Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] [verb] [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 Soon after this I embarked on another essay , under what stimulus I do not now remember ; but I had formed the habit , not of revising or tinkering with an unsatisfactory piece , but of writing something else instead .
2 This I endured for several months , having no spirit even to complain .
3 ‘ Now what 's this I hear about this madman driving an Irish Ford ? ’
4 gesture , gesture and strategy , this we need to this morning .
5 This he did with such success that within the next few years his name became a byword throughout Spain .
6 Once you 've worked out your policy , you should make it clear it applies to all staff , at all levels , and you should be prepared to use it fairly and consistently .
7 ‘ No one knows more than me how much I owe to this country , how much I vow to give back to it for what it has done to me , ’ he said .
8 But nineteen thirteen I went to this examination and it was called a Labour Examination , and if you were able to pass this examination you could leave school at thirteen .
9 And I , that 's why I was wondering er how much you did on that front really .
10 In 1898 he worked for some months in Naples on the evolution of small sharks , and then became a demonstrator in the natural history department of St Andrews University .
11 There was such regret , such a bleakness in his eyes that Lissa turned away , her soul crying out in anguish because it was plain for anyone to see how much he cared for this woman who had betrayed him .
12 that , that er that you respond to that letter from him Trevor and say
13 It 's interesting though that that you talked about that sort of identifying with the old companies , even in the nationalization days .
14 I go to college now I 'm doing my G C S Es and I 'm enjoying them very much and I 'm glad I went onto that course first .
15 ‘ I 'm glad you called in this evening , ’ he said .
16 The basic you get at that time .
17 He said : " Glad we put in some toilet paper .
18 When we were taking away three we went in this direction , for three .
19 There is very little we know about these processes although several studies are being carried out at present .
20 ‘ I 've got a feeling Mr. Preston , that I 'm going to be very grateful we ran into each other tonight . ’
21 As long as I was forced to stay awake I shrank from any stimulus to sensation ; now I relax and welcome the fading sensations until they are extinct , and for a few minutes will notice impressions of which I am normally unaware , such as the twilight images on the edge of consciousness .
22 All I knew at that stage was that the girls had drowned in a sailing accident .
23 ‘ You are all I have in this world , ’ it said .
24 ‘ I 'm sure I came through this junction .
25 Had there been a verification that nuclear fusion did occur in solids at room temperature , here is one theorist , and I am sure I speak for many colleagues , who would have taken up the new field to see what fundamental implications it had .
26 I 'm sure I speak for most Merseysiders in saying enough is enough .
27 My ambition at the moment is to make sure I qualify for this year 's Open Championship . ’
28 ‘ To make sure you get to this dinner tonight . ’
29 Erm , I 'm sure you know of this novel anyway , but just in case you do n't , Jean Rhys er has written Wide Sargasso Sea .
30 Because this is a test of observation and not of memory , make sure you look at each item in relation to the others , noticing not simply the objects themselves but the pattern they form on the tray .
  Next page