Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] [num ord] " in BNC.
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1 | Words failed me at this last find … but not so my companions ! |
2 | The hallway and various passages off it were full of visitors helping pyjama-ed relatives in and out of chairs , plumping cushions for them or fetching magazines from a well-stocked rack , or encouraging them to that last little drop of cocoa from what seemed to be a standard issue purple mug . |
3 | ‘ A person who receives goods on sale or return and at once passes them on to someone else under a like contract is entitled to demand them from that third person just as soon as the original owner of the goods has the right to demand them from him , but I am clear that , if he allows a period to elapse before he hands them on to a third person on sale or return , he has done an act which limits and impedes his power of returning the goods . |
4 | Champion picked up his whip and waved it at his mount to encourage him over those last few yards , and Aldaniti responded gamely . |
5 | Jesus has brought a unique new way of life into the world ; St John described it in those first verses of his gospel : |
6 | Computer Reseller News and its vendor sources say Intel , which already bumped Pentium into the first quarter , will be delaying it until late next year because of those heat dissipation and manufacturing problems we told you about ( UX No 410 ) . |
7 | Even knowing she looked ridiculous , she 'd enjoyed it after that first entrance , had loved being on a stage again , singing with the company . |
8 | All the problems that had beset them from that first moment their eyes had met in the courtyard on the day of her arrival had vanished , it seemed , giving way to the greater power of one fact — now they were lovers . |
9 | I met some now very loyal friends who have seen me through these last three and a half years . |
10 | For Christmas Day there 's nothing better than a sparkler which will carry you through any first course . |
11 | You 're dividing it by ten or you 're of-ing , times-ing , multiplying it by one tenth , it 's the same thing . |
12 | I cut it in half last time but I 've |
13 | they 'll date it from twenty fourth |
14 | so I had it disconnected , had it disconnected and so I 've asked for it to be re-connected , they ca n't do it until twenty seventh December |
15 | Multiply it by one tenth or divide it by ten . |
16 | You would n't want to hear it in public first , would you ? " |
17 | Sections on Calligraphy , Illustration , Typography and Book Design make way for a commercial break which introduces us to 28 first editions of Penguin paperbacks . |
18 | Flares are n't news in Dublin they 're still wearing them from that first time round . |
19 | And I 'd like to leave you with one last statement just enough , but just enough , is not enough ! |
20 | Right at the end , as McLeish 's teeth were starting to chatter , Davidson confirmed that Penelope Huntley would meet him at eight next morning and he hoped that that was n't too early , sorry , but the lass had been difficult to tie down to a time . |
21 | " Get 'em over that first month and you 're half way there . " |
22 | Her parents were still concerned about her and she had asked them to accompany her for this first appointment . |
23 | He emphasized the surname slightly , knowing he was being unfair because they had n't known it during those first days when Bacci had sat by her bedside . |
24 | Anyway , erm but he says er , I ca n't book it in all next week anyway . |
25 | I spotted it and lost it at that last roundabout . |
26 | The leaders of Britain 's main christian churches were there to greet her in this first city church devoted to united worship . |
27 | I got him with that last shot . ’ |
28 | She shook her head in exasperation , remembering his deception and total lack of sympathy , the way he had treated her on that first night , that following morning . |
29 | It 's my pleasure and honour on behalf of the Eastern Centre to welcome you to this third Cambridge symposium . |
30 | ‘ Oh , yes , I 've wanted you from that first meeting in France . ’ |