Example sentences of "[coord] [prep] [pers pn] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 We all limp , more or less , was the antihero 's way of putting it , and for him all consciousness was a disease .
2 However , an equal number of players are working in situations were an ability to adapt to different musical landscapes enhances their earning power considerably , and for them this type of rig is a Godsend .
3 On the whole , the new families seem to be quite affectionate units and through them some elements of the moral tradition are being handed on .
4 On the other side of the argument it is inconceivable that the ancestor of the people of God , and through him that nation itself , should receive their name from a local demon of an insignificant wadi .
5 And through it all man 's ( and woman 's ) search for a truly great beer went on .
6 Sulien Blount , on a piebald gelding , leading a brown cob on a rein , saddled ready for riding , and after him two grooms in attendance .
7 In any event , unlike the autumn of 1557 , the time was now certainly ripe for the peculiar inspiration of John Knox , the man who , in the words of the English diplomat Randolph , ‘ is able in one hour to put more life into us than five hundred trumpets continually blustering in our ears ’ , and who would later be described by the same diplomat in 1561 , a week after Mary 's return to Scotland , as the preacher who ‘ thundereth out of the pulpit … he ruleth the roast , and of him all men stand in fear ’ .
8 The French duties on wheat , for example , rose steadily from 1881 to 1897 and behind them French agriculture improved its methods and cultivated new products as specialities for urban and foreign markets .
9 Here the view down the Urner See , with its many cliff faces and behind them serried mountain peaks , some with perpetual snows and ice , is most dramatic .
10 Beyond the door was a slight recess blocked by a thick metal iron grille , and behind it four pairs of cruel red eyes gleamed in the darkness .
11 And behind it another voice , ‘ Ora pro nobis … ’
12 Over the marble mantelpiece was a huge oval gold mirror , with an eagle adorning it , and beneath it two gilt and delicate sprays of candle brackets .
13 Whereas Provincial can unflinchingly take what will be a brief reversal in its planned , steady reduction of the expense ratio this year as it assimilates the Prudential 's commercial business and the long-term benefits of having a direct sales force for the first time , 190,000 policies to add to its existing 800,000 , and with them premium income of £70m .
14 Nicotiana do not bloom in December but I smelled them , and with them another smell , a cigar , but James had not smoked cigars nor was there anyone near who did .
15 And with them another shadow , smaller hunched , desperate .
16 But I could make no sort of impression upon him … when I visited him a second time , the fear of death was gone , and with it all solicitude about religion . ’
17 It was not only the blow of failing to win power , and with it all hopes of a Scottish parliament , but also the fact that Labour lost votes and a seat in Scotland — facts which are conveniently forgotten when home-rulers and guardians of the party 's traditional totems blame failure in the south for Labour 's lack of achievement in the north .
18 This sort of black consciousness — and with it black textbooks , black English and black studies — has barely raised its head in Britain .
19 Here , take this purse , and with it ev'ry Wish ;
20 We are able to give them the independence they so badly need , and with it self respect and dignity .
21 There is great dryness and with it great thirst for cold water .
22 As part of this a rather different kind of social survey emerged and with it new kinds of data .
23 The " sartorial " version of religion is smuggled in unawares , and with it radical doubt as to the truth of any religion .
24 At this stage we should look briefly at the third and final possibility , and with it some cases we shall not be discussing in this book .
25 But jazz vocalism — and with it this kind of tension — has been a strong influence on popular singing , from Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra down to many recent performers .
26 They made love as though tomorrow was fast approaching , and with it imminent departure .
27 The one undoubted gain has been improved health , and with it longer life itself .
28 What we are in all our shapes and sizes has been fashioned and contoured through both inheritance and experience — the comprehensive impact upon us of our parents , childhood and upbringing , and with it those joys , dramas and significant experiences which contribute to what is sometimes called our adult self .
29 Economic growth is slowing — from 5.6% in 1990 probably to less than half that in 1991 — and with it corporate profits .
30 This danger , and with it speculative pressures , mounts each time doubts arise that the Maastricht treaty will be ratified .
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