Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [subord] [noun prp] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , the identity of a speech act , its illocutionary force as Austin calls it , is often made apparent by an explicit lexical indicator . |
| 2 | Charles was amused by this story when Robyn rang him up later that evening . |
| 3 | Ari had no positive idea which rooms Tammuz and Zambia occupied and was babbling nonsense to this effect as Lennon hauled her up the metal stairway to the gallery . |
| 4 | This is identical with the view expressed in Pugin 's Contrasts nine years before , where the Utilitarian measures for poor relief — of which , as Pugin depicts them , Lord Mamey would certainly have approved — are juxtaposed with the supposedly benign regime of the medieval monastery as Gerard describes it ( Fig. 19 ) . |
| 5 | The truth of the matter is that Picasso was almost certainly aware of tribal art when Matisse showed him the piece which he admired , but that he was still not taking it very seriously and only ‘ discovered ’ it for himself during his now legendary visit to the Trocadero . |
| 6 | People said things like for instance well females are n't intelligent enough to make choices and er which is , which is clearly pretty silly , and er there was also I think and the uncomfortable erm prospect that females could in some way or another control the evolution in males which I do n't think it appealed to the Victorians either and in fact many social Darwinists like Edward Westermark for example rejected the whole concept of sexual selection as Darwin called it the female choice , because it did n't promote survival of the fittest . |
| 7 | That secret self which he drew on , and which he would draw out and test as time went on , was not for public display unless Burton willed it . |
| 8 | Some say this is merely cartoon aggression but some susceptible kiddies could believe that it 's okay to copy such actions because they have no serious effect when Macaulay does them . |
| 9 | Phoebe Jarman stared at Jess with almost as much caution as Jess eyed her . |
| 10 | It was a small world of heath and wood , a few hundred acres at the most , but it was a separate world as Clare describes it , for example , in The Village Minstrel : |
| 11 | The day dragged on in ordinary fashion until Jess felt she would scream . |
| 12 | I liked that picture so Marie let me cut it out and stick it on the wall . |
| 13 | She was a little horror when Drew took her over — but look how she played today . ’ |
| 14 | She told her many tales of the days during the Great War when John was a baby and he and his mother had lived with her and Lawrie , as they sat together , Sally holding a skein of white wool while Anne wound it into a ball . |
| 15 | She ended with a high-pitched wail as Merlyn reached her and shook her . |
| 16 | The word came out like a helpless little bleat as Belinda followed him out of the room . |
| 17 | We had n't spoken to each other since Sid woke me up , just before the shelling started . |
| 18 | They nearly came to scratching each other because Janice says they 've only got an old banger . |
| 19 | And it would n't be the greatest shock if Bowe proved me wrong by recording a knockout as fast as Lewis 's at Earl 's Court . |
| 20 | The Emperor Napoleon got a good deal because France would have had to give it up sooner or later anyway , and I got a good deal because Louisiana gave me a lovely companion for life with all the legendary charms of your people . " |
| 21 | The dazed expression had almost left her face and I wondered if she might not have had a slight stroke when Celia abandoned her , and was now recovering . |
| 22 | Above all , this is a less regimented show than Noelte made it ; the chorus work is scrappy , and sometimes looks under-rehearsed , with much School-of-Sadlers-Wells handshaking and glass-waving . |
| 23 | A top-edge off an Akram no-ball followed , and then a vital slab of good fortune as Malik put him down at slip , a high nick when he was 15 . |
| 24 | These flowers have lasted me a long time cos Ruth gave them to me on my birthday last month . |
| 25 | Her salary was maintained , but the post carried far less responsibility so Ann refused it . |
| 26 | The senior officer , an inspector , realizing that Myeloski was an important personage because Myeloski told him so , immediately set about arranging transport for the two visitors as well as booking accommodation in one of the local hotels . |
| 27 | He toiled endlessly to rescue Wales with Mouland scoring a triple bogey six at the fourth hole before Woosnam nursed him to a 72 . |
| 28 | " Chuck us a line ! " he shouted , and watched in growing rage as Rower got it caught round his foot , and it fell far short . |
| 29 | Annie 's voice all but went off the chromatic scale when Kelly told her that she was turning down Ibn Fayoud 's invitation . |
| 30 | He stepped to one side as Nicholson approached him but made sure that he left a sheet soaked with urine dangling from the trolley , hoping that Nicholson would brush against it . |