Example sentences of "[vb pp] [conj] [pron] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have stressed that they love all their children . |
| 2 | ‘ My husband has married only once , ’ she told me ‘ but he has forgotten that he has any duties . ’ |
| 3 | For too long , says Ward , we have persisted in the Henry Ford myth that only a genetically privileged few can do joined-up thinking , and the rest are fit for manual tasks so simplified that they produce that brand of mind-numbing tedium which is the most fertile soil for industrial unrest . |
| 4 | members are recommended that they approve these two course of actions , thank you very much . |
| 5 | mm , I mean has he recommended that you use that |
| 6 | Likewise , if you have already written a will , it is strongly recommended that you have this checked by a professional adviser to ensure that you do not give money unnecessarily to the taxman . |
| 7 | My Thanks are due , ’ Prince wrote to Jardine on 7 April 1840 , ‘ for your instructions respecting the specimens in spirits , which I have since carefully examined , separated and supplied with fresh spirit ; many of them I regret to add are much decomposed and I fear some may at last prove useless . ’ |
| 8 | Out of the original hundred houses this was the last one to be occupied and we saw this being built , erm right from the time that it was a plot of land and we knew it was ours |
| 9 | The Divine purpose of life is almost entirely forgotten and he spends each lifetime self-centredly chasing after vanishing mirages . |
| 10 | Unfortunately , an insurance company with which he had become financially involved collapsed and he lost most of his fortune . |
| 11 | The night before one double and four other fish had been caught and I think this could be where the answer lies . |
| 12 | Barney was n't often stumped but she knew less than nothing about the sport . |
| 13 | The concerts were not at well attended as normal Wedding Present shows , but this was partly expected because they had less promotion . |
| 14 | But er if you had to paper the parlour was always papered in the ceiling but he kitchen was always whitewashed because we had these , if I explain to you these er fireplaces that er were n't very successful burning coal you know and the smoke would rise and before you knew where you were the ceiling was black again so sort of every so often up went the whitewash brush and you 'd whitewash the the ceiling . |
| 15 | She says he must be caught before he hurts another child . |
| 16 | His jaw cracked as he gave another cavernous yawn . |
| 17 | Will you feel trapped when you marry this lawyer of yours ? ’ |
| 18 | He had come as he did each day with bread from the baker 's iron oven that stood open to the lane in the souk . |
| 19 | The issue was resolved when they agreed that filming should continue . |
| 20 | ‘ I have heard that you play this game , ’ he said softly . |
| 21 | The observant reader may have noticed that I used this construction myself above on p. 98 ; this was done consciously . |
| 22 | Your daughter does n't live extravagantly enough for it to be noticed that she has more money than the average student . |
| 23 | A good friend of mine , in the same set for physics and chemistry , grew so disturbed that he took some scissors and cut all round the stiff white collars , which we have to wear on Sundays , and made them into little points . " |
| 24 | The sculptor had decided that he wanted this bust to confront the observer . |
| 25 | They 've decided that you need that number of weeks holiday , then that 's what you should be taking . |
| 26 | I 've never felt that she deserved that . |
| 27 | In November 1959 , Castro must simply have felt that he had little to lose by seeing what Moscow was prepared to offer . |
| 28 | Granted that one has that right , what rights , privileges , powers , and immunities relating to land does one have ? |
| 29 | All his life , he had taken it for granted that they loved each other to the exclusion of anyone else . |
| 30 | Though participants have said that they find these quizzes enjoyable , they have not been well supported by comparison with the more usual lectures and no further quiz is planned for the moment , though I shall try to keep a few questions in hand in case a speaker is delayed or fails to arrive for some reason . |