Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [adj] [noun sg] [pers pn] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 I think having a car you do make more unnecessary journeys — when you 're on a bike or public transport you really have to plan well ahead .
2 Children often bring a new toy or special gift they have received to show their teacher and friends , and this may become the basis for a collection , as may something as simple as a pretty sweet wrapper or even an old shoe .
3 Two to three hours after oral or intravenous administration it is often present in tissues and body fluids at concentrations several times higher than in serum .
4 But her acknowledgement of her feelings for him was still new , and even while wanting to be with him she felt nervous , terrified that by some small look or too-ready smile she might give away her feelings — that she did n't want to say that goodbye — and that to do so would break her heart .
5 In pantomime or musical comedy they might also be required to appear in production numbers with the rest of the company but true chorus dancers were always kept in the background .
6 In a van , estate car or large hatchback it 's okay , but it 's too big to get into even a large saloon without a lot of hassle .
7 When planted through beds of hybrid tea or floribunda rosea they add interest before the roses come into flower .
8 well you wan na do it sooner rather than later you do n't want to leave it , you wan na do it sort of , now , so that if you go to college or any thing you can start off with that name
9 Hitler 's instruction to curb anti-Polish activity meant that what they could not accomplish by open violence or legalistic chicanery they would have to accomplish by stealth and skulduggery .
10 If your car is stolen or damaged as a result of theft or attempted theft you will have to pay the first £100 of the cost .
11 It helps you understand other people 's tasks , avoid problems and keep in mind that crucial overview I spoke of earlier .
12 On that first brief visit I made up my mind that one day I would return there .
13 Bearing in mind that this year we got a lot more , I mean , we we got all those crackers and blowers from the hotel .
14 So crawling along a girder that was swaying gently under the dome of a gigantic space station induced a level of fear that Ace thought she could handle .
15 Tonight she had said nothing , so Frankie almost believed himself safe , yet he lived with the constant fear that one night she would make a horrible mistake and he would walk to his death in the inky shadows upstairs .
16 We did n't mix — the Forces and the students — as we really had nothing in common , but it was a reassurance to see them going about their daily business , as an indication that one day we would all be able to revert to peacetime pursuits .
17 Mrs Whitehouse herself has never sought to deny the intellectual and theological debt she owes to the Oxford Group and the MRA , but has been quick to silence those critics who have suggested the existence of more formal links between the NVALA and MRA .
18 The men of the Somerset Levels paid a tithe called ‘ moor-penny ’ ; their cattle suffered from a disease called ‘ moor-evil ’ ; and in every pond and damp corner you will still see the jerking movements of the moorhen .
19 In these days of double-glazing and central heating it quite quickly exceeds safety levels , especially on the ground floor where it can be trapped beneath the floor boards .
20 This was to be the sixth show organised by the Priestfields & Ormesby Knitting Club and this year they were hoping to use the proceeds to boost club funds as well as make a donation to Kirkleatham Special School in Redcar .
21 The irony and cool eye she brought to the circus was sometimes lost in the Sturm und Drang generated by her partner 's effortless flair for publicity .
22 Grant that they may always be confident of your presence with them and of their oneness with the whole family of Your church ; and grant that with one mind and one voice we may all worship You , O Christ , who with the Father and the Holy Spirit , reigns for evermore .
23 That break and special tie it at the back of there ?
24 De Niro is always worth watching and here the mixture of confusion and hurt pride he brings to his character 's plight is very convincing .
25 She kept getting bones in her mouth and each time she took one out O'Hara appeared to be looking in her direction .
26 Each morning before I leave for work , I bid a cordial ( ? ) farewell to the one perched on my roof and each night I count my fish to see if he 's penetrated the net I hurriedly stretched over the pool .
27 Will you help us provide the basic hygiene and nutritional teaching they so desperately need ?
28 But towards dawn the fever broke , and after a breakfast of tea and warm bread I felt better .
29 Choosing the right diet is the key , and to make it easy for you we have devised a three-part series , Slim Plan ( page 81 ) , backed by all the knowledge , research and thorough testing you have come to expect from the Good Housekeeping Institute .
30 But it is by no means difficult if one has a procedure for social research and this procedure we shall now consider by working from an empirical approach to enquiry .
  Next page