Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pron] [conj] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She desperately needs security not love and this is what Mitch offers her and the young men whom she likes so much do not . |
| 2 | Q ‘ When sewing up a garment made in Hobby yarn , I find difficulty using it because the little slubs wo n't pull through the work easily . |
| 3 | Why … well pit talk has it that the reigning world champion Ayrton Senna might just be signing for the team next season … if he comes will Nigel go … what 's his future … this is what he told Central South … |
| 4 | ( Ahmet told me that the next one was lovelier still ) . |
| 5 | ‘ I 've heard on t' Brownie gals , ’ Aunt Nellie told her when the tall lady had driven off in her smart two-seater sports-car , ‘ but I don' reckon they do the sort o' good turns I 'd set store by — like helpin' wash up an' lay t' table — that I don' ! ’ |
| 6 | Instead , a sleepy purring trill told her that the dozing house cat — it was the long-haired one , named after Bubastis , and almost a pet — had mistaken her clumsiness for a caress ; she had barely disturbed its sleep . |
| 7 | In a dream a tall thin priest informed him that the two pieces came from the same votive cylinder and had been cut in two to make earrings for a statue of the god Ninib . |
| 8 | It was a great relief therefore to hear the sound of a passing car , its speed assuring her that the main road was in front of her . |
| 9 | However with Scott supporting him and the stable having hit form he should be able to knock out the odd winner or two in the coming weeks . |
| 10 | Her knees touched his and the tiny contact sent a quiver of anticipation up her spine . |
| 11 | This movie takes us where no other Holywood film has . |
| 12 | People representing those shops tell me that the latest move by Tesco and the others that are breaking the law could sound the death knell for some of the vulnerable stores . |
| 13 | Most traditional horse care books tell you that the only way to achieve this is to give him as thorough grooming every day , but I 've got more faith in the old stud groom who said that grooming put muscles on people 's arms but did n't do an awful lot for horses ' coats ! |
| 14 | This system is designed to provide local authorities with opportunities to satisfy themselves that the planned disposal will be satisfactory , but with the delays to industrial operations kept to a reasonable minimum . |
| 15 | It took a little bit of deft footwork to satisfy themselves that the first firm would not object to Rank using ‘ Carry On ’ in the title . |
| 16 | It is a creation of society , not of individual reasoning or emotion , though it may satisfy both ; and it is for this reason that Durkheim tells us that a psychological interpretation of a social fact is invariably a wrong interpretation . |
| 17 | There are no words in any human language that can adequately describe the experience of ‘ seeing ’ something in this way — precisely because human beings do not have a holographic sense and so have never required the words to describe it nor the intellectual ability to be able to imagine it . |
| 18 | We shall have to match his fighting spirit , and not let our fear overwhelm us before the first blow is struck . |
| 19 | Given the new-found concern of the hon. Member for Derby , South ( Mrs. Beckett ) about public borrowing , will my right hon. and learned Friend remind her that the previous Labour Chancellor of the Exchequer managed to borrow not only more money than any previous Chancellor , but more money than all previous Chancellors added together ? |
| 20 | Conversely , if the project fails there is a 0.2 chance that the additional research supported it and a 0.8 chance that it did not . |
| 21 | Britain and the Soviet Union would want bases in Japan if the United States possessed them and the only wise policy was to ensure that no power had bases on Japanese soil |
| 22 | This marathon forced me and the bored students to examine the subject very closely . |
| 23 | Although most parasites looked exactly the same , Jinkwa recognized it as the large female who had snapped the bones of several of his division . |
| 24 | When we neared the outskirts of Donegal Town , the driver told me that the former maid suspected young Mulverin of pillaging the Big House for building material . |
| 25 | With great glee Odd-Knut told us that the fat Germans showered ten times every day for a week and still reeked of rotten whale . |
| 26 | A government spokesman said Professor Guido de Marco , Foreign Minister , had received a letter from his Libyan counterpart informing him that the two bomb suspects had asked to be tried in Malta , and asking Malta to accede to this request . |
| 27 | ‘ I began reading politics early on but also my parents taught me that the greatest value was compassion , which I undoubtedly linked to the Labour Party . ’ |
| 28 | Maddox pressed it and the little circuit hummed with white light . |
| 29 | Now seafloor spreading tells us that the oceanic crust of the Pacific is moving away from the East Pacific Rise towards South America . |
| 30 | In the tent that night we eat smoked trout and Odd-Knut tells us that the previous year there was a fight on his team and after it was over and the dogs were moving again he saw blood on the snow . |