Example sentences of "[unc] [noun sg] and [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The duchy of Lancaster affiliations of such families brought them within Gloucester 's orbit and gave him a point of contact with other duchy of York families , such as the Savilles and Wentworths . |
| 2 | The duchy of Lancaster affiliations of such families brought them within Gloucester 's orbit and gave him a point of contact with other duchy of York families , such as the Savilles and Wentworths . |
| 3 | ‘ There was a time recently when a friend of mine said she was in love and could I look up the man in question 's chart and tell her the truth ? |
| 4 | I borrowed forty pounds from Malc 's Mum and bought myself a long black frock with diamanté trim and began to learn my trade . |
| 5 | The board processes themselves often do not work , so one often hears the remark : the company policy is X , but of course I am not personally in support of this , I believe we should be doing Y. Since industrial success depends totally on getting the concentration of effort of widely differing groups of people with different skills to be applied at optimum effect to the achievement of the common goal , it is not difficult to see why such disparate messages strike at one 's heart and give one a more than usual dose of despair . |
| 6 | I got to , Benguiat 's girlfriend and told her the whole story and told her to explain to Benguiat and calm him down and he had like threatened to come to Parkinson 's speech and disrupt it and scream liar and things like that at him . |
| 7 | They have taken a selection from their Cordillera , Appalachian , and Outback lines , adapted the harness to suit a women 's figure and called them the Nanda Devi range . |
| 8 | Their leader grabbed the bridle of Corbett 's horse and asked him a question he could not understand . |
| 9 | When he came out , he thought , he would sit in the driver 's seat and allow himself a daydream . |
| 10 | Perhaps he would take her into Tommy 's Bar and buy her a cup of coffee . |
| 11 | ‘ Do n't you know it 's an offence to lie down on the King 's highway and make yourself a danger to passing traffic ? ’ |
| 12 | With techno enjoying a second coming in Leeds and banging out of every other shop in the renovated arcades on Saturdays , some people were getting home after a day 's shopping and fancying something a bit different . |
| 13 | For this month 's design , I have taken the subject of Mediterranean ceramics , touched on in last month 's article and explored it a little further into the area of tiles . |
| 14 | Unlike Hitler , however , the Americans were anxious for Franco 's consent and found him a reasonable interlocutor . |
| 15 | Because British intelligence has been reluctant to spy on a legitimately elected government and has also been forbidden from keeping ministers under surveillance , MI5 has welcomed the CIA 's intervention and given it a free rein in its British operations , always provided that it can share the resulting information . |
| 16 | As the Colonel began to swell up with rage , Pooley caught Milton 's eye and shot him a warning glance . |
| 17 | She bounced to the mirror to powder and tweak for a moment , catching Conroy 's eye and giving him a wink . |
| 18 | You can have the firm 's name and give them a brooch or something . |
| 19 | Edward undertook to place a force of 600 men at the duke 's disposal and to grant him the earldom of Richmond , to which his family had an ancient claim and which John of Gaunt relinquished for the purpose . |
| 20 | She recalled the housekeeper 's kindness to her the previous evening , when she had led her from her mistress 's chamber and shown her the room that Miss Merchiston had assigned for her use . |
| 21 | ‘ Chignell , you will collect Miss O'Brien 's luggage and find her a porter before you do anything else , ’ said the autocrat ; and then the train slowed down . |
| 22 | He looked as though by being born he had sapped his mother 's strength and left her a used-up husk . |
| 23 | The young nurse brought Michael a chair and he sat beside Joe , holding the old man 's hand and stroking it every now and again . |
| 24 | Manipulating this much information puts a considerable strain on the processor 's memory and gives you a storage problem to boot ! |
| 25 | In Pitham & Hehl ( 1976 ) 65 Cr App R 45 , a person took the two defendants to his friend 's house and sold them the furniture of his friend who was in prison . |
| 26 | ‘ At 6pm , Dr Greenson went to Marilyn 's house and gave her an enema containing a strong dose of sedating drugs . |
| 27 | She took Sigarup 's temperature and gave him an injection and some pills . |
| 28 | He tightened his grip on Dougal 's arm and gave it a little shake . |