Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [pron] [noun] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The good cut made his shoulders look their proper width and reduced his generally plump look . |
| 2 | ‘ Will the snow make your manoeuvre to lose them more difficult ? ’ |
| 3 | And behold there were sheep being driven , and they went not forward but stood still ; and the shepherd lifted his hand to smite them with his staff , and his hand remained up . |
| 4 | That my mean risking your partner disliking what you have to say , but it is important that he or she knows your feelings . |
| 5 | Organizers of schemes interviewed during the initial review indicated their reluctance to modify their schemes substantially in view of the time and expense required . |
| 6 | The other girls in the compartment spent their time comparing their passport photographs , and commenting upon the rowdiness of some boys in the corridor , who seemed , to their disbelieving , priggish admiring indignation , to be drinking beer out of cans , but Clara , though she saw , was too rapt to speak . |
| 7 | He went and laid the limp creature down on a tuft of grass near the fold to let its mother lick it . |
| 8 | The president raised his hand to silence them before going on . |
| 9 | for example , too much weaving and rolling of bodies on the floor is hardly visible from the stalls , whilst too much concentration on one side of the stage finds spectators on the same side craning their necks to see what is going on . |
| 10 | SAMANTHA FOX : For trying to make out that there 's no harm in Page Three and going on to her pre-destined role as a bimbo rock chick exhorting her listeners to touch her and feel her body , helping another generation of idiot males think that women are there purely for their own gratification . |
| 11 | To ask the Minister of Agriculture , Fisheries and Food what schools liaison programmes his Department promotes which enhance young peoples awareness of agricultural issues . |
| 12 | It is also good practice to ask your client to let you have the balance required ( if applicable ) a few days before completion , because you will need to clear the client 's cheque before you use the relevant monies represented by it . |
| 13 | Meanwhile , his wife justifies everything he does , ignores the very obvious sufferings of her daughters , and sacrifices her last chance of a career in nursing in a vain attempt to make her husband love her . |
| 14 | Eva had the talent but Mrs Burrows had made it possible and she and Major Burrows were at Brisbane City Hall to see their daughter receive her degree . |
| 15 | Two thousand eight hundred objections were received after the council announced its plans to site its new town hall at the Hazelbank park . |
| 16 | It means getting down to " D " plant half an hour before your boss rings your office to tell you to sort out the problem there . |
| 17 | Dog towels with dog and paw motif ; your cat 's own mouse den , a delightfully snug bed ; a waxed jacket for the dog which has everything ; a plastic holder with carpet insert to encourage your cat to keep its claws off the furniture . |
| 18 | Oxygen fills your lungs to float you like a lily-pad |
| 19 | Diana 's pinched expression and deliberate attempts to avoid her husband 's penetrating gaze demonstrate her determination to shut herself off from him . |
| 20 | A gunner sipping his soup astraddle his cannon , a group of NCOs playing cards would be expunged by an unheralded salvo . |
| 21 | However early clashes with the new authorities — desperate not to appear ‘ soft ’ on law and order — and the Socialist Party 's clear determination to use its power to weaken its rival soon alienated the CNT from the Republic . |
| 22 | A passionate improver , his vast correspondence chronicles his attempts to develop his estates and to improve the lot of their inhabitants . |
| 23 | I 'm just a counterman , and if my boss knew my wife worked I should get the sack , because people would think he did n't pay me enough ’ . |
| 24 | Opening the car door , the boy took my hand to lead me towards one side of a three-sided , bungalow-styled villa . |
| 25 | Like she said to that new girl take your time learn it , get to know it properly she said you learn what was it ? |
| 26 | In October the girl won an order under the 1989 Children 's Act to stop her parents forcing her home . |
| 27 | The Archdeacon opened his mouth to greet him . |
| 28 | I wish I had the money to help my cousin restore it . ’ |
| 29 | I am not trying to say that Dr Scott is typical of general practitioners — in some ways his willingness to bare his soul makes him unique . |
| 30 | An ample private income allowed him time to indulge his tastes for writing , politics , and rowing . |