Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [subord] [noun prp] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She said if I could get us chucked outside the cinema , chucked out the cinema cos Billy said he 'd get us chucked out the cinema for , she goes and we can all pretend we do n't them . |
| 2 | It is impossible to see a logical pattern running through the narrative as Luke records it . |
| 3 | ‘ Both were brought in from the garden — home grown — and never left the kitchen until Cook gave them to Edith for the table . |
| 4 | Only , it was n't Matey who walked into the kitchen as McAllister began her blackleading , but Dr Neil , yawning and fastening the buttons of a rather natty grey coat which she had never seen before . |
| 5 | Apart from some early designs for greetings cards , the animal theme in Boyd 's work did n't come to the fore until Macmillan commissioned her to illustrate a book to accompany Spike Milligan 's verse . |
| 6 | Apart from some early designs for greetings cards , the animal theme in Boyd 's work did n't come to the fore until Macmillan commissioned her to illustrate a book to accompany Spike Milligan 's verse . |
| 7 | One is never sure whether trifling details , sketchily represented on the canvas , actually record significant features of the instrument as Mercier saw it . |
| 8 | I think if I were a fledgling esoteric , with a nose for history , it would n't be difficult to turn up details of what was attempted — the experiment as Bloxham called it — and maybe get it into my head that the time was right to try again . ’ |
| 9 | The most obvious manifestation of this came when he remained almost immobile in the centre of the ring while Biggs picked him off with jabs from long range . |
| 10 | Ron Atkinson 's Sheffield Wednesday received a nasty shock away to Cambridge United in their fifth round tie , United going in front after eighteen minutes through Dublin , and Wednesday were to receive another rude shock seven minutes after the break when Philpot made it two nil . |
| 11 | Fagan was standing at the door of the feedhouse when Nicandra approached him , as saucily as she was able , to demand handfuls of grain for her birds . |
| 12 | He had half-expected that the response would be a thrust of the long spurs and a head-down gallop for the open , and those ahead had orders to bring down the horse if Isambard tried it ; but instead he stirred gently in the saddle and brought his mount edging forward in obedience to the order , dancing restively past the quivering arrow , and almost abreast of Owen 's hiding-place . |
| 13 | She knew now who it was and stood waiting in the hall until Greg joined her . |
| 14 | ‘ Your head 's on the block , ’ said the Director as Rostov caught him up . |
| 15 | The community as Anselm left it when he died was rich , prosperous , and assured of its position in the world . |
| 16 | And neither bribe nor threat will budge him from the truth as God reveals it to him . |
| 17 | She was just getting used to the chestnut when Alejandro moved her on to a dark brown mare who , when it was n't bucking , shied at the ball , and then on to another chestnut , whom she had great difficulty in holding . |
| 18 | It was hell again for Norman , who was crucified by Faldo in the third round of the 1990 Open at St Andrews , when they set out sharing the lead before Faldo hammered him by nine shots . |
| 19 | He had hoped by this gesture to spare his people the customary vengeance which the Turks exacted indiscriminately against the population when Serbs defied them . |
| 20 | Nor would he learn anything from the journal unless Meg gave him the key to it ; for the cypher was a special one , transforming itself constantly page by page as the journal progressed . |
| 21 | ‘ I saw the look on your face in the coffee-bar when Gavin said you 'd better beware of skeletons in your cupboard — frankly , it was a dead give-away that you had something to hide . ’ |
| 22 | I was just going to take it into the smoking-room when Giffen stopped me . |
| 23 | She lay back against the hard sofa , sipping the drink when David brought it to her and swallowing with difficulty . |
| 24 | The comprehensive defeat marked their lowest point in the game since America defeated them in a World Cup match 43 years ago . |
| 25 | Gradually Leeds relinquished control of the game although Deane put us ahead with a scrambly goal . |
| 26 | I fell to the ground as Esmerelda left it forever . |
| 27 | Joe is Pip 's brother-in-law and he suffers with Pip at the start as Pip regards him as a youthful counterpart and describes him as |
| 28 | Lord Taylor said Richens had explained he was carrying the sheath knife , used in the killing , to reassure Sabrina , who had been frightened about staying at the flat since Choi raped her . |
| 29 | Livingstone said he had been at home at the time of the trouble while Hardy said he watched the disturbance , although he did not throw anything . |
| 30 | Charlie was only a yard behind them , and was about to charge through a gap in the barrier when Tommy overtook him . |