Example sentences of "[subord] the [noun pl] [verb] and [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She discusses marriage trends and how these have affected where the children live and who cares for them , the ethnic diversity of British life , and different cultural attitudes towards bringing up children . |
| 2 | Moran stood holding the edge of the door until the headlights disappeared and he closed the door without shutting the iron gate at the road or the small wooden gate leaning against the boxwood . |
| 3 | It was a slow , infuriating process , and as A roads gave way to B and Robyn neared her destination already two hours late , the slowly darkening skies became as black and as desperate as Robyn 's frame of mind , until the heavens opened and it started to pour — not reasonable , perfectly acceptable drops of rain from a warm July sky , but pounding , penetrating torrents that battered and bounced off the roof of the jeep and seeped in through the ill-fitting windows . |
| 4 | If the wheels turn and we can tip it rightside up between us — should be a doddle . ’ |
| 5 | Yeah when if the rains came and it started to er pour away , my God it was tumultuous ! |
| 6 | But all that was put to one side when the protests started and we took to the streets . |
| 7 | It was a different matter when the sirens wailed and she hurried , dry-mouthed , into the clammy cold of St Joseph 's crypt . |
| 8 | Then as the minutes passed and there was no sign of him , she considered that perhaps he had overslept . |
| 9 | Others are those who did not adventure themselves on the Crusade , but stayed to maintain the rights of their absent lords in their proper manors and castles , but as the years passed and their lords did not return they have been turned out from their posts of trust . ’ |
| 10 | And when the rangers are out on the patrol they are constantly looking around to see what has been happening around them as the seasons change and what work needs to be done . |
| 11 | Oh well we try and keep all the cows mid-fifties as far as the cows goes and we run them all home here . |
| 12 | Jack chucked her her helmet , stowed the emergency gear and fired up his bike , and in seconds she was clinging on behind him as the sirens wailed and they took off through the car park as if the hounds of hell were after them . |