Example sentences of "[n mass] [v-ing] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Alexandra would find her by the fire in the drawing-room in the afternoons , the Pekinese guarding her against invisible dangers , then she came down in the mornings and needed letters written , wools held . |
| 2 | Since then the Edinburgh Zoo has seen upwards of 50 000 people using it for this purpose in a year . |
| 3 | The historical process of transforming the world , making it a better place , recovering a pre-lapsarian global Eden in its pristine simplicity , will end up with people selling it to each other by the dollar , pound or yen . |
| 4 | She complains cheerfully as we enter saying , ‘ Jaz I 've never had so many people kissin' me in all me life , strangers and all , you 'd tink I was in Italy or England or America , God forbid ! ’ |
| 5 | Once the royal family had been shown as human beings it was impossible to stop the media treating them as such . |
| 6 | And the people doing it in these garages erm , you know like respraying and doing all the welding and everything , really he said some of the things they were doing if they did it legally they 'd make a good go of it |
| 7 | If smoking is allowed it stops people doing it in secret and making it into a clever or fashionable thing to do |
| 8 | Poor weather since late July has frozen ice cream sales leaving it with large unsold stocks . |
| 9 | ‘ Someone did ask us for some nude photos as well , ’ frowns Sam , desperately , ‘ But I reckon that was just people trying it on more than anything else . ’ |
| 10 | The death grant has been finished quite a long time ago , but there was the death grant erm because I can remember you know this , people telling me about this . |