Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [verb] [prep] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My mind has at last caught up , and indeed overtaken my body . |
| 2 | ‘ Two years ago my wife changed to first class to ensure a seat — it 's another £700 — but she still does n't get one . ’ |
| 3 | In her letter she asked Gwenellen to ask me if my aunt had at last decided to put poor Old Red out of his misery ? |
| 4 | The firms engaged in the renovation scheme were called to a meeting with officials at Stormont and their contracts terminated on 11th and 12th September as part of retaliatory moves against the Provisionals . |
| 5 | Everything I read , everything I hear , everything I see informs me that doubt , disease and distress in all the subtlest malignancies of their forms have at last invaded the cropped lawn and the sleepy garden wail . |
| 6 | Its presence had at first been derided by the national brewers but its campaigning zeal attracted continual media attention and many independent brewers had been encouraged to return to cask beer production with enthusiasm . |
| 7 | Their husbands objected at first , but soon stopped when the money started coming in and anyway a quarter of the women were on their own , who had been abandoned or divorced . |
| 8 | Fortunately their future has at last been settled and work is currently under way converting the mill into council offices . |
| 9 | Concepts , criteria , definitions , and their implications seem at first just verbal and so a matter of convention or even arbitrary . |
| 10 | It did not escape Sarah 's notice that Michael was treated as the head of the family and her husband relegated to second position . |
| 11 | Undoubtedly the visit to the S.V.R. of ex LNER No. 4472 ‘ Flying Scotsman ’ was the star attraction , complete with plaque commemorating its record run on 8th August 1989 when on tour in Australia , of 422 miles non-stop from Parkes to Broken Hill , New South Wales , the longest non-stop steam hauled run ever . |
| 12 | Here in Brighton not so long ago , she and members of her Cabinet experienced at first hand all the skills , courage and dedication of my colleagues . |
| 13 | White friends that I 've got , their mums argued at first , but now they 're just bringing the baby up as their own . |
| 14 | Then , ‘ The money , ’ she said with a snap , as her brain clicked into fourth gear . |
| 15 | It may have been seven years late and a billion dollars over budget , but the Hubble space telescope was lifting out of the shuttle cargo bay and on its way to orbit at last , ready to look back across the universe to the very beginnings of time . |
| 16 | In eighteen thirty five she returned as a teacher , her salary to pay for first Emily 's , and then Anne 's tuition there . |
| 17 | His words hit her like a sudden icy shower , and her self-control snapped at last . |
| 18 | " But you have , " her mother answered at last . |
| 19 | Her mother spoke at last . |
| 20 | SOUTHPORT boss Brian Kettle is keeping his feet firmly on the ground as his side prepares for next Saturday 's FA Cup first round trip to Blyth Spartans . |
| 21 | It was with a sickening sense of shock that his eyes fell at last on the heaps of bodies lying in the shadows of the dock buildings and beneath the pepper trees . |
| 22 | His mind had at last found its way back to its usual cast when he heard Sara 's friend talking to her . |
| 23 | When the burning heat in his body had at last broken , she had concentrated on his arm , washing the wound constantly by setting a bowl outside to catch the clean rainwater and then replacing it with the pail , changing the two receptacles again and again . |
| 24 | ‘ We also want to know exactly how Garland spent his time from Saturday afternoon when his father died to last night when somebody shot him on the wharf . |
| 25 | His appointment comes with next month 's retirement of assistant chief constable Fred Smith . |
| 26 | ‘ This will do very well for the moment , ’ he murmured , nibbling her ear , his hands finding at last the soft flesh between her thighs . |
| 27 | Poor John Durbeyfield 's death had more importance than his family realized at first . |
| 28 | ‘ Having read your manifesto I feel bound to add that your racist policies , your opposition to aid for third world countries , and your proposals for the quarantining of those carry the AIDS virus are deeply repugnant to the Christian consciousness . ’ |
| 29 | Fill in the special entry form you 'll find in the card and if your entry arrives by next Sunday you can play the pools for 10 weeks for a tenner with an extra week FREE . |
| 30 | ‘ They did , Michael , but they also liked the fact that our cellars connected with next door , which connected with next door to that , which I believe led out to the East River . ’ |