Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [verb] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Small wonder that flocks of European and Scandinavian birds choose it as their resting point when migrating to more congenial climes each winter . |
| 2 | His political inclinations got him into trouble again in 1940 , however . |
| 3 | Several of the actresses make plucky attempts to inject it with a semblance of artistic integrity : proper name Diane Whitley is convincing as Karen , the girl who is the subject of the lovelorn quest , and Paula Wilcox , as the veteran competitor , has enough experience and talent to gauge the scale of this production and perform accordingly . |
| 4 | The big four have asked all Japanese corporations with equity-financing plans to postpone them for the time being . |
| 5 | We are interested and associated but not absorbed and should European statesmen address us in the words which were used of old — Shall we speak for thee to the king or captain of the host ? ' — we should reply , Nay sir , for we dwell among our own people' ’ . |
| 6 | It could be simply a difference of opinion where conflicting views bring us to an impasse . |
| 7 | In Chile , in an address to the Congress , Bush stated that the country 's economic policies put it in the " forefront of the free-market movement now taking hold across Latin America " and that this made it a " prime candidate " for debt relief proposed under the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative . |
| 8 | For a moment he thought there was a double meaning in her words , but he dismissed the thought when he recognised it was one of her usual openings to draw him into conversation . |
| 9 | The powerful running of the big front man had been a constant threat to Andover all afternoon and they just had no answer as he finally surged through shrugging off vain attempts to check him before delivering the perfect finish . |
| 10 | She pulled off a fluffy piece and with sticky fingers offered it to Uncle Albert . |
| 11 | It 's a convenient unit , perhaps a useful way of thinking about it is in terms of the time that light takes about eight minutes to reach us from the sun . |
| 12 | What else can all those live debates , public barrackings and strange hours equip you for ? |
| 13 | The wide , dry eyes followed them from the kitchen as they took their leave . |
| 14 | The hooded eyes surveyed her with frank appreciation mingled with amusement . |
| 15 | A white dog with torn ears followed him into the room . |
| 16 | Harold Wilson probably underwent the most disagreeable experience of any Prime Minister in that it was regarded as respectable political tactics to traduce him on any grounds other than political . |
| 17 | The swirling shapes remind me of those kitsch 1960s lamps . |
| 18 | And it was a record that came to be seen and recognised by the local electorate , in particular the newly enfranchised women , not least through the efforts of Labour candidates to exploit it to political advantage . |
| 19 | The sharp hiss of an angry breath drawn through clenched teeth stopped him in his tracks . |
| 20 | A panel of medical and scientific experts based them on how likely it was that cancer had been caused by the victim 's working conditions . |
| 21 | Serbian opponents accuse him of blackmail and extortion . |
| 22 | Certainly , there would need to be sound reasons to pursue it under such circumstances . |
| 23 | ( His introduction of lime juice ( and hence vitamin C ) into the sailors ' daily rations cured them of scurvy and gained for the British tars the nickname of ‘ limeys ’ . ) |
| 24 | The savings on operating costs alone were immense , some experts putting it in the order of £2 million a year . |
| 25 | I always donate to these organisations and have benefited to the extent that organisations like THT , Body Positive and LAGER have made the general public aware of the infection and have made some employers take it into account . |
| 26 | The political implication is that blacks should be self-assertive and proud of their black identity and not rely on well-meaning attempts to assimilate them into white society . |
| 27 | By then she felt that she had seen enough paintings , churches , marble floors and medieval palaces to last her for a long time . |
| 28 | Ten painful operations to turn me into a picture |
| 29 | But we were barely half-way before clouds crept down the high peaks to threaten us with rain or sleet . |
| 30 | But they will have to beat off a challenge from French millionaires Monaco , who head a posse of foreign clubs shadowing him at Forest . |