Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Up in the stand someone giggled with nervous tension . |
| 2 | I had to tag him on to group deals as a makeweight — you know , like the contract I did for twelve of my players with UK Airlines . |
| 3 | In this case I begin with two on a 16 , and if necessary go down to one caster on an 18 . |
| 4 | But that one was and I heard a year ago but I never saw it till the bus driver I went with some years ago up to John O'Groats . |
| 5 | Right , MyMouse is remmed out cos I do n't want I do n't erm I , I choose when I start , which mouse driver I start on one , one of the mouse port and one of the serial erm times . |
| 6 | I still remember my surprise at the changed attitudes I noticed in other people when I first put on a white coat . |
| 7 | The principal difficulty I have on this aspect of the case is that in Mr. Lester 's submission reference to Parliamentary material as an aid to interpretation of a statutory provision should be allowed only with leave of the court and where the court is satisfied that such a reference is justifiable : ( a ) to confirm the meaning of a provision as conveyed by the text , its object and purpose ; ( b ) to determine a meaning where the provision is ambiguous or obscure ; or ( c ) to determine the meaning where the ordinary meaning is manifestly absurd or unreasonable . |
| 8 | One day , I fear that a demonstration of the kind I faced in 1982 will go wrong and someone will get hurt . |
| 9 | Mathematics was my subject , I was simply transferring what talents I had in that direction from one held to another . ’ |
| 10 | Of course I failed on all counts and so I was ignored most of the time — passed over . |
| 11 | He said of course I scampered through these bull rushes , they never saw me they never caught me and they never ever knew who it was who 'd done it , see . |
| 12 | Of course I refused with much indignation , and he grew very angry . |
| 13 | If this is so , can you please let me have one of the two data only copies I requested on 14 February ( Ref. 020 ) ? |
| 14 | Within the category of lexical items , I include the formulaic patterns I referred to earlier . |
| 15 | This controversial book was widely discussed but whether it was read by artists I leave to further research . |
| 16 | All the money I earned in that period my husband 's cousin took away from me . |
| 17 | I pledge to increase the amount of time or money I give to environmental and development organisations . |
| 18 | As I stripped off and dipped my arms into the steaming bucket I wished with all my heart that the porcine uterus was a little short thing and not this horrible awkward shape . |
| 19 | The experience Mr Chairman I have of these situations is that trees happen to fall down , and hedges happen to get pushed by bulldozers , and at the end of the day , because I 've seen it in my own village where I was born , I 'm afraid with all respect to what happens , what is actually passed by the planners does n't actually come to pass because there is always a reason why it ca n't . |
| 20 | As I lie here under the green , seaweedy tent I remember from some trite television interview , a remark made by Brigitte Bardot , loopy Parisienne , namely that in all her many love affairs she was off at the first sign of the waning of passion . |
| 21 | Four times I went on long visits to the St Jerome , his finest work . |
| 22 | The number of times I come off this roundabout onto the wrong road , it 's |
| 23 | Many times I moved from one state to the other until I mustered the strength to cling to the twilight zone without slipping back into darkness . |
| 24 | In fact , my recent painting of Paddington Station was inspired by a sketch I made in 1953 when I was still a student . |
| 25 | The molecules each contain three atoms of sulphur , and are negatively charged : the structure that encases them consists of linked cages of aluminium , silicon and oxygen atoms . |
| 26 | The only wheel I found on this trip is still very much in business , grinding corn on two pairs of stones . |
| 27 | From here , that means a short cab ride , and I phone a mini-cab firm whose card I find in one of my pockets , the Ace Express Super Silver Service . |
| 28 | The ships themselves offer a more comfortable ride these days : of the 16 trips I made in blustery March , only one was anything like rough . |
| 29 | Whatever reply I find for that one , obviously it is not going to be |
| 30 | One agent I met with admitted that I was known in the business as a ‘ bit of a cheap turn ’ . |