Example sentences of "[noun prp] [conj] [pron] [adv] [verb] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cicely put on a cheerful expression and tactfully , as though thinking to leave the newly engaged couple to say goodnight in private , she smiled , ‘ If you 'll excuse us , Leith , Guthrie and I always go and check on the horses before we go up to bed . |
| 2 | Delving deep into its archives it has come up with some winners , not least a luscious 1947 performance of Bax 's The Garden of Fand that I once possessed and enjoyed in its original , 78 rpm form . |
| 3 | Now okay you know the , you know the one person you ca n't do anything for but it 's the way this lass looked you know and then about a week after that I 'm in Princes Street and I always try and er you know buy the , the Issues |
| 4 | I made a facial question-mark at Melanie but she just shrugged and edged closer . |
| 5 | Editor 's comment : The Australian government are quite entitled to apply sanctions against South Africa if they so wish but the correct time to apply them is not after competitors have arrived for a World Championships in Australia to which they have been invited . |
| 6 | He asked Office minister David Mellor whether he still wished or instructed local authorities to enforce the law as it now stands . |
| 7 | I am at a loss to explain this contradiction , as Gubby and I both accepted and talked about our next-door-neighbour relationship in later life . |
| 8 | His own description of what followed is worth repeating : ‘ I found this location in Glasgow that I really liked and took about 15 shots of it . |
| 9 | say to th this chap you know but we just happened to mention in passing to Jeanette and she really jumped and said oh Pat did n't smoke a lot . |
| 10 | Bush said this will be no Vietnam and he well understood and everybody else well understood what he meant by that . |
| 11 | I do believe there were , there was a high explosive bomb but I think it was just jettisoned to as you wanted to get back home the German pilot he , he landed somewhere up Bluebell Wood but it just exploded and no one was hurt . |
| 12 | The Gibraltarians liked to drink coffee in the open air cafés and the women loved to knit — occupations new to the Madeirans but which rapidly became and remain popular pastimes . |