Example sentences of "[det] [noun] [adv] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 Clara swore that she would pay for herself out of her Post Office Savings : her mother said that her dead father had n't put that money away for her to squander on trips abroad .
2 Surely you would n't take that money away from me ?
3 She swallowed and almost pleaded , ‘ You would n't seriously take that money away from me ? ’
4 In that case both of them will move inwards under the effect of magnetic force .
5 If you need to have an additional vehicle category added , you should enclose with the application the test pass certificate for that category together with your current licence , a recent facial photograph and the appropriate fee ( see Note F ) .
6 It was ‘ the sport of kings ’ after all , and however dangerous , Charles was determined that no one was going to take that pleasure away from him .
7 Mr Harvey Edgar , a disabled pensioner , said : ‘ The only thing the politicians have said about this island today is that they are pulling another bit away from us — a very large bit . ’
8 When he brushed some hair away from her face he might just as well have placed his hand on her most intimate spot .
9 Erm and I have to say that er I mean if if if for example this was to Well assuming we had H two policy then would n't you expect to make some cross-reference here to your ei policy M eight in your approved structure plan ?
10 In fact , a V-2 rocket landed a few houses away from ours .
11 I think we need to say , okay , in the future , what are we , the town , gon na do , to make this building right for what we want for the town .
12 ‘ I 'm just another worry now for my poor Chris and God knows he 's got enough .
13 He took particular care of young players , seeing that they were well-fed and well-lodged and that they sent some money home to their parents each week .
14 The effect of the collar and the cameo were remarkable , as Helen herself had dispassionately noted a few minutes before in her mirror : they made her look softer , prettier and younger .
15 Yeah and Mike 's seen him like that and mum went round the ward and she made all the beds to help them and all , we had to bribe them to look after him , but was he looked after in the end , on Saturday I said look , I said do n't fucking come over here and tell me my dad 's gon na be turned in a minute I said because a minute is a minute , I said but when you come over here three and a half hours later to my dad that 's like three years , he 's in excruciating agony , he wants to turn him when you tell him you 're gon na turn him
16 Some were parents enjoying the luxury of a few hours away from their children , who were fully occupied with games and competitions at the miniclub .
17 and it was interesting to note a few groups apparently in their infancy , not all of which were in the larger authorities :
18 Dr Ali moved a few paces away from him .
19 Then , of course , as you so rightly mentioned , there 's the matter of my air-conditioning unit , ’ he continued smoothly , taking a few steps away from her to slide open the door of the large built-in wardrobe to produce a maroon silk dressing-gown , which he gravely handed over to her , before finding a similar garment , this time in striped towelling , for himself .
20 Disconcertingly , April muttered something incomprehensible and moved a few steps away from them .
21 Suddenly restless , she rose to her feet and walked a few steps away from him , resting her elbows on the garden gate as she looked far away into the empty distance .
22 The first was that she was afraid that she might have an attack while pregnant and would cause some harm either to herself or to the unborn child .
23 I felt this fear deep inside me .
24 He sees this movie now as his own story , his own personal work .
25 Miguel smiled and greeted those nearest to him , and fell into step beside Lopez , bending to speak a few words quietly to him and his wife .
26 The world of dance has lost to AIDS not only its two biggest stars of the modern era , Rudolf Nureyev and Jorge Donn , but also many less well-known talents ; they include a French choreographer , Dominique Bagouet , who died a few months ago in his early 30s .
27 Ten single decker buses currently in service in the county are just a few months away from their 20th birthdays and there are still three 1973-registered double deckers trundling around Durham .
28 And that 's what upset us most about these people going back to work , the fact that a meeting had been taken a few months before in which everybody had voted for us to get the sack , and then all of a sudden they had been threatened and no vote was taken on whether we should stay out or go back , and they just dribbled back to , that really knocked us I think .
29 He also mentioned that when the guitar reaches full production level , a care kit will be included with each one — which comes as something of a relief , because at present I would be nervous about approaching this instrument even with something as seemingly innocuous as furniture polish .
30 Donna glanced across into the gallery on the ground floor then at another doorway ahead of them marked PRIVATE .
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