Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] [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 | 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 . |
| 5 | She had written to the Mother General , she had put Eve 's case as persuasively as she could . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | However , Mark Hughes , who scored for the second game running , and Brian McClair intend to make Ferguson 's decision as hard as possible . |
| 8 | 17.20 : Join Class Teacher and parent in meeting and discuss child 's progress so far and our hopes for the future . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | That was the first time I 'd seen a man 's penis so clearly and my mouth and throat went dry . |
| 19 | • 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 ) . |
| 20 | ‘ In coming to his friend 's assistance so soon after he himself had suffered a serious heart attack he put his health at risk . ’ |
| 21 | They wo n't give me a minute 's peace tomorrow now that you 've been to the centre . ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | He put her suitcases down in the driveway and reached into the boot to pass her a carry-case which Belinda recognised as containing a portable monitor , something like an electrically amplified stethoscope , which meant that it was often possible for a pregnant woman to hear her baby 's heartbeat as early as ten weeks into the pregnancy . |
| 25 | Suppose you 've scheduled your meetings till 12.30 but you get through the morning 's business more quickly than you expected . |
| 26 | Sessions 's show endorses Petherbridge 's point as forcefully as possible , reminding us that , in 20th century drama , the big stars have always been bigger than the big roles . |
| 27 | He became the fourth of the afternoon to be caught behind off one which left him , this time off Watson , who did the stock-bowler 's job much better than Pringle and in Christchurch . |
| 28 | This seems to me to suit Prokofiev 's idiom very well and Béroff 's intelligent virtuosity is a constant source of delight , as is Masur 's accompaniment , fully committed but also notable for careful attention to detail . |
| 29 | ‘ Work was done to improve the station 's appearance both inside and out for the benefit of customers , ’ said Mr Speke . |
| 30 | Six weeks later , CT scanning showed a bulky pancreas and a large pseudocyst of the lesser sac , with fluid tracked down on the left side of the retroperitoneum in the anterior compartment , anterior to Gerota 's fascia as far as the left iliac dossa . |