Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [pers pn] [adv] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Surgeons tried in vain to sew it back on . |
2 | McCallan said : ‘ I may not have been in the game a lot until I got my goal , but that made it up for it . ’ |
3 | ‘ Now , ’ he whispered confidentially , ‘ the thing to remember is that the Greek Orthodox priest is the one on the left with the beard , ’ and with that flung me determinedly into my seat . |
4 | The components are of magnitudes 4.4 and 5.7 , and since the separation is almost 44 seconds of arc it should be possible to see them individually with × 20 binoculars , but I have never been able to do so with certainty . |
5 | The most notable was Windsor and Eton , where it is possible to see it now in its pristine state , for in 1983 Madame Tussaud 's opened the fully restored and refurbished royal station , adjoining the main Windsor terminal and unused for thirty years . |
6 | The Chancellor is due to meet them today over his plan to spend Pounds 750 million buying up 20,000 empty homes . |
7 | All that holds him back from doing it himself is the desire for an heir to the clan — an heir of his own blood ! ’ |
8 | In conversation with the boys they learnt of Minton 's homosexuality and though this ruled him out as a potential husband it did not diminish their desire to be in his company . |
9 | From this he deduced that the boiler was too small and this led him on to wondering why the engine was so inefficient . |
10 | He argues that job evaluation is not the dire threat some make it out to be — simply because it may not catch on . |
11 | But I have a feeling it might be easier to mull it over at the next meeting . |
12 | This made her late with the lunch , and at the table she found the young men impossible to talk to because she was trying to retain the lines of what she had prepared to say . |
13 | She thought that she would leave the train at the next station , Swiss Cottage , even if this made her late for her meeting with Daphne , due to take place at one . |
14 | No no careful bring it away from the baby . |
15 | This described him aptly for us : he was an eager , neat and busy little footballer who possessed a snappy tackle and plenty of enthusiasm and determination — just the sort of fellow that a successful side needs . |
16 | But finally the Social moved us out of there because we had no hot water . |
17 | So we 've drawn the graph and now we do n't have to keep calcul I mean this is easy it' probably easier to work it out in your head then to especially with these figures . |
18 | It would be easier to work it out from this would n't it ? |
19 | That evening , after supper , I was too tired to write up notes , so I lay thinking over the day in order to make it easier to write them up in the morning . |
20 | What they believe in is that everybody out there is out to grab as much as they can for their own private interest and they 're prepared to meet them halfway on that . |
21 | If the query is of a complicated or technical nature it is quite acceptable to pass it on to the expert , but is this really necessary for a bar of soap or a DIY fitting ? |
22 | Some put it down to the sheer popularity of the winner Nigel Jones — others to the alleged racism of would-be Tory voters , unwilling to endorse the party 's official candidate , the barrister John Taylor . |
23 | For nearly 70 minutes , Ireland were in contention , but their inability to convert pressure into points when playing with the wind behind their backs in the first half cost them dearly in the end . |
24 | The ‘ Jowters ’ , too , would purchase some to sell them around in the country districts . |
25 | And , at this stage , it would be quite wrong to rule her out as a suspect . |
26 | You know , cos I 've brought this to stick it on with . |
27 | This leads us on to OBSERVATION : so that quite a lot of time should be given over to looking . |
28 | And that might seem a rather odd way to actually spend some of your redundancy money , but perhaps this leads us on to another area influencing the demand , and that 's to do with , if you like , psychology . |
29 | This leads us on to a third important point about the relation of the Holy Spirit to Jesus . |
30 | This leads us on to acceptance sampling . |