Example sentences of "['s] [noun] [adv] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How could she spend Roman 's money so lavishly when she had just parted from her lover ? |
| 2 | Gooch watched Akram 's bowling as closely as a surgeon at the operating table , the ball flashing across him at an acute angle against the backdrop of a dramatic dark-blue sky . |
| 3 | I 've been studying these boys and I can till you they 're bloodee slow — so lit 's git out there and run the ligs off them ! ’ |
| 4 | Mujer/Fempress is an important resource for many women 's groups both within and outside the Latin American region . |
| 5 | But an effective dragnet takes time — and in Brazil 's case even longer since the tax-collecting department has been in shambles since Mr Collor 's days . |
| 6 | She had written to the Mother General , she had put Eve 's case as persuasively as she could . |
| 7 | Confidently and calmly explain your predicament and write down the person 's description as soon as possible in case you decide to contact the police . |
| 8 | However , Mark Hughes , who scored for the second game running , and Brian McClair intend to make Ferguson 's decision as hard as possible . |
| 9 | 17.20 : Join Class Teacher and parent in meeting and discuss child 's progress so far and our hopes for the future . |
| 10 | However , there may be some practical advice to be given to the party you are supposed to be advising , and you should certainly comply with the examiner 's direction as far as you are able . |
| 11 | Having taken care of the business ( an American priority ) she flashed the teeth in Kenneth 's direction once more and said : ‘ Lynne 's surgery will take about ninety minutes . |
| 12 | Further , the word ‘ communion ’ , a term again involving a verbal identification of Church and Eucharist , was so much used by the Council that it has subsequently been seen to express the Council 's ecclesiology most profoundly and has been made great use of in such documents as those of ARCIC . |
| 13 | Having an excellent harbour , Vancouver was a sportsman 's paradise so far as swimming , fishing , and boating were concerned , and while I have never claimed prowess in the water or in angling I have found pleasure on a boat , provided that boat was big enough — big enough that is , for me to sit comfortably on deck , preferably with a drink in hand , and watch the world go by . |
| 14 | Ideally we should like to organize everyone 's plans today so that the social marginal cost of goods in the future just equals the social marginal benefit . |
| 15 | The plot sticks to a depressingly familiar formula , as our hero avenges big brother 's murder as violently as possible , and , along the way , learns the meaning of growing up , responsibility , life , etc . |
| 16 | She cried and wailed into Sally-Anne 's skirt so pitifully that Sally-Anne 's own fear of the brute before her was lost in sympathy for his wretched victim . |
| 17 | She could hear everyone 's voices quite clearly as she ate , all about someone called Sylvia , who had been truly blessed . |
| 18 | Long-term debts of around £150,000 continue to finger the back of the club 's neck as unpleasantly as a north-eastern sea fret . |
| 19 | According to Nithard , he set about " soliciting " Charles 's supporters more insistently than ever , in the hope of " dissipating his realm " . |
| 20 | The last-named gave to the Hospitallers land in Stalisfield and Oare close to Faversham in Kent ; and a descendant of the same name held a manor at Ospring , which was known as Cade 's manor as late as the eighteenth century . |
| 21 | THE Government is determined to resume inter-party talks on Northern Ireland 's future as soon as possible , political affairs Minister Michael Ancram has declared . |
| 22 | That was the first time I 'd seen a man 's penis so clearly and my mouth and throat went dry . |
| 23 | • Tip : Accept your baby 's unpredictability as far as you can , and on no account blame yourself for it ( or listen to anyone who implies you ought to get his act together ) . |
| 24 | ‘ Anyway , the police will have checked everyone 's movements very carefully and if Eddie had left her office during Tuesday afternoon I 'm sure they 'd know about it . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ In coming to his friend 's assistance so soon after he himself had suffered a serious heart attack he put his health at risk . ’ |
| 26 | They wo n't give me a minute 's peace tomorrow now that you 've been to the centre . ’ |
| 27 | Yet Mario Monti , the rector of Milan 's Bocconi University and a respected economist , has raised doubts about Mr Fazio 's ability to safeguard the Bank 's independence as successfully as his predecessor . |
| 28 | I felt my parents ' anxieties about both their own and their children 's lives so keenly that they became my own , quite against my will , and I had to fight to reject them . |
| 29 | Another useful training procedure for health purposes is to lift the dog 's feet regularly so that you can examine them . |
| 30 | But Fleury knew that his life depended on not being shaken off and so he clung on with all his might , his legs gripping the sepoy 's waist as tight as a corset , his hands dragging on the two broken pieces of violin . |