Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [vb mod] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Division One he was subjected to a lot of dubious physical challenge and then , as Palace managers came and went , Vince 's role was constantly changing , so that he became something of an enigma to Palace fans who would one week marvel at his sinuous skills and near-perfect control but then despair at his virtual anonymity the next . |
| 2 | Instead of seeing Hollywood as a powerful rival to be confronted and challenged , British producers have too often looked upon the US film industry as a much-wooed lady who will one day fall into their arms . |
| 3 | He will send the Conablaiche to kill every male child in Ireland , ’ said Fael-Inis , ‘ for he believes that in that way , he will kill the child who will one day rise up to challenge him . ’ |
| 4 | He kept thinking of Jelka , and of the grandchildren he would some day have . |
| 5 | She had caught a glimpse of Heaven ; had seen adoration and more in the gaze of a handsome prince who would one day be king of England . |
| 6 | For Tara , and for Ireland , and for the world of the Future , and perhaps also for the legendary Lost Prince who will one day rise up and defeat Medoc … |
| 7 | As an educational tool , simulation is not only an invaluable training aid for personnel who may one day be confronted with a real situation but is sometimes the only method for dealing with improbable but possible events . |
| 8 | Wallers , masons , builders and slaters ; those engaged building and maintaining water races ; surface carters , and labourers who might one day find themselves cutting grass for the mine horses and shovelling tailings or road repairing the next — all fitted into the day-worker class . |
| 9 | ‘ Both the Eldar and the Slann should be grateful to know about this weapon which would one day be launched against them . ’ |
| 10 | In the UK the Institution of Chemical Engineers has produced a computer simulation program specifically for training personnel at large chemical plants who may one day have to manage major fires and toxic releases ( Institution of Chemical Engineers , no date ) . |
| 11 | What a shame it must one day become reality — it will never match these views for charm and elegance . |
| 12 | Ifor the idol he would one day have to dislodge . |
| 13 | The airlines themselves will next week step up their recruitment drive for pilots in North America and western Europe , where they have also chartered aircraft , by extending their search for flight crews to South Africa and central Europe . |
| 14 | At the time , you sent us a delightful card , which I still have , offering good wishes and expressing the hope we might one day meet . |
| 15 | No one had the Art Room , the Science Lab , the Handwork Room , the Staff Common Room or the Headmaster 's Study , though there was a chance someone would one day . |
| 16 | The experience of watching my late husband 's 16-year fight against the degenerative effects of Parkinson 's disease ( one of those conditions which might one day benefit from embryo research ) causes me to write this letter in the hope that all who take part in the debates will recognise and confound these tactics of the anti-abortion pressure groups , quite rightly described by the British Pregnancy Advisory Service as ‘ an attempt to hijack government legislation ’ . |
| 17 | It 's something a girl dreams she 'll one day do with the man she loves . |
| 18 | But if by some extraordinary chance you should one day wander into a forest and catch a glimpse of a Minpin , then hold your breath and thank your lucky stars because up to now , so far as I know , no one excepting Little Billy has ever seen one . |
| 19 | And the happier you are , the higher the price you may one day have to pay . |
| 20 | I have heard that one day there will priestless parishes , and communion services conducted by special eucharistic ministers . |
| 21 | This shows a developing scale of value , not dissimilar to the adult 's hierarchy , although in the child 's case there will special reasons , fortified by fairy stories , for promoting animals . ) |
| 22 | She could not stand the thought of having a she-cat which would one day give birth to a large litter in her nice clean home and she did not wait to find out whether or not she-cats could be neutered . |
| 23 | ‘ When you 've lived as long as me , ’ said Lydia , speaking like the crone she would one day doubtless turn into , ‘ you 'll know just how stupid people can be . ’ |
| 24 | Or to try and improve the lives of the people who would one day be his subjects ? |
| 25 | He has devoted time and energy to people because it is the people who will one day be his subjects , and he feels a sense of responsibility towards them ; but he will also be King of the British Isles , and has a responsibility to safeguard those Isles for future generations . |
| 26 | She left instructions that her two-year-old pony , called Baby , should go to Claire House to bring pleasure to the young people who will one day be staying there . |
| 27 | Confident that the anointing they have all received is the person of the Spirit of the Anointed One , who remains with them ( 2:27 ) , John knows he can safely leave their instruction to that same Spirit who is true and who shows them how to abide in Christ , the Christ who will one day return ( 2:28f ) . |
| 28 | But then if you prefer it to writing they 'll postal strike you you know you hope . |
| 29 | Er , but I 've put down here that erm but possibly some retail outlets although the Saturday is the busiest day of their week they might important merchandise to arrive particularly at , you know , Jaeger shops , expensive shops where like the price of the item warrants paying a Saturday surcharge . |
| 30 | A report from the Lower Franconian town of Kitzingen in May 1943 , dealing particularly with opinion among academics , salespeople , and the bourgeoisie — groups which had earlier tended to be pro-Nazi in their sympathies — stated that ‘ a disgust about the Party was building up among the people , and a rage which would one day boil over ’ . |