Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] [be] [conj] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever implement it was that hit him went a long way round his skull but did n't penetrate very far , for which he should thank his stars . ’ |
| 2 | Each time you pick one up you will be checking which rod it is and adjusting your actions to suit that particular rod . |
| 3 | STEWART McDonald ca n't remember what age he is but knows he was born in 1947 . |
| 4 | It would not be right for me to say that he was wrongly ennobled , because I know too little about him to be able to detect whatever surprising quality it was that commended itself to Harold Wilson for admission to the House of Lords . |
| 5 | Well of course they are and bringing them over here must cost them five hundred quid . |
| 6 | Of course , back then , the proles could n't get enough of me , waving their grotty flags at the wedding and saying what a breath of fresh air I was and calling their filthy little daughters Sarah . |
| 7 | Both victim and aggressor would be immune from moral judgment ; the former for taking whatever social path it was that made him vulnerable and the latter for unleashing his fury , frustrations or whatever , upon the passive recipient of his cruelty and wrath . |
| 8 | It danced in consort with whatever power it was that provoked her thought , and so energetically at times that , when a day 's work was over , she felt as weary as one of the dancing princesses from a fairy-tale , exhausted by their demon partners . |