Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [adj] [coord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In particular I want to highlight the words recorded by Mark where Jesus said ‘ But from the beginning of the CREATION God made them male and female . |
| 2 | ‘ Have n't you read , ’ Jesus replied , ‘ that at the beginning the Creator made them male and female , and said , ‘ For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife , and the two will become one flesh ’ ? |
| 3 | ‘ And that gives them the right to try and maul me ? ’ she flared , unable to contain her hurt and anger . |
| 4 | Bilateral talks are being planned for tomorrow between the Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers , who are due to meet their Belarussian and Kazakh counterparts to discuss ratification of the US-Soviet Start agreement on cutting strategic nuclear missiles . |
| 5 | The development of the Clos des Galées at Rouen , under the patronage of the French crown ( notably in the reign of Charles V ) , is matched by the steps taken by Henry V to develop a royal shipyard at Southampton , so much better positioned than the traditional one at the Tower of London , and by the appointment of royal officers to supervise its working and administration . |
| 6 | Parents were encouraged to trust their commonsense and instinct ( ‘ You know more than you think you do ’ ) . |
| 7 | The only reason now , looking at the way knitwear is going or any products going , the only way now that we can get the latest is if we design er oh er design new ideas that are want something fresh or fashion takes over . |
| 8 | It is a curious blend of delicacy and crudity and has something rough and barbarian about it . |
| 9 | And if they go on like this I shall need something bigger and lighter . |
| 10 | It was evident to Theda that Benedict 's father could find no favour in Mrs Alderley 's eyes , but she could herself perceive some echo of his father 's faults in Benedict — of temper , she recalled with a tightening of the lips , and Lady Lavinia had certainly considered him idle and spendthrift . |
| 11 | Liverpool 's Holligan retained his British and Commonwealth light-welterweight titles after barely outpointing the brave Manchester man in the same ring to win the title 15 months ago . |
| 12 | People had tried to kill him , to imprison him , to obstruct his preaching and teaching . |
| 13 | Lord Byron and Wagner are among those who found it irresistible and Hans Christian Anderson named its bay the ‘ Bay of Fairy Tales ’ . |
| 14 | Meanwhile he remained a guest of the Fists , whose Chirurgeons deemed his scapular and hip scars too throughly cauterized to allow them to cyborg him . |
| 15 | It was good to meet your supportive and patient ! husband again . |
| 16 | They expanded their financial and business magazines . |
| 17 | There seemed little if any concern for research into the description of linguistic interaction in the classroom — a particularly sad observation , as this is an area where teachers are well-equipped to find a base for research , and need to be able to monitor their own and others ' performance effectively . |
| 18 | I felt that this person could change my life … could bring me happiness- and unhappiness . |
| 19 | Four days later the Military Council , which had ruled in Georgia since the flight of Zviad Gamsakhurdia in January [ see pp. 38731-32 ] , transferred its legislative and executive powers to a newly created State Council of which Shevardnadze was to be the chair . |
| 20 | Note the loss of the thumb on the hand of this kind of monkey and how it uses its first or index finger to grip items of food . |
| 21 | One scam entailed boosting the weight of produce by soaking its wooden or paper containers in water . |
| 22 | Du n no because I think it is n't actually come to think of it B B C will do their own and I T V will do their own |
| 23 | It stirred something deep and primitive in her and she closed her eyes in bliss as the last garment dropped to the floor . |
| 24 | She did n't have to be told that they would be arriving within seconds ; Marguerite 's tight shoulders told her that and Alain 's lips tightened too as the tension in the car reached him . |
| 25 | Soldiers were pushing it open and Rostov saw that the whole inner yard was a clever device to protect the city . |
| 26 | He dreamed of it and of himself catching it ; imagining it lunging and threshing as he played it and tussled to land it . |
| 27 | At 2–1 up , Team Cotswold played it steady and Chelmsford were plagued with bad luck on net cords and injuries . |
| 28 | Carefully removing the long pane of glass they had loosened from the skylight frame , the two men lifted it clear and Larsen propped it against his knees . |
| 29 | For the concerned middle classes , who could barely bring themselves to look at it , it was a horrible , violent , raucous vehicle out to destroy anything progressive or Right-On . |
| 30 | Sherries showed , primrose or gold , through their elegant bubble-shaped decanters ; enamelled labels chained to their stork-like necks declared them dry or medium . |