Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] [adv] [pos pn] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The controversy over affiliation had grown out of all proportion , driving the party into an isolation which neither its leaders nor its members really desired . |
| 2 | Certain groups are better rewarded , not because they are functionally more important than others , but because they are well organised in trade unions or professional associations , having developed and used strategies and ideologies which further their claims for differential rewards effectively . |
| 3 | Then at the crucial point which only his body can decide , either he 'll drop ’ — she slapped the table — ‘ down to normal inside of a few hours , or his temp . |
| 4 | The other problem was the insider dealing charge against , the firm 's highly regarded Scottish companies analyst whom even his rivals regarded as being as honest as the day is long . |
| 5 | Dorothy , one suspects , was always too much ‘ the perfect lady ’ , and schooled too thoroughly in the pre-1914 code of proud reticence ( a code which incidentally her husband also adhered to ) , for her to escape the role of ‘ poor Dorothy ’ that some recent writers have cast her in . |
| 6 | The young man , with no means of meeting the acceptance when it came due , took fright and told the whole story to J.W. who told his father who , on the advice of his solicitor , consented to pay back the borrowed £150 with interest at five per cent per annum , and to return the trumpery jewellery which luckily his son had considered too worthless to sell . |
| 7 | Both of us went down and rolled off the hard , wet pavement into the gutter , but it was me who cracked the back of his head en route and me who got a boot in the stomach which even my US Navy parka did little to cushion . |