Example sentences of "[verb] [art] [det] [noun pl] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cramming her worn , out-moded bonnet on her head , she stuffed the few belongings she had unpacked back into the portmanteau . |
| 2 | The data points indicated on Fig. 7 are , however , taken from Texaco 's database and a more satisfactory curve is defined as a zone of ± 200 ft ( 60 m ) using the same wells which determine the standard maturity-depth relationship ( Fig. 2 ) . |
| 3 | Only afterwards is it plain that , for the most part , they 've given the same answers they 've supplied to the press for years . |
| 4 | As a result , more than 70 per cent of the population now have a Current Account and are enjoying the many advantages it gives them — cheques , instant cash , Standing Orders and Direct Debits . |
| 5 | It seems the industry is just not learning because we are continuing to see the same accidents we saw 30 years ago , ’ says John Summerscales , deputy chief inspector . |
| 6 | … an opportunity publickly to acknowledge the many obligations I lie under your person . |
| 7 | Dr Alex Schmid , the founder of P100M , categorised the many academics who did not seem to be interested in human rights . |
| 8 | William Horsley , 83 , was punched and kicked by the thug who snatched the few pounds he had on him . |
| 9 | He aims to bequeath a detailed historical and ethnographic account of an industrial revolution and to analyse the intricate network of causal connections involved , relating the many changes which affect villagers and migrants to national and international factors and processes . |
| 10 | I mean probably women are more daring you know because they 've got less to lose in a way I suppose if you if you 're not a councillor you can be more er you know or if you 're not worried for your job or you know or if there is n't a definite structure I suppose in the lodge there 's the definite people that always say the same things you know what I mean and it 's it 's less easy to be spontaneous in that situation I would think you know . |
| 11 | Increasingly , under LMS , schools will have the freedom to choose a local firm or individual to provide the many services they need to run effectively . |
| 12 | there were n't many that sort , that felt the way I did , I mean I hated him , I really did and when he turned round and he said ooh Keith wants a few words I said to Elaine , look shit 's gon na be it , |
| 13 | mimics them and that , oh I hate that , I hate that as I say a few times I thought to myself I do not like |
| 14 | Yeah , we stopped a few times you know in the |
| 15 | With older people , problems can result from continuing to drink the same amounts they became used to consuming when they were younger , then apparently without effect . |
| 16 | The boss , Mr. Uphill , always had his sleeves rolled up way past the elbows — whether for comfort or to exhibit the many tattoos which covered his arms is anyone 's guess . |
| 17 | Ruth unpacked the few clothes she had brought with her and hung them up in the wardrobe in the dressing-room then she plugged in her hairdrier and blow-dried her hair in front of the dressing-table mirror . |
| 18 | ( 24 ) He put a hand under her elbow and helped her stumble the few steps she had to take . |
| 19 | He toured Western China and Tibet on his bicycle , paying his way by developing the many photographs he had taken in local universities and sending them back north to paying customers . |
| 20 | He noticed that someone had moved the few horses they had managed to round up , and sent two men to find out where they had been taken . |
| 21 | I picture the few campesinos who guard the sacks moving away as we approach . |
| 22 | But Creggan could not escape , for he remembered Minch 's command to try ant help her , and anyway he could feel the same longings she felt . |
| 23 | & sup1 ; I want to talk about reactions to the report and to highlight a few issues which have arisen since it was written . |
| 24 | THE GUEST WHO COMES TO STAY FOB A FEW DAYS You have to know , or find out , what foods your guest likes and loathes — otherwise the entire stay will be an embarrassing misery . |
| 25 | On a brief evening stroll Maxim had also noticed a few tourists who had clearly solved the problem of eating whilst asleep ; it is an oddity of American that only tourists are truly fat never the locals . |
| 26 | The chronology of the decline of the gold content ( % au ) can be established by analysing the few coins which bear the names of kings ( listed above ) and so can be dated . |
| 27 | I turned it over , glanced at the Hungarian stamp , and read the few words I had scribbled to Stephanie , only three weeks earlier . |
| 28 | Launching the scheme , Chief Executive Ralph Hodge commented : ‘ As I have said on many occasions , the Quality Improvement Process must be central to the way we manage C&P and meet the many challenges which lie ahead . |
| 29 | Grandfather had been rich enough to buy the many diamonds it took to make it up . |
| 30 | And then of course , when she came into the village to buy the few things they need — it is astonishing how modest Mr Swinton 's needs seem to be , she hardly buys any comforts at all but I gather his man is an excellent gardener and they keep a pig for bacon — ’ |