Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [pron] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 61 | ‘ You know what men are like — swearing that their casual lovers are of no account , yet going berserk when we tell them the same thing ! ’ |
| 62 | Erm the answer would be no , they 've got to be sold at sometime and nobody knows what the market is going to do . |
| 63 | It was small and murky and we called it a lochan . |
| 64 | I was shocked when he told me the truth . |
| 65 | They were very pleased when I told them the outcome of my night on the tiles and Otley sat next to me on the sofa with his arm round my shoulders . |
| 66 | ‘ And another thing we 've got to talk about — it 's not really fair that you have them every weekend . |
| 67 | But they were very kind and they gave me a part in this play , it was called Tilly of Bloomsbury . |
| 68 | The doors to the three lavatories were open and she gave them a quick inspection . |
| 69 | Try sitting the other side of your desk ; it may sound crazy but it shows you the world from another angle . |
| 70 | Some organisations find that supporting libel actions on behalf of their members is politically convenient because it assures them a better or more polite press : the Police Federation is one example . |
| 71 | ‘ I know what you mean , ’ she murmured , willing her hands to remain steady as she handed him the cup . |
| 72 | Given that artists such as Sonia Boyce , Brenda Agard and Jennifer Comrie were first brought to a wider public 's notice in these exhibitions curated by Lubaina , it is not surprising that we owe her a debt which , given the current backlash against Blackwomen 's Creativity , we fear that we may never be able to repay . |
| 73 | She felt certain that he intended her no harm and her fear began to recede , its place taken by a surge of excitement and anticipation . |
| 74 | But perhaps it would be nice if somebody gave you a gift voucher for Christmas and it said an eyebrow trim , and you were dying to have an eyebrow trim but you did n't know where to come , and perhaps you were a little bit frightened about having one , so , it might , you know , get you to come into the salon . |
| 75 | You know , she 's sworn to me she would n't have a Russian if he offered her a thousand quid . |
| 76 | ‘ I 've never been quite sure what the attraction is except that the job is n't boring and it gives me a private life . ’ |
| 77 | But because you 're still at school they think you 're dirty and disgusting and they call you a slag , but it could happen to then any day . |
| 78 | I said the sharp one this one he 's fairly cheap but they use him a lot , . |
| 79 | I thought London was a wonderful place but I was disappointed when I saw what a small , tumbledown house my brother and his wife lived in . |
| 80 | If my deception worked , she 'd still think she was attached to the creance and fly straight to me as usual when I showed her the chick . |
| 81 | ‘ I reckon Hatton was right when he called you an old woman , Cullam . ’ |
| 82 | Faye whispered , her eyes misting and her throat going froggy as she showed them the tiny black-haired bundle cradled tightly in her arms . |
| 83 | Is he aware that they posed me the question , ’ Is anybody in the Government prepared to stand up and fight to defend the coal industry ? ’ |
| 84 | But , having fallen asleep in militant mood last night , she 'd woken up this morning reluctantly aware that she owed him an apology . |
| 85 | Ironically , it was so bitter that it made him a liability to the early Fascist movement , from whose main body he was later to break away . |
| 86 | ‘ She 's round , ma'am , ’ Salt said in her angry voice , and under her breath : ‘ Blessed if I know what the world 's coming to … serving wenches falling about and being propped in chairs as if they were gentry . ’ |
| 87 | One of the tragedies to that it has now become so expensive but is very difficult but not because it was sponsored but somebody told me the other night that the Billy Connolly programme excuse me Billy Connolly programme about art and culture was |
| 88 | I mean and and he he feels that er pressure groups like ourselves are very positive because it gives him a bit of weight when he 's arguing for things . |
| 89 | So I was not surprised when he rang me a few weeks later to say that Dorothy was in hospital . |