Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] the [adj] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | In the south level 37,000 acres went under water , and the chief engineer of the Great Ouse catchment board considered it the worst fen flood since the time of Vermuyden . |
| 2 | The moment I touched the ground I knew why — the excessive ( to me — but normal to Tiree residents ) wind whipped me and my heavily laden briefcase into the lounge where Peter McMillan , Manager of Scarinish Branch offered me the relative calm of his car . |
| 3 | Since 1892 , we at Bob Martin have been developing , improving , refining and perfecting our Flea Treatments , Wormers and Condition Tablets to make them the best you can get your paws on . |
| 4 | Sussex , though , are unlikely to be among the cynical chorus , not after their slip-up against the Minor Counties on a Marlow marsh made them the 14th first-class county in 55– or 6–overs play to have their colours lowered by junior opposition . |
| 5 | Monsieur Saulnier informed me the other day that it was not usual in this part of Normandy to have so many mosquitoes . |
| 6 | But I have never forgotten advice that my research adviser gave me the first time that I was pursuing a dead end : ‘ It is important to recognise when to quit . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It 's a fine idea , but Mrs. Olinton told me the other day that Mr. Olinton would n't lend any of his buildings to Scouts or Guides or Brownies or Cubs . |
| 8 | So many of the stories were wild exaggerations , inflamed by a number of factors — the ‘ culture contact ’ between rural and urban society , personal resentment ( particularly if two women were forced to share the same kitchen ) , the strangeness of the whole situation at the start of a frightening new war , or simply as Angus Calder put it the English tendency to confuse manners with morals . |
| 9 | Match referee Deryck Murray confiscated the match ball after umpires John Hampshire and Ken Palmer showed him the scarred leather . |
| 10 | The Italian , French and Austrian industry ministers tell us the same . |
| 11 | The legendary Enzo Ferrari rates him the best driver ever , and coming from the man with Ferrari 's wealth of experience and knowledge , he must be right . |
| 12 | A search party found him the next day , dead from exposure . |
| 13 | how to distinguish a statistically significant coefficient , right , rule of thumb is that the T ratio has to be greater than two with absolute value right and the figures in square brackets next to the T ratios tell us the exact level of significance , right , er of that coefficient , right , so the incoming elasticity of demand is statistically significant from zero only at the eighty five percent level , a correspondence of fifteen percent significance that incoming the price elasticity demand , highly significant , right , significance level as given by the probabil by the probability er unit in square brackets , the timing level therefore we could be very highly confident about that coefficient okay . |
| 14 | Health Home Cooking shows you the new way to serve food that 's light , tempting and satisfyingly nourishing . |
| 15 | No wonder Spurs rate them the best they have faced . |
| 16 | The panic attacks gave her the perfect excuse , as no blame could possibly be attributed to her . |
| 17 | Made from crushed walnut shells the finer texture and super sheer translucent character of Corn Silk makes it the ideal base for your make-up . |
| 18 | Tennis World brings you the ultimate guide for 1992 … |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm not frightened of dying because Dr Child gave me the right attitude : Think of the future and be hopeful . ’ |
| 20 | Former technical direct Dr Nigel Mykura told us the immediate cause of his February 1991 resignation was a transfer of £350,000 from AMS1s bank account to another MacDonald company , which Mykura believed would make it impossible for AMS to continue its research . |
| 21 | This , of course , is a generalisation ; you can withdraw a powerful kick where the opponent has impaled himself on it , because in this instance recoil gives you the required stability . |
| 22 | He is the vital element , a striker with so much potential that , if Graham Taylor gives him the same encouragement he has received at Highbury , he will become Gary Lineker Mark II — only better . |
| 23 | When we arrived , Helen Stoner showed us the three bedrooms . |
| 24 | That is why , when the French economy was screaming for lower interest rates , President Mitterrand increased them the other day . |
| 25 | The first flowering plant I saw was a familiar one — the purple mountain saxifrage , Saxafraga oppositifolia to give it the scientific name . |
| 26 | The Sports Council says it the best means of acquiring all-round fitness . |
| 27 | He was created baronet in 1837 , but Sir Robert Peel refused him the Irish peerage promised him by Melbourne . |
| 28 | ALASTAIR McIVER BRINGS YOU THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO TENNIS FOOTWEAR FOR 1992 |
| 29 | ‘ I almost had the creature last night , ’ Mr Crangle told him the next day . |
| 30 | Over a glass of wine Ladislav told me the following story : ‘ There was a Bohemian landowner called Prince Paar . |