Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [vb -s] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not all Thom 's conclusions are fully accepted , but to understand them properly requires a knowledge of mathematics , statistics , surveying , astronomy , and archaeology — not a common combination . |
| 2 | The tale that tickled me most concerns a trip to England — a country which Rollins caricatures as a pissing-with-rain hell hole populated entirely by spotty Morrissey-worshipping wimps who eat nothing but fish and potatoes smeared with grease . |
| 3 | Organizations are arenas within which some things will tend to hang together and be adopted by power-players as a bundle , while other forms of combination may be far less likely to occur as a coherent package , perhaps because they are less coherent or because the alliance which could make them so lacks a position in the field of power to be able to constitute the necessity of its choices . |
| 4 | I just wants the organ |
| 5 | I know , I know , 1 hear you say , this precious Boy of yours surely has no imagination if he is content with the first place he finds and the very first crowd of men that he runs across . |
| 6 | SHE RARELY ANSWERS A SERVICE CALL . |
| 7 | It is her responsibility to feed the chicks and keep them warm — she rarely leaves the nest when she has tiny offspring . |
| 8 | However , when Duncan arrives at Macbeth 's castle , she remarkably employs the nature of the perfect hostess . |
| 9 | Having tried ‘ rain ’ ( because a noun is called for ) she presumably sees the terminal ‘ s ’ and substitutes ‘ runs ’ ; and is then forced ( again by syntactical constraints ) to misread ‘ of as ‘ to ’ . |
| 10 | She basically lays the blame for the low status retailing enjoys today at the door of the education system . |
| 11 | So well she obviously needs a fag and a cup of tea before she |
| 12 | The key point about her is that although she obviously needs the state and its resources , she does not need these in the oppressive , bureaucratic and regulatory forms in which they come . |
| 13 | She only saves a matter of fifteen P and gets it all back on the petrol |
| 14 | she only has a biscuit , sometimes she 'll bring scones or cake or , if she 'd been baking |
| 15 | Indeed she only has a place in the religion in relation to him . |
| 16 | ‘ Does that mean she only has a birthday every fourth year ? ’ |
| 17 | She only wants a home . ’ |
| 18 | Because she alone has the capacity to give birth to and nurse children , her primary function is seen as one of mother and homemaker … it is clear that working occupies a more important place in the lives of men than women . |
| 19 | She constantly requires a candle , symbolising light and truth , beside her . |
| 20 | It is noteworthy that Ælfgifu is not called queen , but that she nevertheless occupies a position next to Emma and before the archbishop of Canterbury . |
| 21 | The addition of colour , and specifically the facility to produce separations , is of substantial benefit to the professional graphic artist but , unless he or she already possesses a colour Macintosh II , is likely to be of little real benefit to the average user other than as a ‘ feature ’ to show off . |
| 22 | You have two wives to keep , the one you are living with here , who is really your mistress , and I believe rather expensive , particularly as she already has a daughter , and your wife proper who will not divorce you and is living in the Argentine with your two children , a boy and a girl . |
| 23 | Finally , evidence is accumulating that a person 's emotional environment influences his or her likelihood of suffering an acute psychotic episode if he or she already has a history of schizophrenic disorder . |
| 24 | The spokesman added : ‘ She already has a programme of engagements . ’ |
| 25 | In business only four years she already has a turnover of half a million pounds and supplys one outfit a year to the young princes William and Harry . |
| 26 | She was thanked , but she already has the gratitude of scores of patients . |
| 27 | Although only halfway through her first effort ( based , oh dear , on a dream ) she already has an agent and has made the shortlist of a first-time fiction writers ' competition , the Ian St James Awards , for a story drawn from the book . |
| 28 | She already holds a commendation for her part in rescuing a rottweiler dog . |
| 29 | Well we 're not the best of friends , she just takes the piss . |
| 30 | If you have an entertainer , this is not likely to happen , unless you explain that you do not mind if he or she just lets the party run on its own for a while . |