Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [unc] [noun sg] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the virtues of parental investment er theory I would say is that er it 's particularly sensitive to female interests in , in in sexuality and nobody who knows me or has read er my works would , could possibly suspect me here of fashionable feminist prejudices er so I do n't say this because I think this is what people like to hear , but because I happen to think it 's true , I 'm afraid I 'm one of these old-fashioned and you may think stupid people who believe that you should er say things cos you think they 're true , not because you think er it 's what you think want w want to hear or if you say it , you 'll be accused of sexual harassment by a lecturer as I was last year . |
| 2 | ‘ At that point , ’ says Colonel Gordon Wilkinson MHCIMA , deputy director , Army catering , ‘ they go back to St Omer barracks , Aldershot , home of Army catering since the Army Catering Corps was formed in 1941 , to take the 12-week advanced chef 's course which prepares them for shift manager level in a kitchen . |
| 3 | However , males are sexual opportunists and if they come across another male 's female they will try to mate with her . |
| 4 | " It looks as though it 's over wi' awd Blossom , then , " he said , and rested his hand briefly on the old cow 's back It was an enormous , work-swollen hand . |
| 5 | It is this rule 's action which generates the child of N for the next cycle . |
| 6 | A couple of scientists had been working on Edgeøya for most of the summer , and this young bear had appeared near the old trapper 's hut they were staying in ( which was near the beach where we had landed ) . |
| 7 | There are proposals in this Queen 's Speech which we can welcome . |
| 8 | Yes he thought you were at college today because I said no , I said erm it 's Tuesday he goes cos Kathy said oh your dad could of come on Monday , oh what 's this lad 's name who was helping me today ? |
| 9 | This means that when they watch another group 's work they are affected by what they do , they 're all working within the same fictional context . |
| 10 | It is housed in a lovely old wheelwright 's house which has been tastefully converted to provide a large workshop downstairs , where potters may be watched at their wheels , and a large showroom in the upper loft area . |
| 11 | In the old King 's time he was in the garrison of the Tower , then he went abroad with others to fight in Outremer . ’ |
| 12 | I certainly appreciate the good work done by the establishment in my hon. Friend 's constituency which she mentioned first ; but I would point out that the Towngate theatre in Basildon also puts on some interesting performances — by Opera 80 and the Second Stride dance company , for instance . |
| 13 | I have driven along that road to Scotland many times and I know that beyond my hon. Friend 's constituency it is not so good . |
| 14 | Derek was telling us about some roustabout 's wife who will flit back in with her mother every fortnight . |
| 15 | If you follow this day 's eating you will get through only 2,778 calories . |
| 16 | there 's the banker , What 's with this banker 's order I do n't deal with a banker 's order . |
| 17 | ‘ I used to think sometimes that if I did n't have a proper night 's sleep I 'd never be able to work again . |
| 18 | I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman 's support which I take to be absolutely unequivocal support for the Trident programme . |
| 19 | When I spoke to the Conservative association in the hon. Gentleman 's constituency I heard only a litany of problems caused by the Labour-controlled council , which has done absolutely nothing to promote the area . |
| 20 | When I intervened in the right hon. Gentleman 's speech he replied in such confusion that I thought it best to give him time to reflect , and to ask my question again later . |
| 21 | Soon the bodies began to pile up here , too , and yet again the Collector and his men had to put their shoulders to the carnal barricade to prevent it from being ejected into the hall ; and yet again , as if in a dream , the Collector found his face an inch from that of an amused sepoy and thought : " It surely ca n't be the same man ! " for from this corpse 's moustache there was also a scent of patchouli . |
| 22 | And it would seem to me that unless this morning 's exercise which has been so rewarding and so profitable unless this morning 's exercise is to dissipate into another piece of feeling and er pleasurable discussion then we ought to take quite seriously the , the words of Jesus . |
| 23 | German young people recently have shown a more revolutionary and radical sort of behaviour than one would have dreamt possible in the old Germany , but in this morning 's paper I read of the results of erm a public opinion poll recently conducted by the German government about neo-nazism in Germany , showing what seems to be a rather alarming quantity of surviving interest in sympathy for old nazism . |
| 24 | Cos if you 're thinking the way they carry the baby it 's an old woman 's tale I think , I never used to think |
| 25 | On the other hand , he clearly looks to God as his Father , and into this Father 's hand he commits his spirit when he dies . |
| 26 | Some local societies which had previously formed branches of that organisation may have survived as benefit clubs but nothing of substance is known about these , nor about such non-affiliated organisations as the Liverpool based British Mariner 's Association which in 1857 was to be found at 6 , Columbian Buildings at that port . |
| 27 | In this month 's Surgery we shall be describing a simple method of measuring unknown capacitors . |
| 28 | For this month 's Esquire he has interviewed former South African hit man Dirk Coetzee ( page 82 ) . |
| 29 | In this month 's column we 're taking a close look at jazz chord concepts . |
| 30 | In this month 's safari we focus on the Dragonfly Nymph |