Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [adv] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first example of this which probably springs to mind is that of the love/hate relationship between Pip and Estella which develops throughout the book as they grow older and their characters change and develop . |
| 2 | This they generously explain by reference to limited research which focused on unique historical periods , was limited to middle class life , and was directed at individual experiences . |
| 3 | But Francie had smuggled a tiny transistor radio into the house and on this he furtively listened to Radio Eireann sometimes , when there was music . |
| 4 | This he promptly brought into action in defence of his small brother , ran the farmer against a wall and threatened to run the fork through the aggressor . |
| 5 | It breaks down readily — indeed , if allowed to become damp it invariably smells of ammonia , which is the indication that the nitrogen is already being released and lost into the air . |
| 6 | To keep warm she often goes to Plus One , a single parents ' organisation . |
| 7 | In Nos. 1 and 3 you are particularly aware of how much he initially holds in reserve so as to reveal their full organic growth and cumulative excitement . |
| 8 | Ooh they sometimes used to get books or er they used to get some nice prizes you know , and books and er and that and er and when I was little I once went on stage for a in a skipping competition . |
| 9 | These I personally selected at training schools , generally those with " Distinguished " passes . |
| 10 | From the comparative opulence of 17-6 they then slipped into penury by conceding 18 unanswered points . |
| 11 | But by 1898 the Chrimes brothers had on their ledgers over 10,000 names of women who had responded to their advertisements and these they then used for blackmail . |
| 12 | During 1822 he also went into business as a retail goldsmith and jeweller in Bond Street with John Mortimer ( died 1871 ) . |
| 13 | Be it ever so humble it still smells of shit , eh ? ’ |
| 14 | These he occasionally set to music himself , and he frequently sang them in his rich bass voice for his friends ' ( and perhaps the public 's ) pleasure … |
| 15 | In the store room next to the kitchen were a long table and shelves always covered with all sorts of provisions ; large earthenware jars full of confits of pork and goose , a small barrel where vinegar slowly matured , a bowl where honey oozed out of the comb , jams , preserves of sorrel and of tomatoes , and odd bottles with grapes and cherries marinating in brandy ; next to the table a weighing machine on which I used to stand at regular intervals ; sacks of haricot beans , of potatoes ; eggs , each one carefully dated in pencil . |
| 16 | On one side of the coin , there was an image of an ear of barley , plump kernels sprouting whiskers , each one finely raised in relief Ninfania had been arable before , not pastureland and orchards only , as today , but covered in fields of grain , a cereal basket of the ancient world , an Egypt . |
| 17 | If I see this and if I see that , then that means something else , and that something else taken in conjunction with something else that I see might suggest so and so , and so on . |
| 18 | That something actually achieved in writing gives no assurance , to reassurance for any writing still to be done . |
| 19 | Apart from that everything else running to time through until the ten o'clock London Kings Cross service out of platform three . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'll make sure you never work in theatre again after this . ’ |
| 21 | So we did n't get very much ti time off and by the time we got back to our rooms at night we were so terribly tired you just dropped into bed . |
| 22 | With these you can forget all you ever heard about health care based on medical need . |
| 23 | They learn not to take things on trust , but to make sure they fully comprehend in order to make their own assessments . |
| 24 | It made him feel he wanted to punish the crowd and fired him to say , ‘ If this is what they think of me and what they think of Jacklin , I 'll make sure he never finishes in front of me again . ’ |
| 25 | Now although the law may be extremely complex it also aims for clarity in its pronouncements or it would fail to work . |
| 26 | Now you talk to any coward , a real coward like myself , and he 'll tell you there 's a point where fear becomes so great it actually turns into courage , not out of anger or fury but that marvellous innate desire to save your own skin . |
| 27 | According to a report in the Sunday Times of Oct. 11 he subsequently re-emerged in charge of the country 's intelligence services . |
| 28 | The question of those who actually suffer from poverty should be considered separately from that of the true working classes , whose desire for a larger share of the wealth is of a different character . |
| 29 | They have been criticised on the grounds that they may deny free speech , suppress significant literature or worthwhile criminological information , impinge upon copyright laws and have negligible effects upon those who actually profit from crime . |
| 30 | One Gallup survey of church-goers reveals that ‘ fifty-eight per cent of those who now go to church regularly , first began going when they were invited by someone they knew . |