Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | In Norway , for instance , it is illegal for a barman to serve you a fresh drink until after you have finished the previous one . |
| 32 | As the dreamsun showed us the insubstantial outlines of the City down in the valley , we faded to white . |
| 33 | The club paid him the princely sum of £8 , a fee that has not risen much over the years according to some of Celtic 's more dour stars . |
| 34 | Naturally we have had a number of people who have not renewed this year , and I am enclosing a list of those to all Teachers who are involved — please , if these people do return to your class this term give them a gentle reminder . |
| 35 | The woman has turned down the offer of a caravan , and an attempt to buy her a seventy thousand pound house has been stopped by a public outcry . |
| 36 | The barman hands her a second drink , a Tennents . |
| 37 | Before re-assembling the valve give it a good clean and smear petroleum jelly on the piston and on the threads of the cap holding the washer , so that if necessary it can be undone more easily in the future . |
| 38 | We started many years ago by believing that innovation and uniqueness would provide the revenue to give us a good return , and for a time it did . |
| 39 | This is magical , and gives the rider of any horse wearing it a +20 bonus to all Ride tests . |
| 40 | He wore a flat , battered cap on his head , pushed to one side to give him a jaunty air . |
| 41 | ‘ Bearing in mind that it will be Ian McGeechan 's last game as Scotland coach , it 's a perfect setting for Gavin and his side to give him a fitting send-off , ’ said Best , who will be taking a video of the Murrayfield game back with him and will spend this week poring over it , looking at both the performances of Scotland and potential Lions . |
| 42 | There was a full social programme to give them a good impression of Scotland and its people . |
| 43 | No , saw her on Friday and said force fed her a hot cross bun |
| 44 | The Chancellor of the Exchequer , Kenneth Clarke tells the programme how she once asked : ‘ Why do I have to do everything in this Government ? ’ and no-one had the nerve to give her the obvious answer — she did n't have to do everything . |
| 45 | The straps had been painted in Renaissance fold mixed with cadmium red light to give it a warmer , redder appearance . |
| 46 | There may well have been something lacking in the lives of the millions but that need had to be catered for and the catering was done by the ingenious and indefatigable army of commercial opportunists whose energy and boldness tell us an enormous amount about that age . |
| 47 | Much of the work evaluated in this chapter takes us a long way towards identifying mechanisms for triggering the need for investment , screening the proposals and defining them . |
| 48 | I will give you a quick tour from the air , ’ he added just as she opened her mouth to give him a caustic reply . |
| 49 | Riled by the peremptory note of command in his voice , Rory opened her mouth to give him a scathing reply , but just in time caught the sideways glance slid her way by Candy and bit her tongue . |
| 50 | She opened her mouth to give him a blistering answer , then closed it abruptly . |
| 51 | A finish applied to the fabric to give it a watermarked appearance . |
| 52 | Mummy get it a big , big |
| 53 | He is on course to secure a clear majority among the union block votes in Labour 's electoral college to give him a clear advantage in the battle to succeed Mr Kinnock . |
| 54 | WILL AN INDEPENDENT FINANCIAL ADVISER FIND YOU THE BEST MORTGAGE DEAL ? |
| 55 | The Brazilian agent saw me the next morning . |
| 56 | Bracing the right side gives you the only opportunity to use the left side to start the forward swing smoothly and efficiently . |
| 57 | She was n't sure if she groaned out loud , but the middle-aged lady in the opposite seat gave her a worried glance before ducking quickly back into her magazine . |
| 58 | As usual , the sound of the shooting gave you no clear picture of what was happening ; the bursts , however heavy , and the ragged , irregular intervals between them were quite meaningless . |
| 59 | Thirdly , the Act clearly adopts as the test of danger either ‘ the greater risk of harm ’ or ‘ the risk of greater harm ’ : an elephant may not in fact be very likely to get out of control and do damage , but if it does so , its bulk gives it a great capacity for harm . |
| 60 | Dot gave her the violet-patterned hanky that used to belong to Henrietta Forbes-Read to wipe her eyes . |