Example sentences of "[verb] [noun prp] [be] [adj] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dysart had said Cornelius was older than his contemporaries at Breakspear and this man did indeed look nearer fifty than forty , unruly iron-grey hair framing a gaunt high-boned face , the brow hooded enough and the nose sufficiently hooked to add a sinewy hint of predacity to his relaxed and smiling features . |
| 2 | Penny says Diana was adamant that she would not split up with Charles . |
| 3 | With this , El Cid at once avenged the death of his son and once again showed that any attempt to reconquer Valencia was fruitless while he still lived . |
| 4 | She 'd thought Harry was wonderful because he was able to mend her bicycle chain ; make bows and arrows and catapults ; shin up trees to collect birds ' eggs for her collection ; find dormice nests , badger setts and squirrel dreys . |
| 5 | How could I say that if I did not really believe God was sovereign when something affected me ? |
| 6 | I ca n't remember exactly when it was , but I know Oliver was tiny and you 'd been ill . ’ |
| 7 | I remember Chapman was amazed when I told him we might make a million profit in 1982 . |
| 8 | When Liz 's twin baby girls were born Laura was convinced that she had done the right thing in keeping the full extent of her father 's illness and the subsequent disastrous financial mess from her cousin . |
| 9 | Said Piper : ‘ I 'm confident because I believe Benn is beatable and I have the ability to do the job . ’ |
| 10 | Piper said : ‘ I believe Benn is beatable and I have the ability to do the job . ’ |
| 11 | I believe Seton was responsible but your own Benstede can answer for that , he and Seton seemed close friends . |
| 12 | ‘ I reckon Hatton was right when he called you an old woman , Cullam . ’ |
| 13 | The capacity of CFS Aeroengines is such that they can now offer their services on a worldwide basis and are set to take a larger slice of the redial engine business by offering a ‘ one stop ’ service from mags , to props , to accessories , to whole powerplants . |
| 14 | ‘ I always thought Rose was deeper than you gave her credit for , ’ she says . |
| 15 | ‘ Oh , yes , I think Pinkie was upset when he stopped being secretary , but then anybody would , would n't they ? ’ |
| 16 | I think Alice was right when she thought about the amount of beheadings that were carried out : |
| 17 | The men who ruled India were aware that what they referred to as their prestige would in the end by compromised by too obvious a reliance on resort to arms . |
| 18 | I said Ben was wet but I did n't , his bed was n't , so god knows |
| 19 | ‘ Leaving Pete is hard but we know he gets on well with these people and he 's very adaptable . ’ |
| 20 | And she said Martin was hot but nothing too traumatic . |
| 21 | The Star Council said Buff was right and I was wrong , and I did n't know what my parents would do . |