Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb -s] we [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Clio reaches us in perfect condition , excepting a few scuffs on the steel wheel trims . |
| 2 | The overall picture presented in his article is a little less clear than it might be , if only because of the multiplicity of interesting observations ( fortunately Bolinger provides us with copious examples ) but it may be summarized as follows : ( a ) Adjectives may qualify either the referent of a noun or its sense without simultaneously applying to the other . |
| 3 | Only , as Lewis tells us in Surprised by Joy , ‘ when we set out I did not believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God , and when we reached the zoo I did . ’ |
| 4 | Major criticises US over global warming stance |
| 5 | Downstairs , in the crypt , Toni Halliday is carefully painting a red dot on her forehead while Curve guitarist Alex regales us with unlikely tales of cockroaches the size of dachshunds in his flat at home after spotting a standard one moving about their dressing room ‘ john ’ and a dead one upturned next to the lockers . |
| 6 | The image is invasive , yet we are compelled to look , for the privilege gaze Mann offers us in hard to deny . |