Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [art] [noun pl] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Lamont seemed half-hearted about the measures which he introduced . |
| 2 | That will go out mid-morning on a Saturday , just right for the fans who are getting ready to go to a domestic match , ’ he said . |
| 3 | In fact , in the gracious providence of Almighty God , the conditions were just right for the events which were about to take place . |
| 4 | Adam had been right about the contacts she could make , but her mind was no longer in tune with business this evening . |
| 5 | To establish the quantum of damages that may be available , it is necessary to obtain as much information as possible about the injuries which the client suffered , and the future effect of such injuries , in particular upon the client 's earning capacity . |
| 6 | This helps you to know as much as possible about the targets you are trying to reach . |
| 7 | Zaidie 's deposition , it should be added , contained a statement that about 20 or 21 December 1986 , on Zaidie 's return from his honeymoon in Miami , the defendant had telephoned him and had said he was sorry for the threats he had made against the lives of Zaidie and Paulette . |
| 8 | I do n't know wen I 'll see you agen , but I 'm sorry for the things I did , and I 'm ashamd . |
| 9 | I felt sorry for the gypsies you know in Cross Street |
| 10 | I feel sorry for the chaps who discover the same problem in their 20s . ’ |
| 11 | By the end of the evening I had come to feel sorry for the waiters who had so debased themselves by their participation in the comedy ; not because they were cheating the state , but because they never responded to anyone except as an object , a part of the system in which they were trapped . |
| 12 | The hospital says it 's sorry for the delays which health watchdogs say are appalling . |
| 13 | I feel sorry for the fans who have travelled all this way to see that . ’ |
| 14 | A minute earlier he had been feeling sorry for the men who were still out on house-to-house questioning . |
| 15 | Erm that 's putting it bluntly because erm obviously being a volunteer is a sort of two way thing , we could n't run without volunteers , we 're very grateful for the ones we 've got but So it 's clearly a matter of whether you decide and whether you like the way we like to run things or or not . |
| 16 | ‘ We are very grateful for the donations we receive from charitable organisations like BLISS , but in the last two to three years there has been an additional £800,000 investment in special baby care units from Mersey region . ’ |
| 17 | When Edward suggested they dance Sally was grateful for the lessons she had endured in the school gymnasium with Miss Smart the games teacher yelling ‘ slow , slow , quick quick , slow ’ in time to the music . |
| 18 | Her little shriek was cut off with unerring accuracy by the simple expedient of covering her mouth with his , and she gave up her struggles and surrendered , her foolish heart only too grateful for the crumbs he offered . |
| 19 | It is a shocking scene , because it starts by involving the audience in its raw eroticism and then turns on them , so that they feel guilty for the stirrings they have inevitably been experiencing . |
| 20 | But is Mr Kinnock wise , having trimmed — having trimmed to a wiser policy , but all the same egregiously trimmed — is he wise to insist that the British people respect Labour for the changes it has made ? |
| 21 | ( November 28 ) was interesting for the assumptions its author , Jayne Greenwell , deemed to be facts . |
| 22 | Before considering the strategies to be used in teaching history the teacher should be clear about the objectives he or she has in mind . |
| 23 | Of course this does not mean that we should not be careful about the metaphors which we use . |
| 24 | Just one suggestion : be careful about the tenses you use . |
| 25 | Good architects are equally careful about the signals they convey in details . |
| 26 | So be careful about the subjects you give . |
| 27 | Vince had reluctantly admitted his part in it , but had tried to appear nonchalant about the risks he was taking . |
| 28 | They 're old as the hills them cushions , in fact they 're |
| 29 | The road wound gradually upwards towards the Downs — only the English could call uplands downs — until I was clear of the motorways which cut through Kent like the prongs of a carving fork stabbing at France . |
| 30 | Perhaps they reasoned that even if he managed to slip clear of the ropes he would have so far to fall it would n't matter . |