Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [adv] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The real Louise Müller 's sister is visiting Vienna , and called to see me earlier this evening . |
| 2 | Our aim was to co-ordinate the various efforts being made and bring them under one umbrella . |
| 3 | After this he made them both some cocoa and began the first of the Just So stories . |
| 4 | Erm , so Jan had these butties , she said oh I made them lovingly last night , tuna , mayonnaise and onion and er she said trust Viv to ring today like when I 'd made these butties ! |
| 5 | The conference adopted a resolution which requested states ‘ to prescribe such methods for the catching of living creatures in the sea , particularly seal and whale , as to spare them as much suffering as possible ’ . |
| 6 | Except that while she was loving him , gazing wonderingly at his blind eyes , Dr Neil said suddenly and hoarsely , ‘ Quick , McAllister ; put the baby in the drawer over there and bring me as much towelling as you can . ’ |
| 7 | She has given me so much happiness . |
| 8 | He has remarked , ‘ No other phase of my academic life has given me so much pleasure and instruction . ’ |
| 9 | My wife , Jane , and close friends were all at Manchester Airport to meet me on my return from France and waiting at home were my mother , more friends , half of Sheffield United FC and Willie Thorne , whose friendship has given me so much confidence . |
| 10 | ‘ At the time , you remember , you 'd given me very little information to go on . |
| 11 | you did , you 're the cleverest girl in the world are n't you ? there 's your space suit where are you ? , come here while I pull your pants up , pants up first , pants up first lets run some water wait a minute your trousers are not pulled up right both hands in a little bit of soap on , now rub them together good rinse , get all the soap off , right shake , rattle and roll , hands washed , I mean dried sorry |
| 12 | Despite the December 1990 agreement on the division of powers between the federal government and the country 's two constituent republics [ see p. 37922 ] , calls for greater autonomy and independence had continued to grow in Slovakia , and Meciar had given them increasingly explicit support , setting up an office of foreign affairs ( headed by his close ally Milan Knazno ) and leading Slovak delegations abroad . |
| 13 | He stubbed out his cigarette , smoothed his already immaculate hair . |
| 14 | For instance , when Oliver Reed made his now famous appearance with slightly more than a little Dutch courage inside him , he suddenly took it into his head that he wanted to sing . |
| 15 | Who may make a few inconvenient sexual overtures on the ritually appropriate nights of the week , and will want his strictly kosher dinner cooked on time . |
| 16 | I valued his judgement highly , and look back with pleasure to the several visits I made to him-and his equally delightful wife Elizabeth at their cottage in Cambridge where he was a fellow of Churchill College . |
| 17 | He did , however , lend his now recognisable voice to an animated ABC feature called The Point , shown on 2 February 1971 . |
| 18 | On 2 November 1715 , General Forster , who had now received a commission from the Earl of Mar appointing him Commander-in-Chief of the Jacobite forces in England , led his somewhat reluctant army through Longtown and Brampton towards Penrith , though the Highlanders with him had cheered up , and become noticeably more loyal , on being promised the handsome pay of sixpence [ 2.5p ] a day . |
| 19 | While working in Public Eye Ken cemented his already strong relationship with Maggie Smith and Beverley Cross . |
| 20 | Ignorance , combined with confidence that the popular support that he enjoyed inside France would make him indispensable to the Allies , may well explain his initially calm response to news of the invasion on 8 November . |
| 21 | The war curtailed his career and helps explain his somewhat modest career record of 5595 runs and 22 wickets with his occasional medium-pacers . |
| 22 | With dark hair cut quite short so that it revealed his classically shaped head , a deep tan finished with some light freckles , piercing blue eyes and a mouth that was generous in laughter and very straight and sober when he was absorbed in work , he had become the standard against which any other man she met was measured … and fell short . |
| 23 | One of the men voiced his somewhat belated fear and it was immediately taken up by others . |
| 24 | Still less did he wish to disrupt his carefully crafted relationship without the mullahs in Morocco . |
| 25 | To support his ever growing family , he opened a studio in Buckingham Palace Rd . |
| 26 | Yet though the witches bring his already existing ambition out they can not be completely blamed for his downfall and degeneration as it this , his own ambition which eventually takes him over and turns him into a psychopath , killing merely out of feeling and without reason . |
| 27 | As Eve had anticipated , it did win them much more freedom . |
| 28 | Sean had a free ticket to the Smorgasbord as he was the driver but the waiter charged me only half price after hearing where we had been . |
| 29 | THE two Libyans accused of the Lockerbie bombing have hired a Scottish lawyer who plans to fly out to meet them later this month . |
| 30 | If you are planning to try them again this year , take the precaution of choosing quick-maturing varieties in case this summer does n't turn out to be as sunny . |