Example sentences of "[prep] [pers pn] [adv] [vb base] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although there has been a great song and dance about his supposedly suspect temperament this season , I ca n't fault it . |
| 2 | Even in obeying ‘ Be aware ’ , the objects which with arousal of awareness draw me towards them also enhance awareness of themselves , the objects which repel also numb awareness of themselves . |
| 3 | Fruit squashes and many of the more popular carbonated drinks are not only high in caffeine but a large number of them also contain colouring and artificial preservatives ; so too many or these will produce the same effect as an overdose of tea or coffee . |
| 4 | Consider the other questions in this section and note how many of them also build tension . |
| 5 | of them also have income from occupational pensions . |
| 6 | If I turn my back , then some of them immediately start break-dancing round the room ! |
| 7 | ‘ They have issued personal protection weapons to construction workers , yet most of them only face danger for the short-term duration of their contracts , ’ he said . |
| 8 | All of them endlessly finish spaghetti . |
| 9 | The Deputy Under Secretary had no one but himself to blame for the irritation that his starched collar created just below the line of his neatly cut hair . |
| 10 | When the Stilton was produced , Gerald undid another button of his exquisitely cut tweed waistcoat and patted his paunch beneficently . |
| 11 | Van Gelder said : ‘ Any of you here speak English ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Geezers like you usually have form , or has Plummer been recruiting up-market ? ’ |
| 13 | For all the centuries of recorded time it has existed as an art in which style and fashion were set by the taste of an aristocracy ; bourgeois jewellery , peasant jewellery in less precious materials such as we now call costume jewellery , all imitated court fashion … |
| 14 | ‘ Well — um — the students who live with me sometimes ask advice , too . ’ |
| 15 | Michael Grimmitt in his widely read book , What can I do in RE ? |
| 16 | ‘ Sure as eggs is eggs , ’ she answered in her unashamedly yokel voice . |
| 17 | Index of model letters useful as a prop and exercises based on them also encourage creativity in letter writing . |
| 18 | We 'd slowly creep up on them then shout abuse and kick sand all over them . |
| 19 | in , mm , and sometimes I 'd give it to you just loose sort of thing |
| 20 | It gives me some satisfaction that those who laughed at me and poked fun at me now have evidence in front of their very eyes . |
| 21 | Even today many CD players sound flat , thin and scratchy : they throw detail at you yet lack homogeneity and focus . |