Example sentences of "[noun] and [pron] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After planting they quickly build up into permanent perennial clumps and nothing looks finer in summer than to see them planted in association with a garden pool or other water garden feature . |
| 2 | He must have been radical in religion and he favoured English support for the cause of the Netherlands , possibly being used by Sir Francis Walsingham [ q.v. ] and Robert Dudley , Earl of Leicester [ q.v. ] , to urge this policy on Burghley . |
| 3 | However , ‘ Motherese ’ is composed of many different characteristics and it seems reasonable to suppose that there is considerable variation among adults in respect of how far these features are reflected in their speech to young children . |
| 4 | Many of the new hymn books include worship songs and they find widespread acceptance . |
| 5 | In the end of American officers were rescued by the intervention of one of Khomeini closest associates , Ibrahim Yazdi , who had been with him in exile and who became foreign minister . |
| 6 | I do n't know enough actuarial work to be able to and what settlements they should receive , but our own experience is that it 's hard enough to round up pensioners to form an association and we embody deferred pensioners and they 're even harder . |
| 7 | After that Nellie and I became close friends and so did her Mum and my Dad . |
| 8 | People who drank six cups of coffee a day had reaction times 6 per cent faster than non-coffee drinkers and they did 4-5 per cent better on memory and reasoning tests . |
| 9 | and eventually he 's the killer and he gets killed , right . |
| 10 | You were asked to phone in , so , erm , so our phone was out of order , so I had a phone card and it had four units on it . |
| 11 | If you , in case A , if you imagine that you 're presented with with a piece of paper or card and it has two symbols on it , right ? |
| 12 | You know finished their done their card and he did that in about er four da er five days it was . |
| 13 | If you use electricity to heat your water using the Domestic General Tariff and you install full Economy 7 Water Heating , you can have lashings of hot water at two thirds the cost or even less . |
| 14 | Tight denims clung to her legs and she wore knee-length leather boots . |
| 15 | In the launderette it was warm and cosy ; here Maggie made friends and fans and she had inconsequential conversations which mysteriously made her a member of the local community in a way she had never been when she had been fighting for the area 's well-being . |
| 16 | Well , I , I 'd say one thing by illustration from our own situation er we were transferring bulk and I felt that was singularly unfair because the members were given a choice . |
| 17 | He had his group in on Tuesday and he left all the pots out in the kitchen |
| 18 | Nolan took Fiona , Lewis got drunker , Gareth vanished , the sponsor retrieved his lady : Erica and I sat alone . |
| 19 | When , for example , a previously repressed anger comes back into consciousness and it becomes safer for a person to acknowledge his hostility , desire is also freed . |
| 20 | Mind you , he runs the skittles and he runs football and he does this and runs that . |
| 21 | I like football and I find all the other views I 've heard all a bit negative ! |
| 22 | I work for Team Sport Scotland and part of my reignement is erm coordinator for women and girl 's football and I find that with the equal opportunities policies of many of the education regions now that more football is being played in primary and in secondary school and the district councils I go to visit I would say that the majority of them are definitely wanting to put money into promoting girl 's and women 's football . |
| 23 | She paused and added thoughtfully , ‘ It 's strange , but although I 've stayed down here a lot I 've never met him , but perhaps that 's because his wife was an invalid and he devoted all his time to her . |
| 24 | Joanna Lumley , Mick Jagger and Anna Ford are all older than the new US President and he has six years advantage on Cliff Richard . |
| 25 | We go to the track meets , the basketball matches and we select kids and we give those kids scholarships based on athletic merit . |
| 26 | Then a stomping noise came from behind the kids and I saw some massive black rubber boots coming slowly down the stairs . |
| 27 | Toxoplasmosis infection is caused by a parasite and it affects 50 per cent of us by the time we 're 70 . |
| 28 | On reflection , my brothers and I had this in common — attraction to the opposite sex . |
| 29 | But there are so many different styles in Texas and I think that 's what I liked about growing up there ; you could just hear so much stuff . ’ |
| 30 | Christina sat on the low wall of the terrace and he sat next to her . |