Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adj] [conj] [pers pn] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sister Anne is teaching me French and she says my accent is really very good . " |
| 2 | She looked at me unsmiling and I opened my mouth to protest that I was the last person in the world to take such a thing for granted , that I was the only person in the world who held a low opinion of sexual experience . |
| 3 | ‘ You must set them free before I send your brothers to the plane . ’ |
| 4 | The man managed to pull them free after he heard their shouts for help at Towyn in Clwyd . |
| 5 | No doubt the Duke of Bridgewater 's agent had thought them happy when he collected their rent each week . |
| 6 | He required seven or eight spinners to keep him busy as he threw his shuttle to and fro on his heavy wooden loom . |
| 7 | You think it odd that I pay her bills ? |
| 8 | Other leading figures of the party made it clear that they share his sentiments . |
| 9 | She made it clear that she wished their relationship to continue , but could nor tolerate Charles 's violent outbursts . |
| 10 | O'Keeffe made it clear that she defined her art strictly as self-expression and indicated that she had first begun her formal training at the Art Institute of Chicago . |
| 11 | My rebellion was only half-consciously directed at my father 's choice of reading matter for me , although his disapproving and often angry comments made it clear that he took my behaviour as a personal affront . |
| 12 | Laing made it clear that he despised his fellow MPs for affecting the common touch and wearing Olex ; he himself never appeared in the house without a worsted suit and a carnation . |
| 13 | Mrs Thatcher had rebuffed suggestions that he resign and made it clear that he enjoyed her full confidence . |
| 14 | There were times when Gooch publicly made it clear that he put his home life before cricket . |
| 15 | I made it clear that I wanted our discussion that morning to focus on business matters , but I realised that she had a need to talk to someone , preferably someone discreet . |
| 16 | ‘ It important that we win our games over Christmas . |
| 17 | Is he aware that they welcome his determination to do all he can to improve their lot , both at home and abroad ? |