Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dickson duly complied with their wishes with an appalling 1–4 record on the first day . |
| 2 | The ‘ drift into a law and order society ’ which Hall identifies did not by any means begin with the accession to power of the Conservative Party under Mrs Thatcher in 1979 , and its effects have hardly disappeared with her resignation in 1990 , but the ideology made its presence most felt in her heyday in the early to mid-1990s ( see Chapter 10 ) . |
| 3 | Medical hygienism was quite obviously a necessity , nor is it likely to become completely unfashionable ; the consequence of this interest to the student of child care was that the enthusiasm justifiably generated by its successes led to an assumption that mental hygiene , applied on the same principles , would be equally beneficial . |
| 4 | Time stood still in the attic room while they exchanged the most innocent of kisses and embraces , and McAllister faced her future , the bruises slowly disappearing from her wounded spirit under the healing power of true love . |
| 5 | TeleOrdering users will also find titles wrongly designated in their next morning answerbacks , although orders will still be routed to Penguin . |
| 6 | Not common or garden holes , not those bodily orifices so absorbing to his contemporaries . |
| 7 | Social work departments should have details of any local centres and activities , but of course much depends on your relative 's wishes and personal preferences . |
| 8 | Hattie Jacques was the matron , a part so suited to her size and manner that the very occupation of hospital head nurse might have been created for her , let alone the role in ‘ Carry On ’ films . |
| 9 | In general , safety and environmental benefits are sought in the living areas and through traffic is deflected on to those roads better suited to its needs for speed and high capacity . |
| 10 | The Duchess has even taken up sketching to feel more at one with the subject of her new book ( Victoria apparently relied on her own sketches rather than paparazzi snaps or pictures in Hello ! as mementoes of overseas trips ) and admits that she , like the late Queen , is a ‘ tireless traveller ’ . |
| 11 | Jealous of Lubor ? ’ and did n't know where she was when , as if he did n't think much of sitting opposite her in one chair while she had the huge couch all to herself , Ven suddenly moved from his chair and came and sat down next to her on the couch . |
| 12 | He had a particular love for the work of Dürer and Breughel , two artists much admired by his grandfather , Maximilian I also . |
| 13 | He had the Intelligence and the Security and the Branch all burrowing in their computers for an Englishman called Colt who wiped people for the cause of the Republic of Iraq , and he had sweet nothing to do , unless he went eye to eye with the mysteries of the thermostat . |
| 14 | JOHN AND GRAEME HALL PROVIDE GUESTS WITH BEEF , EGGS AND VEGETABLES ALL PRODUCED ON THEIR FARM — AND A BUTLER WHO WAS N'T . |
| 15 | He looked about him , his head lifted , his heart suddenly warmed by their concern for him , then turned and began making his way back to the imperial craft . |
| 16 | Though L4 of Nematodirus spp. apparently arrested in their development have been recorded at necropsy , there is no obvious seasonal pattern to their occurrence and it seems more likely that they have accumulated as a consequence of host resistance rather than hypobiosis . |
| 17 | But Ven , she discovered , was not prepared to let her off the hook , and , ‘ Why … ’ he began to challenge , ‘ … when you 're honest , I know it , yet have begun on a path of deception to one particular end — why , when it 's so important to your sister whom — you love … ’ an alert look suddenly came to his eyes , and he broke off for a brief moment before continuing , his serious dark eyes holding hers ‘ … a sister whom you 'd do anything for , as you proved when you left England and came here — why are you ready to leave now , without another thought ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ He hesitated , a cunning look suddenly coming into his eyes . |
| 19 | Her contemporary works are energetic , vibrant in colour and convey to the viewer the simultaneous simplicity and complexity so compelling in her early horse paintings . |
| 20 | However , the fact that the royal scholars had found conservative rather than revolutionary arguments to support their case only added to their appeal , and Henry read the Collectanea with interest and approval in the late summer of 1530 . |
| 21 | The released prisoners all feared for their lives . |
| 22 | His hair naturally curled to his shoulders . |
| 23 | A practised smile was on her lips but his eyes had moved rapidly , assessingly over her figure until their appreciation eventually showed on his face . |
| 24 | David 's decision to become female has already cost him £20,000 most saved from his wages as a master chef in hotels throughout the North-East and in Europe . |
| 25 | When he came to look at the poem Miss Gilberd had intended to teach , Toby rather wondered at her judgement . |
| 26 | Finally , and seeing he was getting nowhere , overcome by an incipient lethargy induced by the excesses of the previous night and exacerbated by the heat , the priest slowly rose to his feet and picked up his hat . |
| 27 | Knives slowly dissolve into their trays , lying strewn amongst a paprika of rust . |
| 28 | Nearly all these individuals are fully competent native speakers of British English , so they do not actually require Creole for strictly communicative purposes ; for them , Creole fulfils a number of other roles mostly related to its symbolic significance as a marker of black identity . |
| 29 | FORMER chairman Rex Williams , Mark Wildman and veteran Australian Eddie Charlton yersterday all failed in their bids for re-election to the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association board . |
| 30 | blood enough goes over my fingers cut his thumb and and all he did was just sort of bathed it put on it . |