Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [noun prp] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That brute Cullam fetched him a fourpenny one , poor little devil . |
| 2 | Ballesteros starts today nine adrift in joint fifth place , but his first victory in America 15 years ago came after he trailed by ten at the same stage , and that in the 1986 Monte Carlo Open he was seven behind with only one round to go and still triumphed . |
| 3 | Professional Patrick Tallack surveys his course in the city . |
| 4 | ‘ That afternoon Lily said she wanted to marry me . |
| 5 | To Meryl 's relief a very normal Pamela Berry plumped her rounded behind on the chair opposite Norman 's , and proceeded to cheer him up . |
| 6 | When aforementioned item arrived , a snickering Jim Bob sent it back saying ‘ This is n't original ! ’ |
| 7 | It would put them in an impossible position if a legally-binding Living Will demanded what they considered unethical or bad medical practice . |
| 8 | No more celebrated case was brought before the House UnAmerican Activities Committee , where Representative Richard Nixon made his political reputation with it . |
| 9 | A snap drop goal by out-half Richard Chambers opened their account but Bangor restored their advantage with a good try by Don Whittle after McKinty had made initial ground and Strutt made the score 20 points to three with a conversion . |
| 10 | On New Year 's Day of 1848 , friendly Nez Perce escorted him out of their lands to Fort Walla Walla . |
| 11 | An eventful match for the recalled David Gower say him become England 's most-capped player and , with this boundary off Aqib , England 's highest runscorer , surpassing Geoff Boycott 's old record |
| 12 | Old Van Leer left nothing to chance : not only did he plan his own funeral , he even made Wim rehearse a funeral oration , which he did with his usual brio . |
| 13 | However , I 'm afraid Colin James got his wires crossed a bit regarding our catering vehicle , so perhaps I had better set the record straight . |
| 14 | Old Ian Strachan locked himself in the bedroom with old Caroline Pickthorn , and old Peter Staithes pissed out of the window and threw empty bottles down into the basement area . |
| 15 | The philanthropic General Oglethorpe intended it initially as a place where people released from debtors ' prison could make a fresh start in life . |
| 16 | It was the morning of Emilia Frere 's departure from the Hall and for a few minutes Louisa found herself alone with the Rector , who fingered the brim of his hat and beamed like the milky sun outside . |
| 17 | Prosecutors interviewed by the Polish daily Zycie Warszawy said they would not know how to deal with a case of illegal abortion as they had not yet received copies of the new law . |
| 18 | Old Ma Grace had nothing on the lass from Junagadh . |
| 19 | In the middle of all this tidiness Fosdyke created his own particular mess . |
| 20 | 49 Miss Havisham regrets her ‘ training ’ of Estella and when Pip returns from abroad where he was working for 11 years he finds Estella much changed from her unhappy marriage to the spider . |
| 21 | With a wry shrug of her slim shoulders Laura made herself a ham sandwich before wandering back into what the estate agent 's particulars had referred to as ‘ a huge reception-room ’ . |
| 22 | And this Miss Temple asks her in her well in her own study , to tell her story . |
| 23 | GEORGE GRAHAM takes his misfiring Gunners into Coca-Cola Cup battle tonight at Highbury against old club Millwall admitting his team are not yet good enough . |
| 24 | In another extract Morton makes it clear that the Queen has supported Diana . |
| 25 | On the whole the working-class seaside resort did not become of major significance until the 1880s , and the nobility and gentry would scarcely consider a stay at Bournemouth ( where the French poet Verlaine found himself ) or Ventnor ( where Turgenev and Karl Marx took the air ) as a suitable summer activity . |
| 26 | In 1903 David Howard succeeded his father as chairman and there followed a period of rapid growth . |
| 27 | Using this analogy Jesus described his own mission in terms of establishing a Kingdom . |
| 28 | You 've had a problem with damp Mollie Noel tells me ? |
| 29 | When late in 1972 Richard Leakey announced he had dug up the skull , thighbone , and parts of the lower leg of a human that were more than 2 ½ million years old , thus , if correct , disproving man 's direct descent from Australopithecus , many anthropologists seated in leather armchairs in universities not immediately adjacent to East Africa swiftly challenged Leakey 's conclusions , this despite the fact that they had not examined the bones in question , the strata in and near which they had been found , the animal bones found in the same strata , or indeed anything . |
| 30 | That Old Mother Walsh had it right and that Ella Walsh should never have led the Church into the ways of men . |