Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] [pron] [noun] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The client had wanted either custody or to see his child every day . |
| 2 | But those , those Environmental Health Officers who go into committee , and we know very well that you have to put your argument in a particular way or put your point a particular way , in which you want to convince people . |
| 3 | It lifted its shoulders slightly , or dropped its head a little , as though frightened of being struck if its supposition was wrong . |
| 4 | His hands sometimes stopped shaking long enough for him to light a fag or give his teeth the once-over with Pepsodent , but that was every other Scumday in a month with a zed in it . |
| 5 | Despite his phenomenal energy the sheer size of his dominions inevitably meant that it could be months or even years before he was free to deal with a distant crisis or give his officials the support they needed against a major local potentate . |
| 6 | ‘ I would n't demean myself or give your ego the satisfaction ! ’ |
| 7 | From 12 October 1810 to St Patrick 's Day 1811 he either hunted or exercised his hounds every day , Sundays included . |
| 8 | In burgh politics the habit of taking quarrels to law made the ability to suspend a legal process or to threaten its resumption a regular tool of the Administration 's local managers . |
| 9 | On two days , since the sun had abandoned the East , we fled to the West Coast ( Scotland is very narrow just there ) where is shone magnificently , & gave our egos a boost by some moderated , strenuous hill-climbing . |
| 10 | ‘ . But she herself neither acknowledges this , nor explores what problems a religion of which this is true holds for women . |
| 11 | The latter covered a case where a tribunal is entitled to enter upon the inquiry but in the course of its investigation it does something which takes it outside of its powers and renders its decision a nullity . |
| 12 | — One explanation is that when visitors to West Africa pointed at the land around them and asked its name the local people though they were indicating a group of nearby women . |
| 13 | He would just smile and dip his head a little , and she would have to wait until the very end to be reunited with him . |
| 14 | ‘ We try and make our gigs a laid back , enjoyable affair , ’ Mike told us . |
| 15 | And satisfied that this sacrifice would satisfy the spirits and make his kiln the best one ever , Dai Huang slept peacefully in the fine house beside the kiln . |
| 16 | Stirling has already established an undoubted reputation for innovative teaching and offers its students an excellent learning environment . |
| 17 | These measures make Britain an employment dumping ground , a country that pays its workers low wages and offers its workers no protection . |
| 18 | The North-East gives them room to expand and offers their employees a higher quality of life . |
| 19 | Sloosh twice a day after brushing to get to all the areas your toothbrush ca n't reach and make your mouth a fresh , clean , plaque-free zone . |
| 20 | Hanson was fended off , and sold his stake a year later , but the episode had unleashed shock waves . |
| 21 | After the weekend , the Unionist Whips decided that they had taken things far enough , having wasted an entire week of parliamentary time and given their supporters a sign of the vigour with which the fight was being waged . |
| 22 | My child you used and pierced my heart a hundred times and deep . ’ |
| 23 | She wrote a family biography , So Laugh a Little ( 1962 ) , and co-wrote her autobiography The Sound of Laughter ( 1979 ) . |
| 24 | Battling Nottingham turned the table upside down with a priceless 18–9 win against Northampton that could keep them in division one and deny their visitors the championship . |
| 25 | Somerset CCC made its peace and admitted its mistake a long time ago . |
| 26 | Boyd borrowed his parents ' car , brought Johnson up to the family home in New Jersey , and charged his friends a dollar each to attend the impromptu concert . |
| 27 | I went home and visited my GP the next day , and he gave me calamine lotion . |
| 28 | A Banker 's Order would help us enormously and if you are able to fill in the form enclosed and send us £5 a month we will send you a FREE copy of our monthly magazine ‘ Sanity ’ . |
| 29 | In the second half of 1934 and in 1935 the movement all but collapsed as a national force , and to revive its fortunes the fascist political programme was de-emphasized and instead more attention was paid to fomenting local and regional grievances in populist campaigns . |
| 30 | Culley waited for the spasm to pass , and loosened his hold a fraction . |