Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] [vb past] [pos pn] [noun] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the way down I had my camera tied to my waist and it started to drop ; in trying to grab it I lost my balance , got my foot caught in the tree root , took a tumble and twisted my ankle . |
| 2 | Perdita had drawn it back to ram it into him when suddenly she found her arms gripped from behind . |
| 3 | We shall assume that the syntactic positions for adjectives in English are as below ; we give first the intensional pattern of which each is the surface exponent , as well as an example for each , and also an instance which is ungrammatical and where we shall later be able to suggest reasons for the ungrammaticality ; in each case we shall underline in the intensional pattern the property which is instantiated by the adjective , merely for clarification and not as an integral part of the notation : [ P E ] prenominal attributive position surface syntactic sequence : adjective + noun as in hungry passengers ; but note that *asleep kittens is ungrammatical { [ E ] ( P ) } ordinary predicative position surface syntactic sequence : noun phrase + be + adjective as in the critics were upset ; but note that her husband was mere is ungrammatical [ E P ] postnominal attributive position surface syntactic sequence : noun phrase + adjective as in the crimes alleged ; but note that the road wide is ungrammatical ( ( P E ) P ) predicate qualifying position surface syntactic sequence : verb phrase + noun phrase + adjective as in he brought his gun loaded ; but note that she uses her mixer lightweight is ungrammatical [ E ( P P ) ] postverbal position surface syntactic sequence : verb phrase + adjective as in the crowd remained angry ; but note that his brother resisted obstinate is ungrammatical ( ( P P ) E ) adverbal position surface syntactic sequence ( usually ) : verb + noun phrase + adjective as in Ali rubbed the lamp clean ; but note that Mark resembles the officer sinister is ungrammatical ( P { E P } ) clausal position = surface syntactic sequence : verb + noun phrase ( + be ) + adjective as in he considers the prosecution case hopeless but note that Sue reported the prizes aplenty is ungrammatical { E P } P extraclausal position surface syntactic sequence ( usually ) : adjective + clause as in furious , the king ordered many arrests but note that furious , the king had three wives is ungrammatical As we have said , these are the adjectival positions of English ( and possibly of any natural human language ) . |
| 4 | Soon everyone wanted their picture taken with the Book creature . |
| 5 | He unlocked the relevant locker and removed the pale-blue Adidas holdall ; but when he turned away he found his path blocked by an attractive teenager in scruffy jeans and a baggy floral T-shirt . |
| 6 | I made acquaintances , I met partners — that special freemasonry of glances — and gradually I saw my features reflected in the iridescent circumstances of Rio . |
| 7 | The faster Russia modernized , the more she needed her population dispersed in order to extract newly developed wealth . |
| 8 | After three minutes , Byrne glanced the ball narrowly wide and two minutes later he saw his header cleared off the line by Stockwell . |
| 9 | Swindon swept back within seconds for Maskell to score , but a minute later he had his spot-kick turned around the post by Steve Sutton . |
| 10 | Well I had me hair cut as well layered |
| 11 | A year and half ago I had my hair permed and did n't like it . |
| 12 | Miss Stonehouse told how she saw her son flung from his pushchair after it was in collision with a car . |
| 13 | And she says her day with Becky and the team was a revelation : ‘ The Granada Reports people came to my house to film me in some of my own clothes and then took me to the Hillcrest Hotel in Widnes where I had my hair styled and my make-up done , and then tried on lots of different outfits . |
| 14 | At least she did n't ask why I kept my curtains closed in the daytime . |
| 15 | Mm right now , now you mention that you phoned the police about when you had your purse stolen , erm are y have , what do you think of the police presence around the flats ? |
| 16 | Hyacinth thought Anne Heseltine was very dishy and wondered where she had her hair done . |
| 17 | It 's like , hang on a minute , when we had our phone connected , none of us were up here for it . |
| 18 | Many were the times when he had his knuckles rapped sharply for meddling in politics or foreign policy . |
| 19 | However , he finally got his comeuppance during the chilly winter of 1975 , when he got his penis stuck in a milk bottle while masturbating behind a hedge during a games lesson . |
| 20 | Degenhart achieved recognition in 1937 when he published his study entitled Zur Graphologie der Handzeichnungen , which forms the foundation of the methodology and structure of the Corpus . |
| 21 | Mm you saw where he had his thing done . |