Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] [prep] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He says the Leeds course has broadened his horizons : ‘ We have people on my course from all over the world so the approach tends to be international . |
| 2 | He said , whereas my mum over there in the corner , he said , if she had a bash I had to listen to bloody Frank Sinatra , would n't I ? |
| 3 | Well actually people in my area do have a concern about this , also though I was brought up in my teens at least within a rural area and I know full well that to hold certain views even those of the majority within rural areas , are not necessarily easily expressed and I have today been told of yet another example of this being the case . |
| 4 | The Science and Engineering Research Council , which is providing the funds for the equipment , will coordinate a programme in which researchers from all over the country' will send specimens to the unit . |
| 5 | For although the two stood with their heads for once on a level pegging , the size of their shadows differed to no small degree . |
| 6 | She would spend all day with her daughter and then work on her designs until late in the evening . |
| 7 | The proprietors of Elmfield House , Jim and Edith Lillie , were initially a little apprehensive about opening their much restored and much-cared for home to the public — but they soon came to appreciate the friendship and interest given to them by their visitors from all over the world . |
| 8 | Eleanor Thorne moved her head about uneasily on the pillow for a moment or two , wishing she had not complained about the soap , for now Alida might change the brand , keep that tablet to herself , And if it did not lather well , it had such a distinctive scent , a scent Eleanor liked . |
| 9 | ‘ There 's some more of her stuff through here in the living-room , ’ he called , beckoning from the end of the passage . |
| 10 | National newspapers cull their stories from all over the country — often , indeed , from all over the world . |
| 11 | To meet the growing demand for bigger and better bangs they import their fireworks from all over the world . |
| 12 | She had to put up her umbrella at once against the rain . |
| 13 | The high cheekbones , ’ he ran his finger from her chin to just below the eye . |
| 14 | She kept her voice to just above a whisper . |
| 15 | Every sixth or seventh day or so , in the morning , as we prepare to sack out , and go through the stunned routines of miring , of mussing ( we derange each eyebrow with a fingerstroke against the grain ) , Tod and I can feel the dream just waiting to happen , gathering its energies from somewhere on the other side . |
| 16 | They 'll be forcing their way in here in a few minutes . |
| 17 | This nugget that I call ‘ I ’ would bullet its way in even on the music of the spheres . |
| 18 | Some plants harbour their scent until late in the day , when it is released in abundance . |
| 19 | But a competition has taken place that proved them wrong.Teams from all over the country battled against the clock to change tyres at Silverstone race circuit . |
| 20 | No and you see it 's just them two I think they could put him sort of like in the hall and if there 's a |
| 21 | A sharp gust of wind set the whole tree in motion and he dung on desperately like a sailor in the rigging , remembering Dalziel 's jocular injunction to ‘ watch himself ’ . |
| 22 | ‘ We are not playing kick and rush , ’ he insisted when driving out to a friend 's hotel in the Derwent Valley below Consett , pausing now and then to savour the uncluttered Durham landscape , his heart for ever in the North-east of England . |
| 23 | He had worked at his books in here as a boy , shared port with Sir John as a stripling in his callow youth , sitting across from him before the fire in this male stronghold , deep in the leather chair . |
| 24 | To utilize this to the full , Brusilov resolved to launch all four of his armies at once over a wide front , rather than concentrating them as dictated by contemporary military thinking . |
| 25 | It was only when Hurley called Coleman direct at the end of March 1988 , telling him to get his ass over there in a week or he would find somebody else , that Donleavy agreed to release him . |
| 26 | Craig made his way at once to the study , the desk was locked as he had expected . |
| 27 | He had climbed through her window in the sweet nights , nights that would torment his memory for ever with the perfume of darkness and intrigue . |
| 28 | But Francis , who has already led Wednesday into the Coca-Cola Cup final and a showdown with Arsenal , refuses to divulge his line-up until just before the kick-off . |
| 29 | Crosby also has injury worries to add to his team selection problems , and he will not name his line-up until just before the start . |
| 30 | DARLINGTON manager Ray Hankin has agreed to put his boots on again for a testimonial game at Shildon later this month . |