Example sentences of "[pers pn] and [vb -s] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the point is all the old grudges churn round in her mind , and she looks at me and fancies all sorts of things . |
| 2 | It 's an interesting story to me and raises personal issues as well . |
| 3 | The algorithm begins with a few small clusters , and it enlarges them and creates new clusters as it is presented with more data . |
| 4 | It seems to me , if a literary critic may be allowed a comment on these linguistic matters , that the function of the first- and second-person pronouns is rather to relate two people , to set up a plane of relationship which includes them and excludes all others . |
| 5 | Aunt Tinty , an amiable half-wit , keeps house for him and sings sentimental songs in the gloaming ; her daughter , Margaret , is a heavily pregnant , rather mannish woman doctor whose husband is far away ; her son , Tom , is an eternal and drunken medical student , engaged in a squalid affair with the woman at the village pub . |
| 6 | If another living shaman eats a portion of shaman mushroom then it dissolves inside him and releases vast amounts of magic energy . |
| 7 | Pip falls instantly in love with her and remains this way for quite some time . |
| 8 | Not content with this , a successful male inserts a chemical plug in the female which prevents other males mating with her and causes any male which sniffs it to become impotent for days . |
| 9 | Keep the sail still , balance using hips and knees When the sail is sheeted or moved to retain balance , it spoils the airflow around it and wastes valuable power . |
| 10 | It generally uses English words , but has a Celtic feel to it and reminds British churches of an important element in their tradition . |
| 11 | It is in no sense a rival body to the National Institute for the Deaf but works in active co-operation with it and has direct representation there on . |
| 12 | The Department of Trade and Industry gave three years of core programme funding to it and makes annual grants to the NDC and other regional development agencies to undertake our important and beneficial inward investment promotional work . |
| 13 | We are in danger of forgetting that it is God we are talking about : the God who created us , the God who sustains us and has sovereign rights over us . |