Example sentences of "[noun] [noun sg] [pers pn] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I returned , to my horror , I discovered a dive computer I had borrowed was missing . |
| 2 | For instance , at Sussex University we have developed a system called Pop Eleven , which , like BASIC , is fully interactive , like PASCAL , has structures which enable you to do complex things . |
| 3 | At Sussex University I had harboured hopes of getting very personal with Sally Drayton . |
| 4 | Her brothers all smoked yet when Mickey had seen his sister smoking he had snatched the cigarette from her hand , grinding it out with his heel , shouting at her that only dags smoked . |
| 5 | but it 's not television , i i it 's , it 's Doctor Who and , and Prisoner and , you know er very interesting and very easy for enthusiasts to direct a lot of their time and energy to maybe I do n't maybe there was a increased pressure to work and study which was erm self motivated rather than being externally imposed , maybe he maybe there was a fundamental lack of enthusiasm in him for what is described as the hardware of computing , the , the , the , the , the instruments , the machines maybe there was a less than comprehensive understanding of what is known as the firmware , that 's to say I mean operating systems that are built into the thing to make it work , you 've got to understand the firmware because otherwise you do n't understand what the machine will think you mean and what that will do and I would have thought that whereas superficially you can ignore the firmware , it 's all in there , it understands as you , I would have thought , grew into a er a graduate computer scientist you 've got to have some idea about that . |
| 6 | I take it as you are on income support you 've got no savings at all . |
| 7 | but point is Teresa , would you , if you went back on Income Support you 've got that job club thing again do n't you ? |
| 8 | But to really appreciate a Woodstock kitchen you have to look deeper than the cabinet door . |
| 9 | Having secured seats on the saloon deck we went to look about us , and saw another large flock of sheep being driven down the quay towards our steamer . |
| 10 | What became real to her was not Therese Aschmann , but the tiny diamond and garnet engagement ring Willi had bought in a shop at the back of St Stephen 's Cathedral , and Gerda 's delight , and the luck they had had in getting two cancellation seats at the Staatsoper for a performance of Figaro , and the elegance of their hotel , and the toy truck they had bought for Georg , which had been so large they 'd had trouble getting it home . |
| 11 | After a lifetime of university teaching I have ceased to believe that the desire to sit at the feet of many masters is a powerful motive with the majority of wandering scholars . |
| 12 | The less teaching experience they have had , the more positive teachers are about frankness and balance . |
| 13 | But because she was widowed , the community no longer supported her and she eked out a living for herself and her two children by selling her cow 's milk together with any wood , grass or cow dung she managed to collect . |
| 14 | Since growing up on the Norfolk coast he has painted from landscape . |
| 15 | It had been far from the capital week he had come to expect from Cowes , what with Willie winning everything in sight , having to make diplomatic speeches to his own nephew about how jolly it was to lose to him , and then just as he got time to drown his sorrows at the Yacht Club he had to come to Broadstairs . |
| 16 | The series originated from various communities and when it reached the west coast I had to provide the script for a new show every seven days for ten weeks . |
| 17 | Churchill hoped to make a start towards the reconciliation of these objectives with an already over-burdened economy by making cuts to the defence programme he had inherited from Labour . |
| 18 | erm And erm when he came back after the war , he actually was so much involved on the parliamentarian side he had to leave Oxford during the war , but when he came back he built a school in the city which was actually in the Guildhall courtyard , it was built round the courtyard , and that remained a free school , for the city 's boys right up to the end of the 19th century . |
| 19 | There consul in Rome came up on an official visit and there was nearly a diplomatic incident when he got thrown out of the new university canteen he come to expect . |
| 20 | back to the drawing board you 've got a backbone but you 've not got anywhere near a shocking front page . |
| 21 | Di , Di did n't have but the one but he come up , he said said he wants a spirit level and he wants a tape measure he 'd got the spirit level he said I ca n't find the tape measure he said , said it was on top of the bag . |
| 22 | You know when you go in the car park you have to get a token to get out . |
| 23 | Wycliffe led him into his office and entered upon the preamble : ‘ In a murder case we have to follow every possible lead . |
| 24 | Many large companies , including Merrill Lynch , Shearson Lehman , and Bear Stearns , have allowed employees to take at least part of the bonus money they expect to earn before December 31 . |
| 25 | Mummy mum I want to put it over , I want to put it down |
| 26 | On the export side we have gained further new contracts during the year , as well as achieving growth in sales of our existing ranges . |
| 27 | Now we cross to the other side of the no go area but turning is called tacking , and so to make ground for wind width we have to go in a series of zig-zags , each time turning for about ninety degrees and see that the sail is kept full most of the time only flapping momentarily as the boat turns directly through the eye of the wind . |
| 28 | Based on the same principle as the old-fashioned drawing aid they use jointed arms and co-ordinate geometry to provide a direct measure of the position of the stylus . |
| 29 | In order to further develop our services to the Agrochemical Industry we wish to create two appointments at Section Manager level . |
| 30 | Mr Crofts said : ‘ As a football club we 've got to progress . |