Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [verb] [pers pn] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Thursday a jury found the youth guilty of wounding Mr Lay , 19 , of Anderson Walk , Bury , with intent to cause him grievous bodily harm . |
| 2 | Because the total numbers of animals on islands tend to be small , large predators in general find it impossible to exist at all — except , of course , for creatures such as seals and sealions , which feed at sea and come ashore only to breed or bask . |
| 3 | Working class people in general find it hard to go to court , and the people in West Belfast have no faith in the legal system anyway . |
| 4 | Indeed , each man refused it with some indignation ; Kissinger in particular thought it outrageous that such an old friend and ally as the Shah should not be allowed into the States . |
| 5 | Many old people in particular find it impossible to retire for the night without washing up and leaving everything tidy . |
| 6 | She cut the hair close to the nape of the neck , leaving it long on top to keep it soft and then graduated at the back to create a heavy wedge . |
| 7 | The aircraft immediately flew them to Bronglais Hospital , Aberystwyth , where a medical team had been put on stand-by to give them medical checks . |