Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun] [vb base] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 Most of my occasional tests of 500 GP bikes end before I would like them to , simply because my arms can no longer resist the braking g-forces and I 'm likely to get flipped off .
2 Then , when I was about 18 or 19 I figured that I 'd learned every rock guitar lead that I ever wanted to know — all my favourite Ulrich Roth solos and all my favourite Frank Marino leads .
3 On the subject of hitch-hiking , many self-defence books advise that it is safe to pick up hitch-hikers or to hitch-hike yourself in certain circumstances .
4 Easing inflation is proving to be a painfully slow process and yesterday 's small fall must make any thinking Chancellor wonder whether it is safe to cut interest rates further .
5 Similarly , concentric lines radiating from the central pip on the base of a Roman silver dish reveal that it was finished on a lathe ( fig. 5.9 ) , and the impressions left by the craftsman 's hammer can be seen on the sides of a brass Islamic jug .
6 Going home next day , he noticed as he waited on the platform for the tube to Baker Street , that the track sings as the train comes into West Hampstead , long before you can see it , and the silver lines shiver as it approaches .
7 And then my study Bible suggest that we read this .
8 During this time of testing , a sufferer from alcoholism mat say that he or she can not be alcoholic because he or she does not drink in the mornings or is still in regular employment or still has a home and family or perhaps only drinks wine and beer but never spirits or only drinks at the weekends .
9 As practice teams develop so you may be able to see not only the doctor , but the nurse , chiropodist , counsellor , physiotherapist and ethnic community link-worker .
10 Hundreds of ordinary men and women are highly competent interviewers , and a glance at some of the very complex interview schedules used by market research firms and the government research agencies show that they are capable of carrying out very intricate interviews which would probably be beyond the capabilities of many untrained academics !
11 Whilst this suggests that a large number of people make use of the procedure , the recent research figures reveal that it is not only private citizens , but also ‘ large organisations ’ and other ‘ small litigants , ’ who make extensive use of the procedure .
12 Furthermore , my own analysis of the Technics arrangement suggest that it is sensitive to loudspeaker impedance variations ; under some conditions the performance is worse with the subsidiary amplifier than it would be without it .
13 After the burning of the forest , pioneer trees appear and it is burnt again , and again the following year .
14 The ex-soldier seemed to get his nerve back-I guess because he realized he had to do something-and he said , " We better settle this right now . "
15 In May 1952 , he told his brother-in-law Jacques Vendroux that he would keep the RPF alive at least until the middle of the legislature ( 1953 or 1954 ) so that he could gauge the prospects for the next elections .
16 Latest word from the grapevine is that IBM Corp 's 3390-9 disk drive may be put back to June 1 or June 8 ( CI No 2,165 ) , and there is a certain lack of confidence that the thing will be an easy sell given that it is significantly slower than the lower capacity drives , making it unsuitable for most leading edge mainframe applications ( CI No 2,165 ) : the conspiracy theorists conjecture that it is not a product that the sales force and the market actually want , one that could have been developed simply to respond to something a competitor was planning but in the end never launched , but that it has cost sufficient to develop that to write off the effort now would leave a nasty hole in AdStar Inc 's balance sheet — much better to put the thing out in the confidence that some users will bite , and write the work off over perhaps a five-year product life .
17 Chicken , beef , lamb , vegetable and fish stock cubes mean that you can store them in the cupboard for use when you feel like making a pan of soup for the family .
18 Specialists from the Cambridge-based Sea Mammal Research Unit believe that they are unable to find a way out and that a rescue attempt may be needed .
19 Two were already straining from the hands of their masters , neck ruffs erect as they waited for the moment of release on to the sawdust-strewn pit floor .
20 Very few food poisoning bacteria grow if they are colder than 5°C and they are killed if heated above 63°C .
21 Areas such as the chalklands and the Jurassic limestones seem to show little evidence of soil degradation , while the field monuments indicate that they were densely settled .
22 That is one of the friendlier charges Wessis level at their brethren in the ‘ new federal states ’ ( a description Ossis loathe because it slights the history of regions like Saxony and Brandenburg ) .
23 You see when Scum play passes like that it 's ‘ running into space & playing through the channels ’ .
24 Critics also argue that , because statements made under the lobby rules mean that they can not be directly attributed to Mr Ingham , his colleagues or Government Ministers , they are less credible than if they had been made on the record .
25 that fill the movie with music and everyone 's heart of joy , with the contagious hit tunes Whistle While you Work , Hi Ho and Some Day My Prince Will Come , you 'll be tapping your toes and singing along in no time , let the story telling magic of Walt Disney capture your heart
26 Gestalt psychologists insist that we not only learn by the steady accretion of tiny units of knowledge but also by the recognition of broad patterns .
27 Is there any wonder customers moan when they are told the items they want now cost £32 each instead of £18 ?
28 Manuscript sources state that he was an Augustinian canon at Thurgarton in Nottinghamshire and some also state that he died there on 23 or 24 March , 1395 – 96 .
29 And even if not , the lessons from the end of the Ice Age suggest that we are going to need much more than Thames Barriers in the absence of an effective international policy response to the greenhouse effect .
30 It seems an almost impossible target , but the management people believe that they can achieve it .
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