Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [pos pn] [noun pl] [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I climbed fast for fear my fingers might freeze to the rungs . |
| 2 | Fathers may have very strong views on what course of action their daughters should take . |
| 3 | ‘ How blest are those who know their need of God , ’ Jesus exclaims in the Sermon on the Mount , and as he opened the door to the kingdom of heaven his listeners must have gasped . |
| 4 | The point will be made to the world that Mexico stands as a nation for the principle that a healthy environment is essential for the common future of humanity , with particular stress on the quality of life our children will inherit . |
| 5 | The snippets of conversation our spies could catch featuring more about ‘ 12″ versions … ’ , ‘ toecurling guitar solos ’ and ‘ dancing chicks ’ much more than would otherwise seem feasible . |
| 6 | When they invest in the Oxford Dictionary of Business English for learners of English your students will enjoy instant access to all the words they need in their professional lives . |
| 7 | For this reason , I suspect that adopted children may pretend to have no interest in their origins in case their enquiries should hurt their ‘ real ’ , that is , their adoptive parents . |
| 8 | Thompson encouraged acceptance of this compromise since in private talks with Sturge he became convinced that in return its critics would get most of what they wanted from the BFASS . |
| 9 | In time their names would identify the biggest British trading concern in the Far East . |
| 10 | Whenever one individual leaves more offspring than another and this capacity is inherited , in time its genes will come to dominate the population gene pool . |
| 11 | Breakfast is buffet style , and at dinner our guests will have a choice of three different menus , and are offered a choice of a salad and a ‘ starters ’ buffet . |
| 12 | This point concerns slaughter , which has been mentioned already ; however , I would just mention that as far as religious slaughter is concerned , recent research makes it absolutely clear that animals which are killed by cutting their throats can go for between 15 and 120 seconds able to detect what is going on around them . |