Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] [pos pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's better for them to see their loved ones as they remember them . ’ |
| 2 | Eight of them lived their last years in their children 's homes . |
| 3 | The growing Country opposition to William 's ministry in the Scottish Parliament consisted mainly of men who stood on a Revolution and Presbyterian foot , but whose exclusion from office exacerbated their disillusionment and allowed them to indulge their nationalist sentiments . |
| 4 | One of them turns her tired beam on us . |
| 5 | ( Let me answer my own question . |
| 6 | Dark gull-like seabirds , called Jaegers in North America , noted for their piratical methods of feeding , by pursuing other seabirds , especially gulls and terns , to make them disgorge their last catch . |
| 7 | But it can stop them seeing its underlying gender biases . |
| 8 | Some in the colony 's business community share that view since following it in policy terms would allow them to continue their prosperous trade links across the border . |
| 9 | BELVILLE : This happy estray thus restored begs leave by me to acknowledge its lovely owner ! |
| 10 | ‘ Would you really , a man of your enormous wealth , sue someone like me for a sum that to you is little more than pocket-money , but to me represents my very livelihood ? |
| 11 | First of all let me emphasize our common experience that most human relationships are asymmetrical . |
| 12 | Just for once , let me make my own decision . |
| 13 | I think they rather wanted me to wear my old farm clothes , but we compromised with a grey check skirt which a good friend gave me , and a blue jumper . |
| 14 | ‘ Do n't you like me using your Islamic name ? ’ said Mrs Wilson . |
| 15 | Although reporters gave the impression that the troupes were new to the American stage , they had in fact made their debut as far back as 1900 when George Lederer booked them to perform their original Pony Trot . |
| 16 | By trying different sheets and pushing them to perform your working requirements , you will find your favourite papers in time . |
| 17 | To enable them to conduct their private practice economically and sensibly from their viewpoint , pay beds were an imperative . |
| 18 | Later , he takes me to see his new Honda XBR 500 motorbike . |
| 19 | As I detest midges more than most things in life , leaving them to enjoy their open season for humans is no hardship either . |
| 20 | ‘ The only result is that a large heron discovered that when it activated the floodlight it enabled him/her to decimate my expensive collection of koi carp , brazenly standing in the middle of the pool at 10.30pm . ’ |
| 21 | The extreme toxicity of their venom enables them to kill their main prey — eels — very rapidly and thus prevent them from wriggling free . |
| 22 | ‘ Isa has not seen me since the happy news and it is that which restores me to near my old self . ’ |
| 23 | Finally , functional elites may be offered incorporation within the policy process in order to compel them to sacrifice their organizational muscle , and to undertake the state 's dirty work by disciplining dissidents within their organizations . |
| 24 | Martin Randall believes in allowing his clients off the leash for a good deal of unorganised time , which enabled me to enjoy my favourite occupation : finding my own way around a new city . |
| 25 | Raschid who is here today was President and I attended with my own Table Chairman at that time David who not only encouraged me to attend my first A G M but encouraged me to get involved involved in ri in Round Table right from the very onset . |
| 26 | Firms are less likely to set profit-maximising prices for their products when faced with rising raw material prices and labour costs as it is more difficult for them to estimate their expected revenues and costs . |
| 27 | After some counselling , which enabled me to unscramble my uncomfortable thoughts about myself , I discovered the root of my problem and am now able to cope better with receiving compliments about my appearance . |
| 28 | At the East 15 Drama School I have taken audition technique sessions , which was all fine and large but I encouraged them to write their own material as well as having stock pieces to do . |
| 29 | The reason why these had survived so long was because they required the most money spent on them — in the case of valley bottoms , to pay for initial drainage and then to maintain it — to make them yield their full potential of arable and pasture . |
| 30 | The free Church Council , special emergencies apart , will therefore best serve the administration of its city or town , neither by meddlesome interference with it , nor by attempting to be represented as such in its political caucuses , or even on its administrative boards ; but by training men who , representing its views and coming under its influence , have at once the strength of character and the breadth of conception , which will cause them to secure its great ends … in the ordinary arena of public life . |