Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb -s] [pos pn] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only one of them has his phone number in Marbella . |
| 2 | I says your V U channel I says your video channel . |
| 3 | He said I pays my poll tax he says and I am paying out of my savings he said now what the heck will I do when my bloody savings is gone . |
| 4 | ‘ Mh-mm , ’ she 'll say , as she unwraps my hair lotion . |
| 5 | Apparently she thinks his pruning technique leaves a lot to be desired . ’ |
| 6 | SALLY Gunnell reckons she now knows what it feels like to be a marked woman but Britain 's golden girl insists she will be able to cope with the new-found pressure when she launches her world championship campaign in earnest in Rome tonight . |
| 7 | And Amanda did n't like our own school , cos she finishes her teacher training college this year . |
| 8 | But she failed to recognise the businessman who has become one of Norfolk 's most famous sons , the county where she has her Sandringham estate . |
| 9 | my sister smokes drugs , I lied , my sister smokes drugs , she wo n't even touch a cigarette , but she loves her diamond white you know |
| 10 | We shall assume that the syntactic positions for adjectives in English are as below ; we give first the intensional pattern of which each is the surface exponent , as well as an example for each , and also an instance which is ungrammatical and where we shall later be able to suggest reasons for the ungrammaticality ; in each case we shall underline in the intensional pattern the property which is instantiated by the adjective , merely for clarification and not as an integral part of the notation : [ P E ] prenominal attributive position surface syntactic sequence : adjective + noun as in hungry passengers ; but note that *asleep kittens is ungrammatical { [ E ] ( P ) } ordinary predicative position surface syntactic sequence : noun phrase + be + adjective as in the critics were upset ; but note that her husband was mere is ungrammatical [ E P ] postnominal attributive position surface syntactic sequence : noun phrase + adjective as in the crimes alleged ; but note that the road wide is ungrammatical ( ( P E ) P ) predicate qualifying position surface syntactic sequence : verb phrase + noun phrase + adjective as in he brought his gun loaded ; but note that she uses her mixer lightweight is ungrammatical [ E ( P P ) ] postverbal position surface syntactic sequence : verb phrase + adjective as in the crowd remained angry ; but note that his brother resisted obstinate is ungrammatical ( ( P P ) E ) adverbal position surface syntactic sequence ( usually ) : verb + noun phrase + adjective as in Ali rubbed the lamp clean ; but note that Mark resembles the officer sinister is ungrammatical ( P { E P } ) clausal position = surface syntactic sequence : verb + noun phrase ( + be ) + adjective as in he considers the prosecution case hopeless but note that Sue reported the prizes aplenty is ungrammatical { E P } P extraclausal position surface syntactic sequence ( usually ) : adjective + clause as in furious , the king ordered many arrests but note that furious , the king had three wives is ungrammatical As we have said , these are the adjectival positions of English ( and possibly of any natural human language ) . |
| 11 | She says her love life is a non-starter . |
| 12 | Despite becoming constant companions , she says his marriage proposal still came as a shock . |
| 13 | Posturing while she checks her lip gloss . |
| 14 | While she avoids her neighbours pride |
| 15 | 2.00–2.30pm She takes her lunch break : ‘ Usually a banana sandwich , or I nibble a bit of fruit ’ , she says . |
| 16 | She opens her Gladstone bag , pulls out the folder containing her notes , and settles to work . |
| 17 | wait until she gets her phone bill pay the phone |
| 18 | She tells her life story coldly and bloodlessly , until she talks about her great passion for Michael de Stempel , whom she refers to as ‘ the great love of my life ’ . |
| 19 | You pays yer licence money … |
| 20 | She pays her mother housekeeping money , and her mother still tends to look after her . |
| 21 | She spends her working life in the glamorous world of celebrities and top politicians . |
| 22 | to have her hair done , she brings her boy friend with her and , another neighbour always drops in to have a chat with his wife on a Friday evening , she stops about an hour , then his son brings his girl friend , so he said its like a mad house |
| 23 | The witches are apparently a representation of the triple goddess : one looks old like the crone , another is the mother and the third is supposedly the Virgin because she carries her rag doll around with her . |
| 24 | She knows our family history better than I. ’ |
| 25 | THE delicious Britt Ekland will add some excitement to the Radio 4 serial The Archers when she makes her guest appearance . |
| 26 | The automatic clothes dryer does not save a woman the four or five hours a week she used to spend at the clothes line , if , for instance , she runs her washing machine and dryer every day … |
| 27 | One of them gets his timing wrong . |
| 28 | While the strength of the structure set of goals varies with circumstances during our lifetime , the period when it influences our motivation arousal patterns most powerfully is in childhood . |
| 29 | ‘ And what brings you to Pringle 's ? ’ says the man , as he signs his credit card slip with a flourish . |
| 30 | ‘ So when he signs his consent form he could be signing his own death-warrant . |