Example sentences of "[verb] [art] [adj] [noun] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can only break our of this vicious circle by understanding the factors that influence the dietary choices we make . |
| 2 | On death row in San Quentin , California , Maureen Timmins for the first time met the convicted murderer she 's convinced is innocent . |
| 3 | I only stopped working frenziedly hour after hour after I met the English boy I 'd just thrown water over moments before . |
| 4 | Do n't be too proud to have a designer come and help design the basic pages you need . |
| 5 | And in order to accommodate the general rule it has been deemed necessary to deprive certain compound words , like sèche-cheveux , of their plural endings when used in the singular . |
| 6 | The Department of Trade and Industry was broken up still further into three separate departments : Trade , Prices and Consumer Protection , and Industry , to accommodate the ministerial dispositions he wished to make in the Cabinet . |
| 7 | Owner Lachie Stewart aims to have re-built the 16th-century fortress he bought two years ago by December 1999 . |
| 8 | His head bent slowly down to her , his eyes burned deeper and , held immovable , she endured the first kiss she had ever received . |
| 9 | ‘ I did not want to lower my standards and lose the special relationship I had with the fans . |
| 10 | Naming the first person I could think of , I answered St Francis — because he could have chosen to live a life of luxury and ease , but had in fact followed the principles of Christ in giving away all he owned and living a life of poverty . |
| 11 | And you put up with his way of making decisions for you , even if , one day , you wake up and want to wear the green skirt he hates , watch Morse which he ca n't stand … |
| 12 | She spent her time building the only defences she knew . |
| 13 | watching the telly and eat the whole bag it 's |
| 14 | saying at this mediterranean diet that the more fruit and veg you eat the less chance you 've got of heart disease and cancer |
| 15 | I flung the sporting pistol I had looted on to the back seat , relieved to think I would never have to defend myself with it . |
| 16 | A lot of folks drop their guard when they think they 're dealing with a man of simple mind — and if behind that kind of pose you hide the steely determination I 've been trying to drum into you , son , you 'll do just fine . " |
| 17 | As she passed the back door she noticed that the lid had fallen off the dustbin and the fresh spring wind was playing havoc with the bits of paper and odds and ends that lay strewn on the tiled path . |
| 18 | A MUM today hugged the new-born baby she feared might might have been injured in a hit and run car crash when she was eight and a half months pregnant . |
| 19 | Cramming her worn , out-moded bonnet on her head , she stuffed the few belongings she had unpacked back into the portmanteau . |
| 20 | Rory made the best attempt she could at a dismissive laugh . |
| 21 | But even as she made the token protest she knew a longing almost painful in its intensity to feel the possession of his mouth all over again . |
| 22 | Of course if he made the wrong decision he could pay for it by loss of his command , as we have seen , or even with his life , as happened to Timagoras , the ambassador who accepted humiliating terms at a peace conference in 367 ( Xen . |
| 23 | ‘ The prototypes will enable us to evaluate how the public receives multimedia systems and whether they bring the cultural advantages we 're seeking , ’ said LeCoz . |
| 24 | If there are some brute facts , perhaps social , but founded in biological difference , which separate the lives and experience of women from those of men , may these not continue ineluctably to affect the moral ideals they may hold ? |
| 25 | If , by using the double-length button you require a needle to tuck or slip for eight rows , it probably wo n't . |
| 26 | Using the shear-lag theory we have ( Equation 4.23 ) the tensile stress in the proposed fibril given by It is therefore possible to make estimates of the distribution of stress using this theory although it is not justifiable to place too much weight on such estimates . |
| 27 | We talk , using the hushed tones you would reserve for a furtive conversation in church . |
| 28 | Using the simple controls you can adjust the length of time the light remains on ; the high level at which the device will come on ; and the distance over which it will operate ( up to 16 metres ) . |
| 29 | Using the magnifying glass he had found in the left-hand drawer , Ben had shown her how the print of the reflected newspaper was subtly different from the one the man held . |
| 30 | Even using the narrow definition it is clear that desk top publishing is a complex and technical area ! |