Example sentences of "[adj] and [verb] [pron] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 No just deal with this and let their deal with the amendment as it is .
2 ‘ I must thank you for all this and giving me food in the week and I 'm sorry for what I said , it 's just that I 'm not used to people being nice to me .
3 The military advice given to Mountbatten was that they should not be armed , but he overruled this and gave his recognition to the AFO .
4 Continue to weigh yourself daily and mark your weight into the chart each day .
5 Les had a health scare two years ago and was ordered to cut down on drinking , stop smoking and reduce his weight from 15 stone .
6 After his last heart scare two years ago , Manchester-born Les was ordered to cut down his drinking , stop smoking and reduce his weight from 15 stone .
7 If you can identify some of them , you may find you can arrange things so that you avoid some of the situations that make you feel Not-OK and increase your exposure to situations where you experience OKness .
8 What the Henry Pratt books ( there is a second in print , Pratt Of The Argus , and a third imminent ) have in common with the rest of Nobbs ' work is his love of running gags and bizarre symmetry , an interest which made Perrin so relentlessly funny and reached its peak in the near-geometric farces of the two Bit Of A Do series .
9 He laughed loudly at things that were n't funny and littered his English with expletives to appear more at home in the language .
10 That is no doubt wrong and covers our blindness to our own Scottish variety of unpleasantness , but easy to see how it happens .
11 In 1982 the EEC limited production of CFCs 11 and 12 and cut their use in aerosols by 30 per cent .
12 He gave his life for the King , because , as I entered , Detchard pulled himself free and drove his sword into the doctor 's side .
13 In either case you can easily and very quickly dehydrate and put your life at risk .
14 George Underwood : David was always a bit over the top and he decided to write to John Bloom , a millionaire business , saying something to the effect ‘ Brian Epstein has got The Beatles but you can have us ’ , but Bloom was n't that interested and passed his letter to Les Conn , an agent . ’
15 There were those who were interested and showed their interest in the following year but by that time officership was foremost in Eva 's thoughts .
16 I recall my partner panting , puffing and praying his way over a traverse which in no way resembled the route description , to arrive with abject horror at my belay .
17 St Jovite had rounded the final turn in front , but John Reid was on his tail on Dr Devious and forced his horse in front right on the line as Christy Roche was forced to ease off because his mount was hanging .
18 Also , he believed , ‘ in respect of much general book/library purchasing , the decision is not ‘ what is the best book ’ in absolute terms , it is much more ‘ is this suitable/attractive and justifies my use of whatever funds I was intending to spend ’ .
19 The first European Formula 3000 Championship was staged in 1985 and changed its name to the F.I.A .
20 When we arrived half an hour later , all the canoes were unloaded from the trailer and we were all kitted-out with a helmet and life-jacket and given our canoe for the day .
21 And they 'd visit one another and take their knitting with them and sit and yarn , and that was all the enjoyment .
22 The children , via the network , are able to learn about one another and develop their understanding of global issues through their exchange of messages on the system .
23 The PLO leadership ( including the PLO executive committee ) met in Tunis on July 20-21 and reiterated its demand for a total freeze on settlement building , calling for imminent elections to a " legislative council " which would have " complete authority " in the occupied territories during the transitional period .
24 There is still time for the alliance to rescind its decision of 1979 and turn its attention to more pressing defence priorities .
25 England always looked dangerous and extended their lead in the 53rd minute when Merson opened up the Polish defence for Bull to slot in the third goal .
26 Coaches should plan to arrive at junction 21 of the M1 at 1pm to 1.30 and make their way to the rendezvous point .
27 These issues are far from resolved and affect our interpretation of some potentially significant findings .
28 Lehmann was born in 1888 and made her début in 1910 .
29 It became unsafe and found its way between the wars to Newton .
30 They are , as a rule , stunted in growth , ill-shaped , and frequently ill-formed in the chest ; they become prematurely old , and are certainly short-lived ; they are phlegmatic and bloodless and exhibit their debility of constitution by obstinate attacks of dyspepsia , and disorders of the liver and kidneys , and by rheumatism .
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