Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [pron] [adv] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are such thoroughly visual animals that we hardly realize what a complicated business seeing is . |
| 2 | ‘ I 've played for Utah Jazz against the very best in America — including Magic Johnson and Michael Jordan — in front of 40,000 fans and I only hope I put that experience to good use . |
| 3 | He was stationed in an old chapel in Chuckery because the Americans once they 'd started they were putting them everywhere or anywhere they could just get to be with them before V Day they were even in little chapels , churches , outhouses anywhere they could possibly and there were guns and bits of trucks on every spot of land where they could get them the er , I 'm getting out of context I was just thinking about a tank , a First World War tank that they used to have those as well in the field gun in the er arboretum which were disappeared soon after the war they went for scrap and they came and they used , people used to have a lot of wrought iron railings as well they took those as well they came along with burners and went off to the war effort , but er like I say the Americans and of course as kids they were very generous with kids and we absolutely loved them . |
| 4 | and they , that was when they were kids and they still remember it |
| 5 | I have duly noted what you have said in your second and third paragraphs and I fully appreciate what you are saying , stop . |
| 6 | She told her brothers and they too put their faces into the soft sealskin . |
| 7 | They were attractive-looking animals and they often allowed us to get quite close . |
| 8 | The silver halo dazzled his eyes and he almost lost his grip . |
| 9 | You will find he will go to immense trouble to avoid Night Goblin units if he even thinks they might contain Fanatics . |
| 10 | The hon. Gentleman and I have engaged in lengthy discussions about the problems faced by Belfast taxi drivers and I fully appreciate their fears and concerns . |
| 11 | Er can I er I I started to comment on about the er er bank accounts and which are y you know er my the reaction that I saw was all round the table er I think we would go further but er any company handling pension funds should carry pensions somewhere in their names on all on all their paperwork etcetera so that everybody 's totally clear that they are dealing with pension funds and er er to agree with a comment that you made in one of your earlier reports that er designation of bonus of shares of pension funds should be clearly er marked on those shares er that also would have a at least alerted these financial institutions as once again that they were handling stocks belonging to pension funds and they still ignored it in that that w case that they did , but er they would have not had the excuse that er apparently some of them have made that er they were not aware that these were pension fund assets . |
| 12 | The change brought some unexpected experiences and challenges , but all my years as a Head were full of interest and happy working relationships and I thoroughly enjoyed my career , a memorable and refreshing interlude in it being the Centenary summer term back at Somerville as a Schoolmistress Fellow . |
| 13 | Matthew Pinsent , the Boat Club President , says that when the alarm goes off , it 's hard to get up , but you know that over in Cambridge they are already up and lifting weights and something just kicks you into action . |
| 14 | Even the Bishop of Durham , I 've just recently bought one of his books and I rather wish I had n't , I 'm not liking it much erm he 's still much too orthodox really . |
| 15 | He wrote out cheques from the account to pay his credit card debts , rent arrears and he also used it to clear phone bills and part of £500 taxi bill . |
| 16 | They were concerned about their own roles but they also felt there was no historical evidence of local authority commitment to mental health services and they therefore feared losing hard-won resources to these authorities . |
| 17 | That was by that was by normal recruits but it still happens it , actually the the bullying goes down the line . |
| 18 | This is not a criticism of the reporting organizations because it simply reflects our ignorance of how to measure the relationships . |
| 19 | Last night Le Saux said : ‘ I want to apologise to the fans because I obviously regret what I did . |
| 20 | May we learn to appreciate its beauty and its comforts whilst we still have them to enjoy . |
| 21 | Incredibly , though , it was six months before I fully realised what was happening . |
| 22 | With that , or taramasalata , or pâté ( also usually high in fat content ) , you could well be packing down more than 400 calories before you even start your main course . |
| 23 | ‘ Are n't you going to present me , Araminta ? ’ he asked blandly , and saw a flicker of relief in Theda 's eyes before she discreetly lowered them . |
| 24 | Her words were ringing in her ears as she eventually made her way through Customs . |
| 25 | There was a strange glitter in his eyes as he blatantly goaded her . |
| 26 | They stung , as they were meant to , and there were tears in her eyes when he roughly turned her over . |
| 27 | They nonetheless strengthened the authority of the republican leaderships as they gradually extended their effective control over local affairs . |
| 28 | There were n't any wolf-whistles but the sudden silence that greeted her appearance in the archway brought a rueful tilt to her lips as she gently raised her eyebrows until her eyes met the disconcerted ones of the team manager . |
| 29 | A faint , derisive smile curved Dane 's lips as he slowly shook his head . |
| 30 | But who can tell the damage we do to our writing voices when we roughly silence them for long stretches ? |