Example sentences of "[adj] ['s] [noun sg] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If things are really bad , you are getting nowhere and you feel that an argument is developing , the best action is to state politely that you are not willing to be interviewed in such a manner , that you are clearly wasting one another 's time and you have decided to leave . |
| 2 | As a gesture of goodwill , it is MAS 's recommendation that you offer to sign a confidentiality undertaking following the meeting in order for you and ourselves to obtain further financial , product and management information relating to the target . |
| 3 | Casting scorn on Stringy 's suggestion that they ask the mate 's advice on what to do with their almost embarrassingly rich discovery , the other three youths make feverish plans . |
| 4 | The decision to press ahead with new builds on a large scale was based on Provincial 's conviction that it could reduce its losses if given the freedom to operate cost-effective diesel-mechanical rolling stock , allowing shorter but more frequent trains , than having to take on InterCity 's weary cast-off locos and hauled stock . |
| 5 | Such an outcome would have been so great a blow to Edward II 's prestige that he decided to throw all his resources into reaching the garrison and destroying the besiegers . |
| 6 | She had thought he would be happy about Mrs Gotobed 's message because she would have been , but she had been wrong about that . |
| 7 | Tribute was paid to the late 's contribution and it was to be brought to the notice of Divisions that nominations were sought . |
| 8 | Trevor Magee had passed the small entryway to Long 's Court when he noticed it . |
| 9 | Archbishop Aethelberht is said not to have spared evil kings , and there must be a possibility that he was soon as disenchanted with Aethelred 's faction as he had been with Alhred 's . |
| 10 | Well , I suppose it 's better than nothing , but I 'd be grateful for a month or two 's notice when you do decide to go . |