Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [vb past] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | M. I gave you that book to read because I thought you would feel identified with him . |
| 2 | The day I went up to university I left you all , country gentry all … country where my father was stifling . |
| 3 | I made a lot of mistakes as any young person does , but I never made the mistake of thinking I knew it all as far as the Africans were concerned . " |
| 4 | When the Maggot became too boring about football I told him cricketing stories until he shut up . |
| 5 | Rusty Conway becomes one of Serena 's patients because he has had a spell of extreme absent-mindedness which made him incapable of carrying out his work . |
| 6 | Her mother Mary Butler , seen here before a serious stroke which left her unable to swallow , now needs a tube and pump system to get food directly into her stomach . |
| 7 | Cale became famous for violent demonstrations on stage ; there were plenty of screams , stage props , a green surgeon 's outfit , the odd tooth-spitting , the beheaded ( but long dead ) chicken episode which lost him half his band , the time he wore the Cambridge Rapist 's mask … |
| 8 | ‘ I keep telling my daughter that it was probably the cost of her wedding which brought it all on . ’ |
| 9 | She shot him a glance which made him sorry for asking . |
| 10 | He filled six key posts ( all of which were election-related ) , including that of Prime Minister , with non-party figures , an action which earned him warm acclaim from the main opposition parties both of which pledged full support for the new administration and ended their boycott of the National Assembly . |
| 11 | In addition , my Grandfather , for twenty-odd years prior to his death , at the age of seventy two in 1907 , suffered from a chest condition which incapacitated him each winter . |
| 12 | Hugh had been with NLS for some nine years but unfortunately developed a heart condition which left him unable to drive at work . |
| 13 | While she changed , she could hear the others laughing and singing and when she emerged from the changing-room she found them all in the foyer waiting for her to emerge . |
| 14 | ‘ The agent who arranged it all , ’ he continued , ‘ was he perhaps a lawyer , name of Jaggers ? ’ |
| 15 | You 'll find enclosed the original photograph you brought me some time ago — the one I took the enlargement from . |
| 16 | I saw the bits coming off her fag She said you stupid bastard well he was like this were n't he ? |
| 17 | Gorman was singled out as the culprit who started it all and was promptly dispatched to the changing rooms . |
| 18 | They seemed to be doing fine , but just to be on the safe side we gave them another four days to adapt . |
| 19 | As a result they offered him small parts in the next two films in which Ken would star . |
| 20 | In spite of our obtrusive entry he made us welcome , inviting us in and lighting a fire . |
| 21 | But in spite of her enthusiasm , she never tumbled to the silent response which greeted her each time she told the story . |
| 22 | Murphy and Taggart led for much of the way but missed out a loop section of the route which cost them 30 marks and they dropped back . |
| 23 | True , he was an All-State footballer which gave him some excitement and fun ; but he always stayed in Neptune with Lorraine and with Mud . |
| 24 | However , I am prepared to confirm that in my evidence to the Select Committee I made it clear that the regional electricity companies were obliged to purchase the most economic electricity on the market . |
| 25 | Held , allowing the appeal , ( 1 ) that , although the definition of ‘ family proceedings ’ in section 8 of the Children Act 1989 did not specifically refer to the provisions in Part III of the Act , the section was to be read with section 92(2) of the Act which made it clear that all applications to the justices under the Act were family proceedings ; that , accordingly , the application to the justices for a secure accommodation order under section 25 in Part III of the Act were family proceedings ; and that , therefore , the statements of evidence and the psychiatrist 's report should have been admitted in evidence in accordance with the provisions of the Children ( Admissibility of Hearsay Evidence ) Order 1991 ( post , pp. 91E–G , H — 92A ) . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'm sure my husband wo n't mind me saying that it was not his wealth which made us all respect him — although I 've heard my husband say many a time that the wealth of Mr D'Arcy of Moss Side by Manchester was of an enormity to make the sultans and pashas of the East take note — but it was not for that , not at all , that we , all of us who knew of him … ’ |
| 27 | Mr Cross walked to the signal box at Girvan and waited until the train was belled off Kilkerran which gave him sufficient time to drive to Pinmore . |
| 28 | Lucier had taken himself up to the gallery of the chapel — a climb which cost him all the strength that was left him . |
| 29 | We all had our recollections of our own special moments , but the abiding memory is of the blessed peach and tranquillity of the Shrine and the almost tangible bond of companionship and caring , love and laughter which bound us all together . |
| 30 | They ate nothing themselves , but watched me eat with a sort of respectful deference which made me uneasy , it being , I felt , inappropriate and therefore dangerous . |