Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When a protozoon divides , its two offspring have almost the same numbers as the parent , but one of them has just one number augmented by 1 and the other has just one number decreased by 1 . |
| 2 | More , he lived in hope that one such mirror would find something behind his looks only another pair of eyes could see : some undiscovered self that would free him from being Gentle . |
| 3 | Currently , Radio I devotes over 5,000 hours a year to recording musicians in its own studios , as well as at live concert performances . |
| 4 | ‘ She hates very small children . |
| 5 | She values both the child 's self-expression and his respect for authority , work and the like ; she appreciates both independent self-will and disciplined conformity . |
| 6 | But she sits there all night flat as a shadow on the wall and there is music and celebration and other people dancing . |
| 7 | She sits there all evening and no-one even talks to her . |
| 8 | She averages about 3,000 miles each year . |
| 9 | She thinks perhaps small fish are nibbling at her , but it is pleasant , it does n't hurt . |
| 10 | This is why she places so much importance on the child 's appreciation of the adult 's motives and intentions in experimental tasks . |
| 11 | She is in fact already a teacher of a few years ' experience , with one class in her own village of Strathkinness in Fife , and two more in nearby St. Andrews ; she has even more experience as a traveller , having for some time regularly made the journey to Edinburgh by bicycle and train to attend training Saturdays with Rita Quick and Monday recreational classes with Muriel Jessop , and during the last two years undertaken the long trip south to take part in Aston Clinton weekends . |
| 12 | She has wide brown eyes . |
| 13 | She has over 900 staff of whom 650 are involved in hotel services and leisure orientated activities . |
| 14 | She has rather long arms with slightly curved fingers , short legs and broad feet . |
| 15 | I 'd actually I do n't think I 'll get a book for Jackie because I will be honest with you she has so much reading to do for her English teaching and drama . |
| 16 | I 'd , actually I do n't think I 'd get a book for Jackie because I will be honest with you she has so much reading to do for her English teaching and drama |
| 17 | She has now five grandchildren who are a great joy and visit her regularly . |
| 18 | Grandma was really slagging her off were n't she Maureen Lipman , oh god , yeah , oh I do n't like her , she has too many programmes , I 've only seen about one |
| 19 | She has too much integrity , she 's too scrupulous , to have any happiness with a married man . |
| 20 | She has too much ambition . |
| 21 | She has only thirteen nipples . |
| 22 | So what if she has only three frocks to her name ( ‘ cuts down on the washin' ’ ) Or if her ‘ fur ’ coat looks like it was handed down from Wilma Flintstone . |
| 23 | She has very acute antennae . |
| 24 | Thorny 's not strong enough , not as much as she would like , though she has very strong arms compared to most women . |
| 25 | She has very strong legs . |
| 26 | She has very definite ideas on , and devotes two chapters to healthy eating and sensible weight control , which are applicable to anyone and discusses such thought provoking lines as ‘ Do you use foods to nourish your body every day or do you simply use your body as a rubbish bin for whatever food you find about in the kitchen ? ’ |
| 27 | The traditional novel writers like Jane Austen are essentially objective and descriptive , Jane Austen for example describes events and people in a basic narrative style , she has very little involvement with any kind of thought life ; the actions made dictate the novel almost completely . |
| 28 | As Katharine is away at university , she has very little time to ride . |
| 29 | ‘ She has very little regard for other people 's property and other people 's lives now , which was n't how she was a few years ago . |
| 30 | There is , of course , much argument about what is ‘ normal ’ , but in general it should mean that every adult person lives in a home of his or her own or with chosen friends or family members , that he or she has daily purposeful occupation , whether in paid employment or not , and that the person has social contacts and interpersonal relationships which are emotionally satisfying . |