Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [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 | The Owens have been told by surveyors that the road works could devalue their home by up to a hundred and fifty thousand pounds , and they think the department of Transport should listen to their arguments . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ There 's some more of her stuff through here in the living-room , ’ he called , beckoning from the end of the passage . |
| 6 | It is thus appropriate that she should begin her enterprise in Out with an investigation of that originary metaphor described by Nietzsche , the act of perception . |
| 7 | She had to put up her umbrella at once against the rain . |
| 8 | The high cheekbones , ’ he ran his finger from her chin to just below the eye . |
| 9 | She kept her voice to just above a whisper . |
| 10 | Those who smoke could be cutting their fertility by up to a third . |
| 11 | They 'll be forcing their way in here in a few minutes . |
| 12 | This nugget that I call ‘ I ’ would bullet its way in even on the music of the spheres . |
| 13 | Some plants harbour their scent until late in the day , when it is released in abundance . |
| 14 | 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 |
| 15 | 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 ’ . |
| 16 | ‘ 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 . |
| 17 | were were saying that he was only God from his baptism to Not on the cross , before the cross . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Craig made his way at once to the study , the desk was locked as he had expected . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | He looked as if he had been conserving all his energy since then for the moment when he took advantage of an error by Butcher to shoot strongly past Woods . |
| 24 | He looked as if he had been conserving all his energy since then for the moment when he took advantage of an error by Butcher to shoot strongly past Woods . |
| 25 | Colt knew his target at once from the photograph that he had been given . |
| 26 | ‘ Luck was on your side for once in the form of this remarkable pugilist , this amazing pair of fists ! ’ |
| 27 | Not simply because we also want to put our bid in straightaway for the airport money which is er contrary to opinion |
| 28 | most of us had eaten our lunch by then on the coach because we were so hungry , after all it had been seven hours since we had last eaten . |
| 29 | Trim your cutting to just under a leaf node with a sharp knife or razor blade — they should end up around three inches long — and remove the leaves from the bottom half . |
| 30 | Turning to the boy , he said firmly , ‘ If you ever again raise your hand to either of the children or your mother , I shall … |