Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [verb] [pron] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could wank each other off — dry or using lots of lube — or press , rub and slap your dick against his dick , buns , face , chest , thighs … |
| 2 | This is easier than doing it with numbers , any day . |
| 3 | This is much easier than keeping them in piles in a cupboard or closet . |
| 4 | ‘ There is something about the entire layout of Olympia 2 that reminds me of Milton Keynes : all these signposts leading nowhere . ’ |
| 5 | If you are under pressure to eat out socially you should be able to do this and include it as part of your regime without having to compensate by going hungry at some time prior to the meal out . |
| 6 | I made the most of this and did lots of work and piano and clarinet practice . |
| 7 | Alyssia wondered how she had ever managed to come to places such as this and accept it as part of everyday life . |
| 8 | In solid-state solar cells the junction between two materials of different electronic properties absorbs light and converts it into electricity . |
| 9 | And she 's giving it , do you want a chocolate bar ? it 's poison I break it in half and give it to Geraldine first . |
| 10 | Taskopruzade quotes from his father these words of Hocazade 's : " At the time when I was at the Sultan medrese in Bursa I was thirty-three years old and loved nothing save Taskopruzade goes on to say that Hocazade used to take more pride in having taught at the Sultan medrese than in having been kazasker or Mehmed II's Hoca . |
| 11 | He pulled the small plastic box free and laid it on top of the crate , fumbling in his jacket pocket for something . |
| 12 | Scott reached slowly inside his jacket then pulled the Beretta free and handed it to Hitch , who gripped the automatic in his fist and checked that the magazine was full , slipping it from the butt . |
| 13 | He pulled the pistol free and shoved it against Hitch 's cheek . |
| 14 | OLIVER rolled his eyes back , lit a cigarette and said that the very phrase common sense was a contradiction in terms , and if Man — at which point he pretended to be extremely embarrassed and correct himself to Man-or-Woman — if Man-or-Woman had relied upon common sense over the previous millennia we 'd all still be living in mud huts and eating frightful food and listening to Del Shannon records . |
| 15 | We got caught up in the keep-fit bandwagon in the mid 80s and got ourselves into shape . |
| 16 | He wanted to be different and run it in Germany ! |
| 17 | This involved focusing on medium-sized towns one alter another and blitzing them with publicity . |
| 18 | The tasks themselves — typing , photocopying , collating , stapling — are not intrinsically interesting but doing them with others , who are eager for the same goal , is . |
| 19 | He blamed the fall of the city on the impiety and general degeneracy of the people , who had been so foolish as to ally themselves with Christians in the first place . |
| 20 | So to get back to what we say er yeah I like to fix a date and if people phone up and say well look I 've I 've got something else or I 've changed my mind I would rather have that than to have lots of paper work on my desk that just says may be or may be not . |
| 21 | We submitted a manuscript in August 1991 and revised it in October in the light of minor criticisms by the referee(s) , whose report was highly supportive . |
| 22 | Unfortunately , very few people will appreciate just how much time , effort and sheer innovative thinking has gone into making the engine look similar to how it would look had we merely pressure washed the outside and mounted it for display . |
| 23 | Although Boyd is working hard to get as many projects as possible into print and to , ‘ try to get recognised and get lots of people to buy the books ’ , she has an ultimate ambition . |
| 24 | Although Boyd is working hard to get as many projects as possible into print and to , ‘ try to get recognised and get lots of people to buy the books ’ , she has an ultimate ambition . |
| 25 | I licked and rolled , then lit the joint and handed it to Carol . |
| 26 | The next morning I awoke early and tidied myself for school . |
| 27 | This virulent loathing of women 's bodies continued during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in the West : any expression of sexual desire by women was considered filthy , corrupt , sinful and marked them as whores , the daughters of Eve . |
| 28 | They are not necessarily extravagant but devote themselves to appearance as to a very demanding goddess whose exigencies may account for that well-kempt , bad tempered look most of them adopt . |
| 29 | This would increase group revenue before tax by £171m in respect of companies which are profitable and reduce it by £141m in respect of loss-making companies . |
| 30 | He would time it just right and throw himself in front of the branch line train , he knew the train did n't go very fast but it would do … |