Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pron] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All of us probably envy the ability of Imelda , Ivana , Diana and co to indulge themselves with a glorious shopping spree whenever the desire grips them . |
| 2 | Keller 's Zurich upbringing made him into a skiier and sculler , and he raced for the Grasshopper club . |
| 3 | It ends : ‘ Will the tight budget bring us to a grinding halt ? |
| 4 | A branch whipped him in the face . |
| 5 | This uncertainty might , on the one hand , encourage social commentators in the attitude expressed by a writer in The Economist in 1848 : ‘ In our condition suffering and evil are nature 's admonitions ; they can not be got rid of ; and the impatient attempts of benevolence to banish them from the world by legislation , before benevolence has learnt their object and their end , have always been productive of more evil than good . ’ |
| 6 | He was too deeply into the part to see anything outside the stage . |
| 7 | a Services Division to support them for a transitional period |
| 8 | However , the prior hypothesis led us to the finding in the rural high oil worker category ( table II , both for all ages and the 0–4 age group . |
| 9 | This decision represents something of a final throw . |
| 10 | There is little evidence that peasant faith declined , but the authority of village priests was progressively undermined : in terms of culture and way of life they differed too little from the ordinary villagers to inspire much respect , and the miserly provision made them by the State resulted in constant friction over money matters between priest and parishioner . |
| 11 | She could lie in bed at night and in imagination move confidently around the cottage touching them in a happy exploration of shared memories and reassurance . |
| 12 | During the two shorts months that it took to draft the White Paper , opposition could be quelled , using the new powers and wholehearted support given him by the Prime Minister . |
| 13 | The head of national television , Elemer Hankiss , initiated legal action in December to reverse Antall 's Dec. 9 decision to suspend him pending an investigation of charges of financial misconduct . |
| 14 | All I can remember is having a pickled onion and my sister stabbed it with a fork and the middle shot across the room . |
| 15 | It may take several releases and many months before the company starts to see a return on its investments , so it is essential for an indie to have a relatively solid financial base to see it through the difficult early stages and to sustain the levels of promotion until an act on the label breaks . |
| 16 | She said she did not want any birthday presents unless they could be enjoyed by everyone , so her friends spent £500 on young trees and got permission to plant them around the town . |
| 17 | Strange said : " Athletes who are in the public eye have a responsibility to conduct themselves in a manner which can set a positive example . |
| 18 | The Tisseran itself is now in the Bate Collection ( illus.4 ) : its painted and gilded case reminding us of the harpsichord the princess is playing in The music party . |
| 19 | Your heart fits me like a glove . |
| 20 | He more than filled the gap left by Alex ; his presence animated her with a mysterious excitement . |
| 21 | In the first place , becoming a housewife impresses them by the very openness of the role [ ? ] and by the freedom they now have from constraining supervision … |
| 22 | The 28-year-old cab driver attacked her in a clearing after she went to join Queen 's Club in west London , Mark Dennis , prosecuting , told the Old Bailey . |
| 23 | His talents , his wealth , and the changing times raised him to the court of assistants of the Levant Company from 1644 to 1648 , and in 1645 Parliament appointed him to the Goldsmiths ' Hall committee , through which Royalists redeemed their sequestrated estates by paying compositions . |
| 24 | A twenty-five-foot wave flung itself at the canoe from an unexpected angle and before the crew could turn to absorb the blow , the Hokule'a rose up the face of the wave at forty-five degrees , and was capsized as it flew off the peak . |
| 25 | The Minotaur was finally slain by Theseus , who found his way out of the labyrinth by trailing a skein of thread given him by the king 's daughter , ARIADNE . |
| 26 | She confessed that the bitter jibes and over-exposure led her to the precipice . |
| 27 | Filaret owed his eminence less to his holy office than to his son 's willingness to treat him as a co-ruler . |
| 28 | Whether you decide on a honeymoon at home or you 're planning a trip abroad it 's a wonderful excuse to treat yourself to a couple of new outfits for the beach and it 's essential to look after yourself and protect against the sun 's more harmful rays . |
| 29 | At noon , the exhausted Pack gathered together and Brown Owl led them to a shady area . |
| 30 | Mrs A. W. wrote : ‘ I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for the time and effort you have put into compiling this diet which has made a bigger difference to my weight and dimensions than any other diet I have been on … . ‘ |