Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [noun] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After moving to England , he fought for over two years without being defeated and reckoned : ‘ Ninety per cent of the public wanted to see me win the British title . |
| 2 | I did n't mean to become so intense about it — I had realised my mistake the previous time — but I needed to keep from pining and working a sixteen-hour day seemed to be the only way I could manage it . |
| 3 | Well it 's absolutely horrendous , they 'll think my God the British class system is completely |
| 4 | But you must think my displeasure the heaviest thing that can befall you . |
| 5 | ‘ I 'd be grateful if you could deign to spare my proposition a full thirty seconds of considered thought . ’ |
| 6 | My child you used and pierced my heart a hundred times and deep . ’ |
| 7 | I made my decision a long time ago , and now I have no rightful place in their lives . |
| 8 | We fought like cat and dog the whole time we were together — or at least most of the time , ’ she added , remembering , ‘ he made my life an absolute misery ! ’ |
| 9 | Catching my eye the young medic grinned and gave a thumbs-up sign . |
| 10 | ( I have just given my chaplain a good rap across the knuckles ; that will teach him to make remarks like , ‘ And Master Daunbey had good knowledge of fools , having you as a servant . ’ ) |
| 11 | It has given my mother a complete raison d'être , since she was n't of the generation that had careers or outside interests to involve themselves in . |
| 12 | In fact my real belief is that in the troubles ahead of us connected with labour we are moving very fast in the direction of revolution ; and though you will consider my hope a baseless one I still entertain it — that it is by Tariff Reform that we might , so to speak , get the train at least shifted on to other lines . |
| 13 | I went home and visited my GP the next day , and he gave me calamine lotion . |
| 14 | ‘ Touch my toes a few times first . |
| 15 | As soon as I loosened my grip the tiniest fraction — say to alter the angle of insertion from one that caused grievous bodily harm to one that was only very uncomfortable — the damned thing sprang into a new incarnation as a frisbee and shot across the room . |
| 16 | The most humorous caption to this photograph received in writing before November 1st will win its sender a Canoeist T shirt . |
| 17 | The most humorous caption to this photograph received in writing before April 20th will win its sender a unique personal T shirt . |
| 18 | Three floors up , on the top floor of the large house , Sally Headleand sat on her bedroom floor painting her toe-nails a pale silvery green and listening to her stepbrother Alan trying to explain about inflation and unemployment and monetarism and the economic implications of the new rhetoric praising the Victorian values of family life . |
| 19 | In the second half of 1934 and in 1935 the movement all but collapsed as a national force , and to revive its fortunes the fascist political programme was de-emphasized and instead more attention was paid to fomenting local and regional grievances in populist campaigns . |
| 20 | Unless Labour develops its policies the next election will be a battle between two parties with virtually identical economic policies . |
| 21 | If Heini 's wife , Tita , a former Miss Spain , has her way the final home of the picture will be Madrid . |
| 22 | If everyone had waited until they could promise their children a safe life , the human race would be extinct . ’ |
| 23 | It looked as though Spurs had regained their self-respect a few seconds later when the England striker appeared to net a Samways cross , but in fact Tranmere 's full-back Higgins had put the ball past his goalkeeper . |
| 24 | But she had lifted her skirts a full six inches above the ground as she entered the water , and he was captivated . |
| 25 | On their first date she had shown Preston , with nonchalant pride , the scars where she had slashed her wrists a few days after her nineteenth birthday . |
| 26 | IF the BBC wants to secure its future the first thing it should do is cut down on the huge fees it pays to presenters . |
| 27 | They found their bedroom the hardest room to decorate in the new style . |
| 28 | They found their spaceship a few minutes later , and soon they were ready to leave the planet . |
| 29 | Her flippancy helped her distance the odd reality of the blue that wove through her vision . |
| 30 | THE Poultry Association of Northern Ireland only holds its conference every other year . |