Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [verb] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A scientist I know is amazed how often his eight year-old son can see immediately through a tangle of ideas in a problem — the directness and uncomplicatedness and openness of the child is a huge asset which many adults have lost . |
| 2 | Apart from being sick and having to keep going to the loo I loved being pregnant . |
| 3 | No I think this is board meeting and as a board I think were interested to get your points of view what is n't taken place that you 'd liked to take place and what you 'd like to see in the future well and that 's why the meetings been convened . |
| 4 | The Squirrel I flew was appropriate for the task , being owned privately by a pilot who bought it new and had flown just 60 hours before it was introduced to me . |
| 5 | First two cases I took were missing persons . |
| 6 | If I wish to maximise my impact on improving human life , I can do so best by putting my effort into activities I know are unlikely to take place otherwise and into small-scale ventures where I can actually see results for my efforts . |
| 7 | Hang on , wait a minute , er August , September , January , February , March I 've been single for nine months . |
| 8 | Until we came to the Furka I 'd been impressed by the Spirit R/T , surprised by the agility of its handling , the sensitivity and accuracy of its power-assisted rack-and-pinion steering , the breadth of the uninterrupted acceleration from its powerful turbocharged engine , the lightness of the controls and the quality of the gearchange . |
| 9 | Meanwhile Atkinson laughed off any fears of a hostile reception at Hillsborough and said : ‘ The only extra protection I want is thermal underwear . |
| 10 | I BELIEVE the decision I made was commonsense — the right one in the circumstances . |
| 11 | I know some people might think the decision I made was unpleasant and monstrous but I want to tell how I came to make the decision and the reasons behind it . |
| 12 | But the experience I had was fantastic and it did n't take long before my salary was considerably more than that . |
| 13 | People I have worked with I 've identified as having problems that I can see some sort solution to in terms , for instance , of hospital treatment erm at times I 've been unable to erm to do that because the Act is very difficult to work round erm and in retrospect I 'm very |
| 14 | In the general run of life in a river this may be very true , but many times I have been able to take barbel and chub from the same swim simply by altering the depth at which my bait is fishing . |
| 15 | In recent times I have been able to go down to the hostel , where my good friend Richard Megson gives me the opportunity to wash in lovely hot water . |
| 16 | The legs I saw were white . |
| 17 | Every map of Goa I found was useless , except for the one available from the tourist office ( see below ) . |
| 18 | The reply I envisage is likely to prove unsatisfactory to radicals and utilitarians alike , since it would state that poetry is ultimately its own justification , like music or games . |
| 19 | Over the years the G M B has been a major part of our family life the night meetings sometimes being away from home the disputes I have been involved in you have shared them with me and listened to me , and because of my involvement you have always supported me . |
| 20 | Before I began the formal research I had been aware from the few parents of children with trisomy 21 I knew that there was more disquiet about their negotiations with professionals and the treatment of their children than had made its way into the academic and professional literature on parents and families . |
| 21 | In this chapter I have been concerned to draw out some of the implications for socialist politics of the analysis of capitalist property relations given earlier . |
| 22 | But the subjects I have been concerned with recently have been more directly related to my own experience of life : the situation in Northern Ireland ; the Gulf War ; my thoughts have come closer to home . |
| 23 | My Lords i in the eighteen months I 've been privileged to be a Member of Lordships House , I 've often asked myself what our functions are . |
| 24 | During the previous six months I had been able to keep a more watchful eye on the whereabouts of the elusive Charlie , thanks to the help of a young officer Daphne had introduced me to who worked in the War Office . |
| 25 | The other books I remember were Keary and Keary 's Heroes of Asgard , Kipling 's Jungle Book and Puck of Pook 's Hill , and , particularly , A Sporting Trip Through Abyssinia by Powell-Cotton . |
| 26 | Both styles are well finished , a satin stain/varnish has been used to good effect , the eye is well placed high on the body and on all of the floats I received was free of varnish . |
| 27 | The copperwork I think is fantastic . |
| 28 | And now I have to interrupt the first bit of pleasure I 've been able to take in I do n't know how long and put you all to right . |
| 29 | All the Zodiacs and Zephyrs I knew were maroon with grey down the wing |
| 30 | ‘ Your Lips I own are red and thin , |