Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The clerk argued that it was not a " competent application " . |
| 2 | Parliament announced that it would hold an emergency debate on the accidents . |
| 3 | The story goes that their car broke down on the way to Larne , and they had to hitch a ride to get to the boat on time . |
| 4 | When the Assembly closed the story goes that they found hundreds of dead Indians behind the screen . |
| 5 | The story goes that it was a very merry party — maybe they were celebrating being able to get in the hay after a bad spell — and they stepped on the bridge to enjoy some music , a very Tallentire thing to do . |
| 6 | The story goes that my great-great-grandfather came to see with his own eyes the destruction of their great city and that , seeing the sign , he smiled , appreciating the play on words . |
| 7 | The story goes that he 's fallen out with his friends in the Provos , and he 's either on the run , or they murdered him and dumped the body . |
| 8 | And so the story goes that he er said he would support David er David G Lloyd George and help on this case . |
| 9 | The story goes that he was watching at home with his wife but after the pile-up occurred , he could stand it no more and went out into the garden for the rest of the race . |
| 10 | The story goes that he managed a round on the morning of the wedding and even , it is said , a few strokes later in the day . |
| 11 | A nice government official helping to run the camp asked if I would mind staying until all the old and sick and pregnant women were flown out , and of course we were only too pleased to stay . |
| 12 | Distressing as it was for the Victorian establishment to contemplate having descended from monkeys , it would not be long before new advances in physiology and biochemistry revealed that we virtually are monkeys — differing from the chimpanzee , for instance , by a single chromosome in our genetic code . |
| 13 | The motorhome will be the lucky winners ' base for the next two weeks , offering them freedom to go where they please to explore New Zealand 's unspoilt areas of breathtaking , natural beauty . |
| 14 | ‘ Go As You Please ’ is just as it sounds , and with your unlimited 7-day bus pass and your 6 accommodation vouchers , which can be used at any of the Youth Hostels in Northern Ireland , you have the freedom to go where you want , when you want . |
| 15 | Quite , quite frankly I , I ca n't see Walsall moving , because it seems to have been money wasted if they 've made Fellas Park good and then they move somewhere else . |
| 16 | do you think that was a deliberate decision made that it should be part of the flats rather than somewhere outside , |
| 17 | Erm now the th H S C is saying that erm it should n't have gone skin to skin and they 've stopped skin to skin in other headings . |
| 18 | He wrote in the Times : ‘ Last night in Sheffield , image throttled intellect and a quiet voice in every reporter present whispered that there was something disgusting about the occasion . |
| 19 | I must be quiet ; they must not hear my heart thumping or my involuntary gasp . |
| 20 | In the end Flimnap realized that his wife was not in love with me , and had not done anything wrong , but he was still angry with me . |
| 21 | But it might not be a bad idea to go down that route to see if we can we can see if it can be exploit it at this stage because we have discussed , and I know this is getting off the the the the agen |
| 22 | As he did so his burned skin healed and his scorched hair re-grew . |
| 23 | undermine your opponent 's credibility by : questioning his experience suggesting that he is losing control negotiating to the point of his mental exhaustion |
| 24 | Its hard to see that there will be much demand for it at that price , but AT&T Co has introduced a phone called Picasso Still Image Phone , which enables people that both have one to transmit television-quality colour still images over standard phone lines while still talking to each other — but it costs a cool $3,300 for one ; Picassos will be installed at 39 Marriott convention hotels under an agreement with Washington , DC-based Marriott Corp and AT&T is looking into co-operating on image technology with Eastman Kodak Co — the phone , designed mainly for advertising , design and photography agencies , will work with the Kodak 's Photo CD system . |
| 25 | They do have considerable advantages though , and it 's worth giving them a try to see if they suit you . |
| 26 | Most EC governments restrict pension funds ' freedom to invest as they choose . |
| 27 | Literary texts can be seen acting as metaphors for features the skilled ( shamanistic perhaps ? ) reader of the cultural text discerns and whose significances to the larger whole are suggestively indicated . |
| 28 | It appears to be contrary to what the Criminal Law Revision Committee and Parliament intended when they established " dishonesty " in the 1968 Act . |
| 29 | I have learnt enough about the Alexander Technique to realize that I have much more to learn , and that noticeable change can be a slow process , but I am more than happy with the benefits that I have received so far . |
| 30 | Looking ahead , I suppose travel would be nice , if only the opportunity arose and I had the courage to go with it . |