Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb base] the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Christianson and Loftus ( 1987 ) had subjects write down the central detail from each slide and Christianson and Loftus ( 1991 ) had them evaluate the affective quality of each slide , both these studies showed results which appeared to be consistent with Easterbrook 's hypothesis . |
| 2 | But relief workers who rescued them say the next challenge is to ensure they do n't suffer psychologically from what they have witnessed . |
| 3 | I cite the twentieth century in his defence . |
| 4 | This theme will be taken up in Chapter 6 when I introduce the structuralist account of the relation between signification and social process . |
| 5 | I commend the annual report from the health authority chief executive , which shows that Sheffield is a centre of excellence for health . |
| 6 | I commend the hon. Gentleman for his work on the link between Pittsburgh and Newry . |
| 7 | I commend the Christian doctrine of costly service . |
| 8 | MAYBE SO , BUT I 'LL NOT REST UNTIL , ONCE , I TASTE THE BUTTOCK-CLENCHING THRILL OF BEING CAUGHT IN Flagrante Delicto BY MELVYN BRAGG … |
| 9 | This combination of specimens could be recognized either by grouping them into a single genus or into a tribe , and on present evidence I favour the latter alternative and suggest the Afropithecini as a suitable name . |
| 10 | As such , the best cross section of Charlie Parker here is ‘ The Charlie Parker Story ’ , all of whose takes are from the 26/11/45 session , and for which I award the extra half star . |
| 11 | I despise the theological problem posed by the removal of ‘ Guernica ’ , the sanctification of ‘ Guernica ’ , the violent controversy surrounding ‘ Guernica ’ , the Last Supper status accorded to ‘ Guernica ’ . |
| 12 | I despise the sinister bacchanalia that marked ‘ Guernica ’ 's last night in the annexe to the Prado , the orgy of explosions , the slow cavalcade , the deployment of the military to escort ‘ Guernica ’ 's coffin from its mausoleum of the Prado annexe , the Casón del Buen Retiro , to the fish tank of the Reina Sofía [ MNCARS ] . |
| 13 | Before I regret the temporary arrival of my better nature , you 'd better let me make a few calls and see what I can do to get you home today . ’ |
| 14 | I regret the hon. Gentleman 's remarks about the British library , because it will be a great new building . |
| 15 | I declare the said person duly elected to Parliament . |
| 16 | Now if you get a situation like that I mean the key question is do people actually want to change in this kind of way , or would they at least like to sort of experiment a little bit in the way they handle a group of children ? |
| 17 | Yes , of course ; but I mean the Catholic religion . ’ |
| 18 | I mean the front room 's a a long , you ca n't put your furniture how you really want it you see cos you 've got a bit sticking out there and then you 've got this big sticking out here . |
| 19 | really I mean the actual content of them is not too young fo too old for her but |
| 20 | Erm and and I mean the actual bearing when you you pick up a a a a little miniature bearing and and you can spin it on your finger and |
| 21 | I mean the stripped pine really horrible . |
| 22 | I mean the narrowest part of the river I would say is er where Hall Bridge is , that 's the narrowest part . |
| 23 | I mean the deep fat fryer , the lid was off and the pots are sitting |
| 24 | I can remember one , one girl , I mean the great sin was to steal anything , and er they 'd found in her , her satchel somebody else 's pencil . |
| 25 | Oh yes I I mean the Irish Water Spaniel well well we got ours because I was told it was the most intelligent dog in the world . |
| 26 | But there was a degree of intelligence and the Newfoundland of course is er spectacular dog , particularly in water I mean the Irish Water Spaniel 's pretty good in water so as a |
| 27 | I mean the wholesale alienation of my entire sales staff . |
| 28 | It 's the fact that we are so close to America , that we 've got this highly dynamic American sound that we had in the sixties in this country with the kind of dynamism in the sixties and the desire to sort of break through all kinds of formal barriers — I mean the mini skirt period , you know what I mean and in certain cities , like Liverpool , where this feeling of it is necessary to break through barriers to create this kind of dynamic sort of extremely vital sound . |
| 29 | But I mean the best thing is the tin it come in . |
| 30 | I mean if you 're honest a lot of these were really first or second draft erm manuscripts I think and er er you really got to get , if you 're going to submit something like this it has to be er it has to be absolutely watertight and you have to say exactly what it is that you want to say , erm some of the criticism I 've , I 'm not gon na mention people 's names , but I 'm just remind myself er , a whole lot of you for some reason erm , con construct things in sort of note form I suppose this being undergraduates that helps this and , and , but you construct things with single sentence paragraphs so that actually you get a whole list of sentences without any linking between them and that is terribly disjointed reading and with an account like that , when you 've finished reading it , you sort of have to shake your head and think well what did the person actually say , and when it 's actually looking for er a little bit of prose , the in addition some of your con your sentences are in , extraordinarily complex , you start off in a sentence and you actually lose your way in the middle of it , I mean the simple sentence 's much the better thing , I mean I seem to remember being told by subject , object verb , in a sentence , they must have those , those , those things , well very often you 'll have a sentence which starts with er a particular noun and as , as a subject and then finishes up with the same no noun or , or , or subject or , or maybe it 's become the object of the sentence at the very end or maybe the sentence has totally lost it 's way . |