Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [pron] [noun sg] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He allows , however , that it 'll take six to nine months after the acquisition is complete to see which way the wind is blowing . |
| 2 | It would then be possible to see what progress the Welsh Office and its various agencies are making towards the attainment of common goals . |
| 3 | It was too heavy to turn in the wind , but it mattered little to know which way the wind was blowing : wherever it blew it blew word of the miraculous pageant and the Angel Gabriel . |
| 4 | ‘ I was wrong to give your mother a job , ’ he said . |
| 5 | She was not prepared to give her mother the satisfaction of knowing that Nicky had deceived her . |
| 6 | This gave their office a quasi-priestly function . |
| 7 | This gave our evaluation a " critical edge " in which the observed realities were measured against the stated aims of the project and could be perceived as a contrast between the ideal and the actual . |
| 8 | This gave his candidacy a clear sense of direction that others have lacked . |
| 9 | This gives their surface a curious prickly feel . |
| 10 | Only then would he be free to offer his father the respect he owed him . |
| 11 | Pointless trying to swim against it , but sometimes it just was n't that easy to see which way the current went . |
| 12 | But Labour 's deputy leader of the council , Alan Dean , said it was impossible to know what effect the level of government finance , pay settlements and competitive tendering would have on the council 's ability to guarantee jobs . |
| 13 | It was easy to imagine what relief the miners must have felt at the end of a long day 's work in those conditions when they saw the mouth of the tunnel framing the daylight before them . |
| 14 | It is not easy to appraise what success the Land Commission achieved . |
| 15 | but even more content to have me hoe the weeds and ungum the filters for her while she sat half-naked on an ancient natural tube steel chair tipped back on two legs against the natural pulpboard side of her natural module A farmhouse , playing her warped old guitar . |
| 16 | And it 's not gon na be easy to get him outta the country … . |
| 17 | I say advantage because if you were to close your eyes while playing , it would be impossible to say which guitar the Carlton 's neck reminded you of most . |
| 18 | The following table of classifications of errors from test recognition data shows that it is impossible to tell what type the original error was . |
| 19 | In some of the more elaborate biplanes it was not always easy to tell which way the loads were going and it was a stock joke at one time that the way to check the rigging of a certain aircraft was to put a canary between the wings ; if it got out something was wrong . |
| 20 | Yet it is hard to see what violence the police foresaw as direct and immediate . |
| 21 | It was hard to see what calibre the cannon were for the air was already hot enough to shimmer and blur the details of the far guns . |
| 22 | Similarly a chorus of cavaliers , referring to ‘ corni e tamburi , e trombe ’ , has instrumental parts which could be for actual trumpets and drums but are more probably for strings imitating them , since in Act II when Chiron is supposed to play his lyre the music consists of a sinfonia di viole , and the passata dell'armata which ends the First Act of Didone ( 1641 ) and another chiamata alla caccia in the Third are equally ambiguous . |
| 23 | Aga saga : a morality tale for the nicer Nineties Despite the recession a novel published today is likely to make its author a millionaire . |
| 24 | And that gets you admission the firework spectacular at the Great Central Railway and that 's at the Quorn Station this Friday seven thirty . |
| 25 | But it would be good to see him project a little , and not withdraw into his shell . |
| 26 | Many thought his Angelo a triumph . |
| 27 | ‘ But we all saw him hand the knife over . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ This spectacular discovery should once and for all prove what shape the original Globe was , ’ Martin Clout , the theatre architecture historian , said . |
| 29 | Good to get your card the other day and to know that you got safely home from , even if concerned by the cost of the visit . |
| 30 | Or for a wonderful Christmas treat , spoil yourself with a vintage claret Chateau Lascombes 1986 Grand Cru Classé Margaux ( £18.49 ) from Augustus Barnett , a delectable fruity claret sure to make your meal a memorable occasion . |