Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [adj] [noun pl] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thank goodness France does not start its Five Nations campaign until February 1st , giving them another two weeks to put their house in order . |
| 2 | ‘ My aunt lives in Hastings , so my bloody overprotective parents thought it would be OK for me to come to Sussex . |
| 3 | At this stage in the period preceding the Budget , he will not expect me or any of my right hon. Friends to say anything about specific tax matters . |
| 4 | And there , amongst the dung-coloured window envelopes , and the throw away journals , and the solicitations from financial experts offering to procure me a tax-free income for life come my death , was a card from one of my many dear daughters wishing me ‘ yet another happy birthday ’ . |
| 5 | One of my many dear children earned himself a creditable degree in environmental sciences a couple of years ago . |
| 6 | It is therefore quite simply in my own best interests to tell you the truth . |
| 7 | There is , of course , an enormous difference between the private/public demands of the two examples : writing my own private notes protects me rather more than having publicly to make suggestions on how the teacher as ‘ patient ’ should , say , knock on a door . |
| 8 | We give ourselves two hundred years to achieve it . |
| 9 | I recall that during my last six months service I had the magnificent sum of £6/5/ ( £6.25 now ) to spend on myself . |
| 10 | This gave me six free months to enjoy myself first . |
| 11 | produced some forgotten qualities but one of their old bad habits cost them a point on Saturday . |
| 12 | Its 30 000 facets provide it with a picture rather like a grainy photograph . |
| 13 | The achievements of their monitored sexual athletes led them to prescribe standards of sexual behaviour which were quite unrealistic in terms of ordinary people living normal lives . |
| 14 | When lava solidifies , its tiny ferrous particles align themselves , like magnetic needles , with the earth 's magnetic field . |
| 15 | Her defiant black clothes belie her bashful smile . |
| 16 | Although the SAS owed its inception and early inspiration to Stirling , the run of successes which Mayne achieved in its early formative months assured its immediate future . |
| 17 | But when the time comes to leave , she ca n't help going in a showbiz way , negotiating the steps of the Ritz in her towering leopard-skin stilettos like she 's on the set of a Busby Berkeley musical . |
| 18 | Herbivores are normally split between territorial species , such as Damselfish which farm a small area of reef , tending their tiny algal gardens defending their garden territory against all-comers , and shoaling herbivores , a good example being the surgeonfish which shoal in large numbers like marine cattle browsing the marine algal pastures . |
| 19 | " Sara is to be married to her cousin , Dom João , " she announced , and her piercing brown eyes scanned their faces to see their reaction . |
| 20 | Sharon Lutchman is of Indian descent and draws upon her diverse cultural influences to express herself . |
| 21 | She lies on top of me , breathing hard , head on my shoulder for a few minutes , then she stirs , pulls herself up so that I flop out of her and her hard little nipples stroke my chest . |
| 22 | The other hand was pushed lightly into his trouser pocket , the bottom of his jacket lifting slightly to lie across the edge of his sleeve with its three silver rings denoting his rank . |
| 23 | Mr Calvi was found hanging below London 's Blackfriars Bridge in 1982 with 10 pounds of bricks in his pockets , two months before the crash in which 39,000 small investors lost their savings . |
| 24 | As I arrived at the recent show of Eileen Cooper 's drawings at the Benjamin Rhodes Gallery after visiting the controversial ( read media-hype ) show , Strange Developments , at the Anthony d'Offay Gallery , I could not help but find great comfort in the sheer generosity of spirit with which these big drawings greet you . |
| 25 | She had seen her three elder brothers enjoying their birthdays and being fussed over by their father , but neither her nor Patsy 's birthday had ever been celebrated . |
| 26 | Her three pet moggies gave her the idea for her prizewinning story . |
| 27 | She treated his body with the same gentle reverence as he had used : her soft capable hands caressing him as she massaged the oil into his skin . |
| 28 | NatWest is to contact its 5 million cardholders to tell them about the problem . |
| 29 | Her black suede-look high-heels put her a good three inches taller than me and a grey checked suit and crisp white shirt offset with a thin red bow tie , and the fake leather document wallet she clutched , gave her a professional air . |
| 30 | The aminosalicylates are far less specific agents , and it is not known which of their many pharmacological actions explains their therapeutic effect in inflammatory bowel disease . |