Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] [vb base] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I grab him by the lapels , and as my fingers scrabble for a hold I drop my little micro-transmitter into his breast pocket . |
| 2 | And there 's nowhere to be alone , except my bedroom , and if I try to write there my fingers die with the cold . |
| 3 | The swing-door dividing the buffet from the kitchen contains a central , circular pink-tinted window and , as I gaze through it at the catering staff , my eyes fall on a cross between Fassbinder 's Querelle and one of Hieronymus Bosch 's more frightening paintings . |
| 4 | The advantage of not having a light on all the time to illuminate the indicators is that my eyes adjust to the darkness and when it comes to casting or playing fish I am not completely blind . |
| 5 | My feet tickle with the marching rhythm . |
| 6 | My parents live in the Wirral . |
| 7 | Because all my tapes go into the archives of the Department of Scottish Studies at |
| 8 | My feetbones beat on the earth |
| 9 | My cheeks ache with the grin . |
| 10 | My hon. Friend will be aware that many of my constituents work in the knitwear industry and are grateful for the steps already taken by the Government . |
| 11 | I am struck by small objects and my nostrils fill with the stink of rot . |
| 12 | If it is crystal clear and I am convicted of being in my dotage or of going on at half-cock then I shall ask British Telecom to accept my apologies wince at the thought of my next bill , and keep my nose clean . |
| 13 | My cousins live amongst a community of some fifty Theosophists . |
| 14 | A teacher has only to say : " Now which of you girls did — " and my spots merge for a time into the scarlet background provided for them by the rest of my face . |
| 15 | I mean lot of my children go over the limit but erm they stir up too much . |
| 16 | My hands fly in the air , they are follies |
| 17 | It seems to me that I might have my hands busy during a fight , so I 've taught this one to answer to sounds , and to react to the pressure of my thighs . ’ |
| 18 | Through the approaches I have described I have aimed to give my pupils access to a broad and balanced mathematical curriculum . |
| 19 | ‘ Could you just hold up the bidding while my boys settle with the opposition ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm staying until my folks return from the States . |
| 21 | He was my foursomes partner for a few years in international golf and there is no better way to assess another 's playing ability . |
| 22 | Then I sow one of my colleagues die from a heart attack and two others crack up under the strain . |
| 23 | This policy sets out the Company 's objectives to control the impact its activities have on the environment and shows its commitment to being an industry leader in its awareness of and approach to environmental issues . |
| 24 | ‘ This policy sets out the Company 's objectives to control the impact its activities have on the environment and shows its commitment to being an industry leader in its awareness of and approach to environmental issues . |
| 25 | The preferences of the state are at least as important as those of civil society in accounting for what the democratic state does and does not do ; the democratic state is not only frequently autonomous insofar as it regularly acts upon its preferences , but also markedly autonomous in doing so even when its preferences diverge from the demands of the most powerful groups in civil society ( Nordlinger , 1981 , p. 1 ) . |
| 26 | If a child does not know any other black people , he or she does not value them ; all his or her values descend from the adoptive parents . |
| 27 | Their fingers skim on the silk |
| 28 | ‘ Tasso keeps them apart , though their fingers meet on the pillows of his pastoral . |
| 29 | The danger is that sometimes people who observe focus groups or read the reports on their discussions fall into the trap of saying that ‘ the majority ’ of members favoured a certain viewpoint , when this simply means five out of eight selected individuals . |
| 30 | Last year , the Booker foods group sold its Healthcrafts range to a Danish company called Ferrosan . |