Example sentences of "[pron] [noun pl] [adv] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He came and put his arm round my shoulders then and led me gently towards the door . |
| 2 | I opened my eyes eventually and took the compass out of my jeans pocket , where I 'd stowed it to have hands free for standing up . |
| 3 | I shut my eyes then and went to work . |
| 4 | I twisted on the pole , pushed my talons forward and caught one of them a passing blow . |
| 5 | I varied the days and the times of my visits so as to catch this resourceful woman at her different occupations , for example making the wild boar and hind sausages , for which she was renowned in the neighbourhood , and the tarts filled with medlars that grew against the wall of her stable . |
| 6 | I missed my grandparents desperately and longed for Pam . |
| 7 | I spread my muscles again and took all the room I wanted . |
| 8 | BELVILLE : As human life is uncertain I have disposed my affairs so as to secure to you the power of living as a person ought who is my widow . |
| 9 | When I lost a temporary job in a local Traffic Office , I packed my things rather than face another bleak winter and with seven shillings and sixpence in my pocket I went to some friends in south-east London . |
| 10 | I rolled up my sleeves , those tartan sleeves , still damp , closed my forearms together and saw arms which , the same as the rest of me , had received no care . |
| 11 | Now I 'm looking for an apartment to call my own , then I will be able to leave all my bags there and have something to return to . |
| 12 | I will , I 'll phone my publishers now and see what I can do |
| 13 | I wept a little as I climbed the creaky stairs , and when I got into the attic I knelt down beside the bed , put my hands together and prayed . |
| 14 | After an increasingly eerie half hour of this I clapped my hands together and said , rather abruptly perhaps , " Right then . |
| 15 | There was no heating in the room and an inadequacy of blankets , and I finally put on all my clothes again and tried my best to snuggle under the only blanket to snatch an hour of sleep . |
| 16 | I asked him to go to the shed and take all my kites away and burn them , which he duly did , in a hollow now called Kite Pyre Dell . |
| 17 | I put my cameras away and took my leave , stepping out into the muggy London air on Carnaby Street . |
| 18 | Similarly , structural analysis is replaced by deconstruction which also questions its objects rather than reflecting them . |
| 19 | Everyone bundled their possessions together and talked about where they would like to stay . |
| 20 | It is ICI 's policy to manage all of its activities so as to give benefit to society , ensuring that they meet relevant laws and regulations ; that they are acceptable to the community at large ; and that their environmental impact is reduced to a practicable minimum . |
| 21 | The Board is very conscious of the need to be able to service its activities efficiently and to respond to the demands of its customers and markets . |
| 22 | Rosemary Duncan-Smith had made her views plain when driving Meg back to Norwich station after her interview . |
| 23 | Later , she subtly modified her views so as to accommodate , not alienate , American feminists . |
| 24 | She felt him lace their fingers together and trembled with a strange mixture of excitement and trepidation . |
| 25 | As a committed Labour Party member I can not condone nor understand why , with the country suffering from Tory fatigue , the Labour Party does not thrust home its policies rather than become embroiled in this negative smear and counter-smear campaign . |
| 26 | Tracey copies out her notes neatly and gives them to her manager : |
| 27 | The Dean and Chapter had recently forbidden parking there and had won as far as cars were concerned , but the local inhabitants had always parked their bikes there and continued so to do . |
| 28 | This does not mean that they conduct their audits negligently or sacrifice their independence by condoning accounting treatments that are demonstrably wrong . |
| 29 | Unless hardware maintenance providers broaden the range of services they offer , position their products correctly and market them right , they will not succeed in today 's hardware market , which is dropping in value more rapidly than previously predicted . |
| 30 | In McEllistrim v The Ballymacelligott Co-op Agricultural & Dairy Society [ 1919 ] AC 548 a co-operative society had changed its rules so as to prevent any member from selling milk other than to the society . |