Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [verb] [pers pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had missed breakfast but the porter brought them coffee and hot rolls in one of the small lounges , then rang for a taxi to take them to Royalbion House . |
| 2 | So what Alastair 's saying is information technology er gives us the opportunity to give you information down er a telephone line . |
| 3 | Each panel would have a chunk of joist at the base to give it weight , and the rest of the studwork would be of timber . |
| 4 | But the memory of Bregawn should not be of a recalcitrant mule goaded into action as the rest of the field leaves him way behind , but of a good Cheltenham Gold Cup winner storming up the hill to head the procession of Dickinson horses which was the most remarkable training feat of modern times . |
| 5 | She gave her answers in a low voice , almost feeling William Ash 's relief as the vicar pronounced them man and wife . |
| 6 | Yet had he decided the reverse it was already clear that the League of Nations lacked the will-power to say him nay . |
| 7 | WHETHER today 's Greeks do better than poor Sisyphus and Tantalus will be decided chiefly by the success or failure of the attempt to stop them being tax-dodgers . |
| 8 | It 's hard to turn the key to lock me door . |
| 9 | The snow gave them proof of what they always feared : the winter-hungry foxes were biding their time , ready to raid any hen-house which remained unfastened at dusk . |
| 10 | I say when the wind blows it sort of a howl in here |
| 11 | The car gives us freedom ; the car clogs up roads . |
| 12 | The North-East gives them room to expand and offers their employees a higher quality of life . |
| 13 | And the photograph matched it sort of said I 'm not the same you know what I mean ? what he said . |
| 14 | Where the charge laid before the magistrate did not constitute the offence over which the statute gave him jurisdiction , affidavit evidence could be introduced . |
| 15 | They were free spirits working for the gods ; the pharaoh gave them food , clothing and shelter . |
| 16 | The girl brought me soup and then my trout , the best and freshest I had ever tasted , though the potatoes that accompanied it were not so good . |
| 17 | The government estimates that at least 10,000 people will be prohibited from political activity — such individuals will also be prevented from speaking or writing on controversial issues unless the council deems it part of their job . |
| 18 | It was a Sunday , and the coach took us south of the border to the dusty town of Tia Juana where the passengers wandered about looking for souvenirs and tequila . |
| 19 | From the age of seven I had always wanted to be a missionary and I well remember my mother returning from a missionary meeting in the village to hear me say that was what I hoped one day to be . |
| 20 | ( Knollys was not a relation , but most of the village called him Uncle out of respect . ) |
| 21 | Sometimes you have to be more patient and allow the universe to bring you joy and abundance in its own way , and in its own time . |
| 22 | Sometimes , when he was writing , she hung around in the conservatory to keep him company . |
| 23 | To have a woman was different , her juices mixed with his and later the recollection gave him zest ; but alone it was cowards ' sport . |
| 24 | Now I feel it is very hurtful when you have a boyfriend and when he finds out he does n't want to know in case the child calls him Daddy . |
| 25 | A group of children were using some workcards designed by the teacher to give them experience of working independently and helping one another over difficulties . |
| 26 | ‘ There 's something I need to say to you , Dad , and I 'll never have the courage to do it face to face . |
| 27 | The koko served us tea as we sat in the middle of the boma after the cattle had gone . |
| 28 | The koko serves us tea respectfully , although she smiles at me complicitly as she hands me my mug . |
| 29 | If the eye tells you wood and the touch tells you plastic then something is wrong somewhere . |
| 30 | We only become a Christian by the radical work of grace in our heart , the bible calls it salvation , conversion , being born again . |