Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb base] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Beer and whisky make your old uncle frisky .
2 Next to him , I saw my mum push her grey hair from her temples .
3 This is a snowflaked Victorian set full of carol singers , the dreadful poor , the idle rich and Mr Caine resolutely refusing to recognise the festivities until the Ghosts of Christmas Past , Present and Future prick his dormant conscience .
4 If the finished product is n't ready when the sales force make their monthly calls , advance cassettes , track details and campaign plans will be presented to the retailers instead .
5 Soviet lock Sergei Sergeyev , one of the finds of the inaugural tournament , gets a helping hand as his side suffer their only reversal in the pool matches , losing 10–8 to Italy .
6 But Kit was n't having some young blood replace his female prizes .
7 Last week the US Defense Department let its massive $2.5 billion AFCAC 300 Super-Mini-Computer contract to PRC Inc as prime contractor .
8 To ensure that everybody 's kept informed of our performance at regular intervals throughout the year we will in future announce our interim results in December , make a statement in February on the Winter sale performance announce final results in early July and give another trading statement at our A G M in September .
9 Only the Opposition adopt their typical stance .
10 Will children of the future enjoy his rhetorical language ?
11 I was glad to hear the hon. Member for Hammersmith in effect repudiate his disgraceful slurs against my hon. Friend .
12 Suggestions on how to help the rock recover its pre-sandblast colour included the use of a cow dung , which should add an unusual olfactory dimension to subsequent ascents .
13 Women are much more isolated , since their culture and religion control their public appearances .
14 I think youll find us fellow Leeds Fans here a nice bunch , although we do have some OLD men ( Kev ) , so if they start on about John Charles … do nt worry .
15 Start a personal exercise programme Try your local sports centre for advice on training and fitness
16 A tiny minority of landowners lived in enormous wealth and comfort , exacting feudal dues and enforced labour from farmers who had in effect become their tied peasants : these landowners still engaged in the grain trade as their families had done for generations , and as if they could think of nothing else to do .
17 If the fuzz follow their normal pattern , then at this very moment someone will be interrupting a tame magistrate snoozing in front of TV News to sign search warrants .
18 A Wrexham Maelor Council spokeswoman said the importance of grant aid in securing the project underlined how crucial it was that the borough retain its assisted-area status , now under review by the Government .
19 Applicants should indicate in section 3A(f) of their UCCA form their preferred language option .
20 In this process , battles did little to help either side achieve its military aim , and were not to be an important part of the strategies pursued by the two main protagonists in the Hundred Years War .
21 The long and the short and the tall da da da da da da da da da da da da da When Mark was just a little girl , he asked his mummy Bless your beautiful hide wherever you may be .
22 A Spanish driver let his fiery temper get the better of him when he was stopped by police .
23 Sharks of modern type replace their worn teeth with new ones by a sort of conveyor belt system .
24 How naïve of her to let Roman de Sciorto 's powerful charm override her normal caution !
25 REGULARS at a country pub hold their annual SLUG show this weekend .
26 In two-thirds of such patients , white blood cells known as T-Lymphocytes that are produced by the marrow attack their fresh surroundings .
27 " The European Council expresse[d] its deep satisfaction at developments in central and eastern Europe since the Strasbourg European Council " in December and " warmly welcome[d] German unification " .
28 The group is held together by Jennie ( played by Justine Bateman ) , whose brains and determination control their volatile friendships and music .
29 It may be that deletion of the remaining wild type p53 allele is also required before mutant p53 and K-rase exert their cooperative effect .
30 She crept quietly down to find out what was happening and heard her 5-year-old girl tell her 3-year-old brother to open the fridge and get out some chocolate .
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