Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [noun pl] [adv] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said , widening my eyes just a touch . |
| 2 | It was decided to recall Blake to London in a manner that would not arouse his suspicions so a message was sent to Nicholas Elliott , chief of MI6 in Beirut , who got in touch with Blake and said that London would like to discuss a chance of promotion and a new job with him . |
| 3 | This enabled him to adjust his controls immediately the information had been captured . |
| 4 | I 'm massaging and grooming her feet twice a day now because lying in bed is creating some roughness on her heels and the sides of her feet that could get inflamed and sore if we 're not careful . ’ |
| 5 | The government has promised to complete the review within three months and make its results public a month later . |
| 6 | When , in nineteen fifty eight when Co Cossors were bringing , started bringing their workers here the Development Corporation were very anxious to let houses and , so that it , it did n't matter whether the worker was male or female , he or she was accepted as a tenant , by the time we came to move in Harlow in nineteen sixty three the Development Corporation reneged on its promise to house my wife . |
| 7 | Although I put my hands together every night — with Ma , when she 's home , otherwise on my own — I have not prayed since the rainbow incident . |
| 8 | While a quarter of men wash their cars once a week , fewer than one in five women carry out the chore . |
| 9 | ‘ I told our friends here the gist of our conversation — no doubt you will fill in the details . |
| 10 | Then she put lipstick on her mouth and pressed her lips together the way she had seen Alice do . |
| 11 | All state secondary schools are required by law to publish their results once a year and so now you can write or phone individual school secretaries or the LEA and ask for a copy of the exam results , ideally asking for the previous 2 or 3 years . |
| 12 | ‘ By the time I was six , I was giving myself injections twice a day ’ |
| 13 | 5 You can take the Braun Plaque Remover on holiday — one night of recharging gives you a good 10 days of power if you brush your teeth twice a day for two minutes . |
| 14 | In making these statements the church is not standing aloof from the unconverted instructing them on how they ought to live their lives rather the church is speaking to itself , holding before all its members the id the ideal of what we believe God has taught in his word about the way in which people ought to live . |
| 15 | The grandfather dock in the dining-room sent its notes upstairs every quarter-hour . |
| 16 | A tingling that made her want to lift her feathers so the wind would touch her skin . |
| 17 | If the Commission does not change its views then the matter will have to be resolved by discussion in the European Council of Ministers . |
| 18 | Erm I do n't know erm how it is like , as I say because I , I 've been left now ten years eleven , eleven in May er so erm I , I really , I do n't know what , how things are with the er with the employees really you know , but erm I used to enjoys my meetings once a month erm and I think everybody seemed fair , we got and of course , according to the Co- magazine that we have , that Focus , they always send me one of those still and er I mean , you 've got er , we used to have a good football team and I think they 've still got a sports team have n't they ? |
| 19 | But we do have a number of private accounts as well , where people buy a lot of flowers and prefer to pay their bills once a month . ’ |
| 20 | So it was to be expected that this sight should arouse some curiosity , and after putting their heads together the women put down their bowls and kettles and went over to ask the painter who was coming to live there . |
| 21 | I know my standards have dropped because with Sharon I used to change her clothes twice a day . |
| 22 | When you do not bend your knees then the back muscles have to support and pick up the weight of your torso , arms and head ( 70 per cent of your body weight ) , as well as the object you are carrying . |
| 23 | Striking out for volume , Sun Microsystems Inc is to begin unbundling its machines so the channel can put other operating systems up on them . |
| 24 | The wherry shot under London Bridge where the water boiled between the closely built arches , the boatmen dipping their oars so the boats could squeeze by the starlings which protected them against the thick stone arches . |
| 25 | It says no women check their cars twice a week , although 15 per cent of men do . |
| 26 | They love every minute of it , too , bless their hearts particularly the scandals . |
| 27 | This could allow the court , as in the Goodwin case , to order a reporter to reveal his notes so the company whose information was leaked would know who to sue . |
| 28 | I also have a girlfriend who went out for several years with a man who did n't wear underpants at all and only washed his jeans once a month . |
| 29 | You were only allowed to wash your clothes once a week . |