Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [subord] he [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cadfael stooped and picked it up , and the thicker end , broken and dangling , shed a fluttering debris of tindery flakes as he swung it in his hand . |
| 2 | Ballesteros worries about such heavy defeats because he finds it incomprehensible that he has been unable to repel the thrusts of those opponents . |
| 3 | This can ( and occasionally did ) lead to a situation in which a linguist claims that the ‘ data ’ he is using illustrates acceptable linguistic strings because he says it does , as a result of personal introspection , and regardless of how many voices arise in disagreement . |
| 4 | He was known at the Wayfarers ' Refuge in Cosway Street in St Marylebone , an excellent place , where he usually got a midday meal and medical attention for minor ailments when he needed it . |
| 5 | Broken apart by force , the lid splintered , the box shed a handful of stones and a drift of dead leaves as he turned it upside down and shook it ruefully . |