Example sentences of "[pers pn] [is] [vb pp] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not because of the new-found fame , the cash she 's pocketed or the car she stands to win in the national finals . |
| 2 | No , the bicycles went years ago , she looks grandmotherly — she 's divorced and the children have left home — this is a different house . |
| 3 | He is in his third year at sea when the misjudgment of Captain ‘ Battler ’ Cobb , reckless with drink and determined to win the grain race , runs the ship into a typhoon in the South Pacific , where she is dismasted and the Captain is seriously injured . |
| 4 | Need it be a matter of wonder , when we see her capable of such restraint in general , that she should retire within herself and exercise that control we find her continually exerting over all her thoughts and actions the more energetically at a time when she is taught that a stray thought of desire would be impurity and its fruition pollution . |
| 5 | He said : ‘ What is the housewife going to do when she is told that the price of her electricity has now reached 10 pence per unit . |
| 6 | But when all the please and thank you is unsaid and the little courtesy is undone , it does make a difference to society . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's accepted that the towing tractor will stand idle for some of the time , but at least you are n't taking tankers into the field , ’ he adds . |
| 8 | It 's believed that the life force , energy and soul of a plant is to be found within its essential oils . |
| 9 | Well , the best thing about the course is , I think , that you get an all-round view of how it 's arranged and the time aspect of the information flow — that it takes a long time for information to reach the books and compendia etc . |
| 10 | It 's hoped that the album will be completed by the end of this month and will be out early next year . ’ |
| 11 | It 's hoped that the event will have raised around £1000 for the Ballycotton lifeboat . |
| 12 | It 's hoped that the trial will resume tomorrow . |
| 13 | But it 's hoped that the tighetning of the rules on availability for work will deter significant numbers from raves and festivals this year . |
| 14 | But it 's hoped that the tighetning of the rules on availability for work will deter significant numbers from raves and festivals this year . |
| 15 | The line at this point runs through Rushden Woods , and it 's hoped that the bombers may have left behind vital clues . |
| 16 | Stan Wilson became a sergeant in the Army Educational Corps ‘ it 's said that the only battle they ever won was the 1945 General Election for Labour ’ before spending 34 years at what he terms the chalk face . |
| 17 | ‘ That 's not what it 's called and the message has nothing to do with — that . ’ |
| 18 | Burglary — where it 's reckoned that a only tiny proportion are ever caught — nets £590 million . |
| 19 | But I work closely to any budget I 'm given and in effect my service is free , because although I charge a £30 flat fee , it 's deducted when an order is placed . ’ |
| 20 | It 's reported that the price of CD players will shortly tumble as Matsushita market a machine that retails for the low price of £280 — about half the price of the company 's launch model . |
| 21 | It 's estimated that the trade is worth up to £1.5 million a year , with huntsmen collecting , on average , around £5,000 a year and in some cases as much as £20,000 . |
| 22 | It 's estimated that the workers will be travelling back and forth from France until Christmas . |
| 23 | It 's estimated that the earthquake in India has claimed twenty thousand lives . |
| 24 | Booth says there is ‘ real interest ’ in the team 's work from established staff and it 's expected that the programme will prove useful to many people within the business . |
| 25 | It 's expected that the Government will off-load most of its 1.35 billion BT shares in late June or early July . |
| 26 | It 's expected that the flotation will take place in early June . |
| 27 | In a case brought by the RSPCA , it 's alleged that a horse was repeatedly beaten with a whip after it became stuck on a high gate . |
| 28 | It 's alleged that the body was hidden there by the younger brother . |
| 29 | I am going to send it to Sarah when it 's finished and the final word on its fate will be hers . |
| 30 | It 's feared that the death toll in the Cairo earthquake has risen to at least a thousand . |