Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] [adj] [prep] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I pressed my head close against one comer of the barred window trying to see who was speaking , but I could see no-one . |
| 2 | When a plant or animal dies it ceases to participate in carbon exchange with the biosphere and no longer takes in 14 C. If 14 C were stable , its concentration relative to 12 C would remain constant after death , but , since it is not . |
| 3 | Poland had been penetrated with comparative ease by the partitioning military powers because its social structures made most of its population marginal in one way or another . |
| 4 | Kate tried to turn her head away , but he held her head steady with one hand twisted lightly in her hair . |
| 5 | Before this can be put into effect however , the Society must raise $110,000 just to keep its library open until 1 June , and must come up with an additional $2.5 million to cover a bare-boned operation from June 1993 to June 1994 . |
| 6 | Her packet full of 1965 hits , ‘ I 'll Stop At Nothing ’ , ‘ Long Live Love ’ , ‘ Message Understood ’ and ‘ How Can You Tell ’ , displayed a singer of some passion , a voice with the depth of soul far removed from the shrill chirpiness of Cilla Black or the bubbly fun-packed discotheque shouting of Lulu . |
| 7 | The words echoed like a warning bell in her mind , but she was helpless to heed them as his dark head bent over her , his mouth warm against one nipple , the gentle tug of his lips sending curling fingers of desire deep into the pit of her stomach . |
| 8 | We will keep your niece alive for one month from today . |