Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [noun sg] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't mean to become so intense about it — I had realised my mistake the previous time — but I needed to keep from pining and working a sixteen-hour day seemed to be the only way I could manage it . |
| 2 | ( I have just given my chaplain a good rap across the knuckles ; that will teach him to make remarks like , ‘ And Master Daunbey had good knowledge of fools , having you as a servant . ’ ) |
| 3 | It has given my mother a complete raison d'être , since she was n't of the generation that had careers or outside interests to involve themselves in . |
| 4 | It looked as though Spurs had regained their self-respect a few seconds later when the England striker appeared to net a Samways cross , but in fact Tranmere 's full-back Higgins had put the ball past his goalkeeper . |
| 5 | The deep voice behind her made her jump and , turning quickly , she met the smiling face of the man who had attracted her attention a short while back . |
| 6 | Anyway , he has since wished his father a Happy New Year , |
| 7 | He was gazing at her with an infuriating world-weariness suggesting he 'd heard her argument a hundred times before . |
| 8 | But it was only as a last resort in 1120 that the community committed itself to , and based its case upon , the expedient of introducing into existing documents the necessary phrases , which — if they had been there in the days of Lanfranc or Anselm — would have given their case a firm basis in papal documents . |
| 9 | Now the Whites of South Africa have given their President an overwhelming referendum mandate to reform , we asked the people of Darlington for their opinions . |
| 10 | The fresh air and exercise had given her skin a radiant bloom that did n't need enhancement . |
| 11 | ‘ It has n't done my reputation a whole lot of good either , ’ Polly blazed at him . |
| 12 | That they have lent their party a distinct moral glow as a result may be greeted cynically by some . |
| 13 | The sharpness of her observations on numerous aspects of contemporary life has made her journal a prime source for social and economic historians , ranking with that of Daniel Defoe [ q.v . ] . |
| 14 | We know that this is only a small proportion of the people who are unemployed in this area but we hope we have made their Christmas a little bit more enjoyable . |
| 15 | I want , on your behalf , to send a clear message to-day to Government and to Employers — the gains that working people have made for themselves and their families — gains that have made their world a fairer place — are not for taking back and will not be given back ’ . |
| 16 | When he had written his autobiography a few years earlier , he had started it with the verse : — |
| 17 | ‘ Sometimes you come in and feel optimistic because you have done your work the previous night and the morning 's work reminds you of how little progress you have made . |
| 18 | ‘ Although the studying is at times hard going , it is also very enjoyable and well worth all the effort and has helped me produce a higher standard of work for the Company . ’ |
| 19 | Even after I 'd told my wife the good news I could n't hide my depression . |
| 20 | But then there was also the ingenue , a young girl with all the sparkle of a Guy Fawkes night fireworks display , who appeared in one scene in a straw boater and what looked very like a parson 's dog collar and had everyone in the audience drooling — just as they had on Broadway where in New Faces she had had her break a few months before . |
| 21 | No we no she 'd got out the pool you see , she was I did n't recognize her , she said oh it looks like all the family 's here and I was only talking to Evelyn and , and I kept trying to place her and it was only when she said oh Rebecca was born a month after cos she 's died her hair a different colour , I did n't , just did n't recognize her at all . |
| 22 | The year Lydia had bought her cottage a young person had died and Lydia had been lost for words , as people are in the face of tragedy . |
| 23 | Yeah but he 's got his self a bad name now is n't he ? |
| 24 | Have you got your paper an that . |
| 25 | He 'd got your number the first time we met . |
| 26 | One thing , one thing about it , it 's crossed my mind a long time ago is er the idea of erm in the half hour or whatever twenty minutes before a concert , doing er concert programme notes |
| 27 | Tallis called , and as if it had understood its name the Green Jack stopped a moment , stared sadly at the woman with the horse . |
| 28 | In the end it was overtaken by the advent of the ‘ New Draperies ’ , but the downward trend had set in well before the establishment of these in East Anglia ; indeed , in the event they came to replace the contracting broadcloth manufacture which , even as early as 1523 , had shown signs of instability : it was symptomatic of recession that no less than 35 per cent of Spring 's liquid assets had to be written off as irrecoverable , and the winding up of his affairs can not but have dealt its prosperity a mortal blow . |
| 29 | Louis ' men had set their roadblock the far side of the bridge from Trent 's observation point — upended ammunition boxes topped by poles cut from the jungle edge and a square white signboard on which Trent could see red letters made indecipherable by the angle of the board to his line of vision . |
| 30 | The police had found his body the previous afternoon , just before lunch . |