Example sentences of "[noun sg] [subord] [pron] [adv] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , they broke through on about a forty mile stretch Where they really gained ground is up towards Arras , they made about five miles there , and down around St Quentin . |
| 2 | ‘ 1(1) A person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it ; and ‘ thief ’ and ‘ steal ’ shall be construed accordingly . ’ |
| 3 | Section 1(1) reads as follows : ‘ A person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it ; and ‘ thief ’ and ‘ steal ’ shall be construed accordingly . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ A person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it ; and ‘ thief ’ and ‘ steal ’ shall be construed accordingly . |
| 5 | ‘ 1(1) A person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it ; and ‘ thief ’ and ‘ steal ’ shall be construed accordingly . |
| 6 | Accordingly clause 1(1) of the draft Bill provides that : ‘ A person is guilty of theft if he dishonestly appropriates property belonging to another with the intention of permanently depriving the other of it ; and ‘ thief , ’ ‘ steals ’ and ‘ stolen ’ shall be construed accordingly . ’ |
| 7 | It was after dark when he finally regained consciousness with the jolting realization that the snake should have caught up with him . |
| 8 | This quotation is one of the very few places in his work where he actually mentions soil erosion . |
| 9 | Colin Stephens did not quite convince that he was the Messiah in waiting at flyhalf although his coolly taken first-half drop goal showed that he can perform under pressure . |
| 10 | ‘ The government 's proposals on patronage and sponsorship [ the so-called Ley del Mecenazgo or Patronage Law ] may provide an important boost for the Museum if it actually becomes law ’ . |
| 11 | They simply increase your panic when you most need help . |
| 12 | We think it against nature if someone so lacks prudence that they involve themselves in great foreseen evil for the sake of satisfying some fairly trifling present impulse . |
| 13 | Florida 's Supreme Court ruled the men had no right to privacy because they willingly took part in criminal activities . |
| 14 | Drysdale is nicknamed ‘ Milky ’ in the Hornets dressing room because he once resembled TV 's Milky Bar Kid . |
| 15 | But for major decisions about interpersonal relationships , careers , investments , etc. we may be very conscious of the decision process because it often causes stress . |
| 16 | The counterpointed duet of miniature heavy breathing and onward bashing life-pump forever continues beside me in defiance of the social laws of 1973 and reminds me how innocently fresh is young life , to be soon stained and bleached in alternating frenzy before it even has time to realise just how freshly innocent it is . |
| 17 | I can recall one memorable evening when we met in the Pathfinder Club just as soon as it had opened in the evening ; I was attached to the Air Ministry at the time and it was very soon after the war as we still wore uniform . |
| 18 | The article sent the leading RISC analyst Andrew Allison to his keyboard where he promptly made hash of its arguments . |
| 19 | The hope on the part of the Berkeley Software contingent that Novell Inc will quash the suit once it finally takes Unix Labs over may turn out to be a forlorn one . |
| 20 | A rough-coated collie called Tip , he was offered to me by some relatives down the dale whilst I still had Chip . |
| 21 | They saw her sometimes , watching them from the hillside as they carried peats or hay , wood or baskets of fish that they 'd not sell her ; and each one could feel the chill as she silently vowed vengeance on them all . |
| 22 | Timeshare salesman Thomas Kerr , 21 , from Loughton , Essex , was jailed for 18 months at Snaresbrook Crown Court when he also admitted burglary and stealing £10,000 worth of computer equipment . |
| 23 | Well , I 'm not supposed to tell you but he was smoking on the station when we just caught sight of him . |
| 24 | However , according to Egnell Ameda , white noise wo n't soothe a baby if she really needs attention — because her nappy needs changing , say , or if she 's hungry . |
| 25 | " We will not slow the birth rate until we finally address poverty . |
| 26 | Or you can mix it in the bottle with the oil so it 's always handy in your pocket if you ever have occasion to use it . |
| 27 | In this sense the territory size of predators is irrelevant to palaeoecological reconstruction because it merely reflects resource dispersal and not resource richness . |
| 28 | Twelve months ago , when he arrived at the Courtyard Marriott on the night of his triumph , following the small dinner the club always gives the new champion , he was happy with a can or two of beer while everyone else drank champagne . |
| 29 | Leah bore him children , but Rachel was barren for a long period during which Jacob had children by her maidservant before she eventually gave birth to Joseph and then Benjamin . |
| 30 | European commercial banks were also more likely to follow such a policy as they often have steering committees with functional executives to co-ordinate the integration of the two policies . |