Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [pers pn] [verb] [coord] " in BNC.
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| 31 | You 're not quite as clever as you think and your shortcomings will be all too apparent to a switched-on youngster . |
| 32 | Of the fact that they attracted amused glances and speculative nudges , they were totally unaware as they read and interpreted the message in each other 's eyes . |
| 33 | This treatment , which originated in Japan , is by no means as violent as it sounds and it can be used , in varying degrees , on anyone from babies to the very old . |
| 34 | They do n't blend , but remain discrete and separate as they shuffle and reshuffle their way down the generations . |
| 35 | When they first met , Charlie called the shots by improvising in front of the cameras and using his experience from films like Bright Lights , Big City , with Michael J Fox , and 18 Again , with George Burns He said : ‘ Kylie was a little nervous when I improvised and it threw her off . |
| 36 | Sam was as ordinary as they come and proud of it . |
| 37 | She felt constrained to sit and light-headed when she rose and crossed the long boards to fold back the shutters and open the windows wide . |
| 38 | ‘ One of the boys was still visible when we arrived but he disappeared beneath the surface . ’ |
| 39 | Parents may have carried around concerns about a past event that they feel might harm the child but often it is not as serious as they think and the subject can be raised in later sessions with the child present . |
| 40 | And of course when you 're playing a lead role , everybody 's very careful that your make-up looks right and they come and powder your face and brush your hair before every shot . |
| 41 | He two-putted and we hugged and I told him how proud I was . |
| 42 | He was reminded of the behaviour of domestic felines — how they would kidnap smaller creatures from the garden , take them into the house and then taunt them , keeping them alive until they starved or the cats became bored with the game . |
| 43 | Jeffrey : You feel guilty if you do and guilty if you do n't , that 's the problem . |
| 44 | Anyway it was very strong and we longed and longed to go to bed together . |
| 45 | After the Edinburgh summit , that looks much less likely than it did and that can only be good news for Courtaulds . |
| 46 | One house was so unusual that we stopped and walked around it . |
| 47 | Be patient if he moves or speaks slowly : give him time and encourage him to express himself . |
| 48 | Right yeah erm not much more to add really I sum er summary of needs , I think that 's okay and you explored and probed quite well , the picture was good and all that , I could see where you were coming from . |
| 49 | The Steward , Alice she 's dead , she stood out there for fifteen months , she got very ill and she died and one officer from this union turned up at her funeral . |
| 50 | Fucking , fire 's this gun at him point blank and he goes and he stands there like this , and he , he stood there and he goes running round the corner sort of thing and then he goes he ca n't of missed from that fucking distance you know , and its that distance and er , in the , in the car , the mate goes , the mate sort of till he passed out , and he goes bring it to me , he goes , and its still alive , he goes , but matey in the front goes oh my he goes , I knew you 'd fuck up he goes and so they 're all blanks you |
| 51 | Hidden behind their line of sight was a precision , a passion , a calling which chilled as it touched and made the other two pause . |
| 52 | Not that I could ever do anything with Nelly , she 's soft as they come and bone-idle . |
| 53 | Their need for thick-lensed ‘ John Lennon ’ spectacles implies they are physically imperfect as they slouch or lean against props ; for these lazy , untidy creatures have techniques of the body which reveal major structuring principles of police thinking . |
| 54 | You can choose as much as , or little as you like and can be sure of a superb service . |
| 55 | The tendons to the corners of the mouth may stand out clearly like lengths of string , and the facial muscles will become more and more obvious as they tauten and contract in the normal flat plains of the horse 's head . |
| 56 | Tweed , who had refused to let her take over the wheel , appeared outwardly to be perfectly relaxed as he stopped and presented the passport in the name of William Sanders . |
| 57 | The muscles of his arms and chest were rippling as he moved and she felt a hot flush creeping over her body . |
| 58 | You can be as elaborate as you like and you will doubtless develop your own style . |
| 59 | ‘ I was really upset but she came and found me later , ’ said Tessa . |
| 60 | She was no longer sure where he ended and she began . |