Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [prep] [art] [adj -est] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He plopped himself down on the nearest chair . |
| 2 | Passengers and passers-by alike found its wide , illuminated photographs of mouth-watering meals irresistible — though at a cost ( in 1980 ) of nearly £½million , Casey Jones was obviously going to pay for himself only at the busiest venues . |
| 3 | He had also developed such affection for his owner , and had become so possessive of her , that if he saw her stroking another horse , he would roar with rage and throw himself sideways against the nearest fence , cutting and scraping his skin so that it bled . |
| 4 | Mansell managed to negotiate himself out of the best car in Formula One , despite winning the world championship for the first time . |
| 5 | He had hidden himself then in the deepest hole he could find because the lightning and the thunder alarmed him . |
| 6 | So you can carve up the remains and sell them off to the highest bidders ? ’ |
| 7 | I do n't suppose I was more than 10 when the harvesters sent me off to the nearest pub to get some cider in a couple of bottles . |
| 8 | ‘ I want you to drop me off at the nearest hotel , ’ she told him in a strained voice . |
| 9 | I 'm letting you in on the latest fashion and all you can do is accuse me of lying . |
| 10 | When you pick up the rec , the , the hands it will actually take you through to the nearest police control room area now , if it 's on the M eleven then most of the calls will go into Chelmsford , our police headquarters , once you cross over the borders and go into Metropolitan area , then that goes up to the Scotland Yard in their control rooms . |
| 11 | So , will you join me , or should I drop you off at the nearest station ? ’ |
| 12 | If you are not , and I have to stress this very carefully then they will call the nearest available garage and the garage will come there very quickly and they will tow you off into the nearest exit and there they will leave you and that can cost you probably , in excess of ninety pounds . |
| 13 | We 'll fix you up in the best hotel on the station . |
| 14 | We 'll fix you up in the best hotel on the station . |
| 15 | The feel of him inside her spread warmth through every part of her until her body relaxed completely and gave itself up to the purest pleasure . |
| 16 | GEC , under the guidance of Lord Weinstock , built itself up into the largest manufacturing employer in the UK , producing a wide range of products from telecommunications to defence electronics . |
| 17 | ‘ If it 'll make you even in the smallest degree more cheerful . ’ |
| 18 | The common complaint that luxury extends itself even to the lowest ranks of the people , and that the labouring poor will not now be contented with the same food , clothing and lodging which satisfied them in former times , may convince us that it is not the money price of labour only , but its real recompense , which has been augmented . |
| 19 | The water tanks will be covered and their insulation improved to bring them up to the latest standards . |
| 20 | He has , to switch metaphors , grabbed by the throat the Tories ' controversial team of young election campaign advisers , shaken them vigorously , and hung them up on the nearest meat hook . |
| 21 | Two days later he tells me : ‘ It 's like they want to copy everything down to the smallest detail . |
| 22 | We have yet to learn that form counts for something even in the holiest adoration of the heart . ’ |
| 23 | Tina would have plumped herself down in the nearest seat even if this had been next to a passenger but Cecilia , conforming to usage , sat in the emptiest area of the coach , on the platform side with her back to the window . |
| 24 | After a triumphant journey of 30-odd feet , unfortunately executed backwards , Julia propelled herself neatly into the nearest restaurant and ordered an early rösti . |
| 25 | Banning unofficial action will put individual workers entirely at the mercy of unscrupulous employers who will be able to dismiss them selectively on the slightest pretext , without any right of appeal . ’ |
| 26 | We remember him most as the best diver ever to grace the Gorbals swimming pond . |
| 27 | His sports and hobbies frequently took him away for the best part of the weekend ; work also ate into parts of Saturday and Sunday . |
| 28 | He swung her away to the farthest end of the floor from the new arrivals . |
| 29 | There were even police standing in the wings ready to cart everybody off to the nearest station should the forbidden line be recited . |
| 30 | If Kelly could see her now she 'd throw up her hands in horror and drag her off to the nearest restaurant to order the biggest meal on the menu . |