Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pers pn] [verb] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First two cases I took were missing persons . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The legs I saw were white . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ Your Lips I own are red and thin , |
| 14 | He wonders if she has told her husband the docteur — he imagines a cheerful Depardieu in a white coat — of the steps she has been obliged to take in order to get the part . |
| 15 | You can study any subject at ‘ A ’ level ; the important thing is that the subjects you study are academic and that you do well in them . |
| 16 | The motif of the yoke was originally the emblem of Isabella of Castile , Mariana 's distant predecessor , who had been responsible for sending Columbus on his first transatlantic voyage in 1492 ; in other words she had been responsible for initiating the whole colonial process ( Fig. 12 ) . |
| 17 | The words you spoke were frenzied prayers |
| 18 | The books she reads are different . |
| 19 | Of course we must , but at the same time we must endeavour to retain the practices and methods we know are right for our children . |
| 20 | The organizations we studied were involved in a widely differing range of activities . |
| 21 | ‘ None of the animals we keep are dangerous and they 're no problem if they 're well looked after . ’ |
| 22 | Our first ride lasted for just 45 minutes ; most of the drivers we met were considerate and took notice of the ‘ Slow please , young horse message emblazoned on my tabard . |
| 23 | This is a tough remit but then the student trainers we selected are tough — a battle hardened crew from the cultural interface , who are either full-time interpreters or language teachers — and of whom I am inordinately proud . |
| 24 | All the computers we consider are general-purpose , at least in theory , although they may be oriented towards particular application areas . |
| 25 | They are not intended to be narrowly restrictive , ‘ only-possible ’ solutions : instead , you should find that they suggest what kinds of factors you ought to be identifying in your analysis , and the range of possible solutions we think are sensible . |
| 26 | Three quarters of the teenagers we questioned were unhappy with sex education at school . |
| 27 | Again unlike South Africa , many of the homes we saw are owner-occupied . |
| 28 | ‘ Months we 've been open , and not one enquiry , and the minute we do get one we ca n't take her in ! |
| 29 | ‘ We were granted ownership of the building in March and in just three months we have been able to get it ready . ’ |
| 30 | By constantly shuffling alliances with smaller satellite parties they have been able to prevent the left from taking office . |