Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] [noun] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I took my hands out of my pants pockets and bowed , expecting her to go by . |
| 2 | I screwed up my results paper and threw it on the Pavement beside someone 's half-eaten chips on the corner . |
| 3 | A mother had instituted her sons heirs and added : ‘ Let them not for any reason alienate the lands which will come to them from my estate , but let them conserve them for their successors and give each other reciprocal guarantees to that effect . ’ |
| 4 | Manchester 's ‘ best psychedelic band ’ ( © Terry Christian ) are more interested in their Hollies records than hanging out with Anthony H though , as STUART MACONIE finds out . |
| 5 | The CBoT has internationalised its futures contracts and lengthened its trading day . |
| 6 | To be really effective , lecturers and tutors must be sensitive to the contexts in which their institutions function and work closely with other training partners towards common ends . |
| 7 | The decision comes as an embarrassment to the Scottish Office , which once planned opting-out as a centrepiece of its schools policy but has had to veto both the Yes votes so far — favouring Labour-run local authorities over parents . |
| 8 | It was windy and the cedar , which he had likened to a galleon and Zosie to a witch , danced witch-like , its branches arms and leaping legs and flying skirts . |
| 9 | ‘ Passed up a couple of total certs to come to your bloody bun-fight , ’ she complained , though she was looking at the poor child all the time , with her eyes half-closed and tossing her head so the sockets would catch the light . |
| 10 | It is not a desirable place to paint pictures in , inside the Cuiraing : the silence and the grandeur awes you ; and the sheep above where we stood had an uncomfortable habit of loosening with their feet stones that came with an ominous crash near to us , and some shepherd lads , much less excusable , thought it good fun to threaten to , and likewise to perform , throwing stones near us . |
| 11 | Short , ugly , long-nosed with dirty brown clothes , they also love to dance , but their feet poison and blacken the grass , making it unfit for animals to graze there . |
| 12 | With a hoarse cry she went into violent climax , her body possessed by the pulse that roared in her ears , her heart , her stomach , her thighs and made her limbs spasm and twist in ecstasy beneath him — no longer human , no longer conscious , no longer caring about anything except the dark flood of pleasure that rushed through her and shook her till she rattled and writhed to a hot , pulsing oblivion on his body . |
| 13 | The UN Security Council on Aug. 15 unanimously adopted Resolution 707 condemning Iraq for its failure to disclose full details of its weapons programme and ordering it to provide complete access to UN inspection teams [ see pp. 38307-08 ; 38360-61 ] , including accepting their right to conduct aerial inspections anywhere in the country . |
| 14 | It has extended its DMS course and has introduced a successful master 's degree programme ; as a result the number of staff it employs has doubled during the past ten years . |
| 15 | Its primary concern is to find out what its customers needs and wants are so as to meet them with the highest level of customer satisfaction . |
| 16 | Barry Trevaskis , who had six stitches put in a horrible wound under his left eye after being stamped on in a ruck , might not agree that the Soviets lacked meanness , but had their half-backs Chapman and Rule not missed six penalties between them , Cornwall could have brought off an unexpected win . |
| 17 | The stage was set for the establishment of thirteen ‘ centres of excellence ’ for the development of full-time surveying — thanks , principally to the foresight and energy of HMI Howard Wainwright — and for the first time a sense of security and confidence was available to the selected centres , as they were encouraged to improve their resources base and to develop exempting RICS diplomas , and subsequently degrees , to be validated by the CNAA . |
| 18 | Pump petrol is also said not to be favoured by oil companies ; instead , they prefer toxic additives to exotic petrochemical cocktails to give their teams power while keeping inside the 101 RON limits . |
| 19 | At last I gained the crest of a rise , and there below me stretched the sloping flat rocks , and yes , the mermaids were there , their fur dry in the sun , their bodies slick and contented , their eyes closed , enjoying the afternoon , exactly as I had done myself . |
| 20 | Diversification may at the time appear to be the only way that the company can maintain its profits growth and defend the value of its shares . |
| 21 | She would like to hear from mothers about experiences , such as predicting their babies needs or knowing of their babies feelings without being present . |
| 22 | ‘ We will cash their Travelers Cheques and give them free advice . |
| 23 | She strained back , her hands scrabbling and slipping on the smoothly varnished cabin-top , humiliated at his arrogant assumption that whatever he wanted he could have just because he was a Venetian prince . |
| 24 | To set up teacher groups to help teachers and librarians both ( a ) to review the ways their pupils study and use information in schools , and ( b ) feed their findings back to their staff . |
| 25 | Of course , Roman emperors deified themselves , made their horses consuls and existed in a state of terrifying paranoia which eventually provoked genuine plots and assassinations , but in retrospect the gross crimes of a Caligula or Nero lacked the all-pervading hypocrisy of the modern tyrants . |
| 26 | Early in the next month the regent began the process of reconciliation , granting the magnates their letters patent and agreeing in a parliament ( which met after the Scottish victory at Stirling Bridge ) to renew and confirm the charters , which was done in october following . |
| 27 | Should they accept the verdict of their women ex-members and work as single-sex organizations ? |
| 28 | The Kurator is a member of the school psychologist 's team who teaches children with special educational needs and is responsible for their careers education and work experience . |
| 29 | If the hon. Gentleman really cares about unemployed people , will he join me today in calling on his Front-Bench colleagues to abandon their policy of a national statutory minimum wage , to abandon their jobs tax and to abandon their embrace of the European Community social action programme so that we can avoid the disastrous consequences for employment that would follow from such policies ? |
| 30 | Spittals was still one inspector down on his personnel establishment and had not seen any evidence of progress on the Mills murder . |