |
| 24 | Shiona felt him sigh as he laid his hands on her shoulders . |
| 25 | In other words do they assume that biological or cultural categories are unproblematic ? |
| 26 | I have to consider is that evidence correct as far as they are concerned , in other words do they believe that this is what Mr. Winterbone was like ? |
| 27 | Joe calls and he 's like , ‘ What kind of car do you want while you 're here ? ’ |
| 28 | Rebecca do you know if Amy took her poster ? |
| 29 | What other relationships did he have and who else might be grieving ? |
| 30 | This does not mean that they did not liaise with other services for almost ail clients , merely that for only a third of their clients did they obtain or increase the services of other providers . |