Example sentences of "' [adj] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( His introduction of lime juice ( and hence vitamin C ) into the sailors ' daily rations cured them of scurvy and gained for the British tars the nickname of ‘ limeys ’ . ) |
| 2 | The males are also known to ‘ rape ’ other males , cementing up the victims ' genital openings to render them incapable of copulation . |
| 3 | Every time he felt himself sinking , Nails ' prehensile toes grasped him by the Adam 's apple and lifted his head clear of the water . |
| 4 | It also notes that teachers ' present contracts make it difficult for them to find time to run extra-curricular activities like choirs . |
| 5 | Marais ' charismatic playing wins him a place at court while Colombe has to cope with the death of a daughter . |
| 6 | The windows ' jewelled lucence washed it clear ; |
| 7 | Harrison took the stage just hours after snubbing — along with Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr — a party to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the release of the Beatles ' first hit Love Me Do . |
| 8 | The Wolverines ' borrowed silks lent them invaluable seconds wherein to close with those guards and sever their throats before they could fire or even cry a warning . |
| 9 | Such demands failed , however , to quell the discontent , which increasingly focused on Michael Heseltine as the only serious alternative to Mrs Thatcher , a view supported by polls that showed him to be the voters ' overwhelming choice to replace her . |
| 10 | Halogen lamps ' small size makes them ideal for integrating into sculptural uplights or slim wall fittings . |
| 11 | Since then , the Americans until now have at best ignored Ukrainian efforts to achieve real independence , and the Russians ' occasional attempts to thwart them . |
| 12 | She knew that the one thing that her mother would never provide money for was a training in medicine , so she wrote eventually to the Boys ' Own Paper to ask them how to go about it , inventing a letter that was supposed to come from a badly-off boy whom she thought would enlist their sympathy . |
| 13 | If the lowdown on Vera Lynn 's recent successes at her local tennis club or Joe Loss ' new sailboat got you salivating , then these were the columns for you . |
| 14 | Jehovah 's Witnesses ' religious beliefs precludes them from undertaking compulsory national service . |