Example sentences of "[pron] [det] [conj] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I will drink on my own and listen to the Dubliners . |
| 2 | There is nothing cruel or stupid about providing a benefit system which more than compensates for the 20 per cent . |
| 3 | Atolls , coral reefs and palm fringed beaches have a beauty of their own when seen from the unaccustomed vantage point offered by flight ( figure XX ) . |
| 4 | And this press was there to be read because under a range of pressures from open repression to financial disadvantage some men took initiatives to use the technology for their own as opposed to the dominant social purposes . |
| 5 | During the day , take your pick of anything from a pizza to a sizzling steak served at the poolside barbecue grill — and afternoon coffee takes on a flavour all of its own when enjoyed with a fresh pastry cooked before your eyes . |
| 6 | The loco , on loan from the S.V.R. , operated on its own and piloted by the two class 14s in turn , giving visitors plenty of choice , particularly when 11 departures per day were on offer with trains running every 45 minutes . |
| 7 | Hastily she sat down , and was relieved when the tall doctor took a seat safely distant from her own and reached to the table that separated them to pour her a long drink of the invitingly iced fruit juice . |
| 8 | She watched him warily as he dropped his briefcase on to the chair next to her own and perched on the arm , stretching out long legs , and running his fingers through his hair . |
| 9 | And they , of course , fuel the form of crime fiction that attempts to do something more than indulge in a contest with the reader — the books I call the detective novel and the crime novel . |
| 10 | She was beset by the realization that she desired nothing more than to go to the Hall as Anne Mowbray 's companion . |
| 11 | Mr Prichard remembers his grandmother as a warm but private person who liked nothing more than to sit beside the Thames at her home in Cholsey and to tend her beloved roses . |
| 12 | It is not to be doubted that there are still thousands of mainframe users that want nothing more than to continue with the kind of computing they have always known , using the environment with which they are familiar , and in which they have invested a large part of their lives . |
| 13 | I had always been keen on hillwalking and loved nothing more than escaping to the peace of the hills with my three oldest and closest friends . |
| 14 | They like nothing more than wallowing in a cool mud bath in the mornings when the sun is not too high and then resting in the shade of an acacia tree during the scorching heat which follows . |
| 15 | You might find this hard to believe but I 'm the kind of person who likes nothing more than to potter about the house in a pair of jeans and a sweater and eat spaghetti Bolognese . |
| 16 | Erm I think it it is beneficial mainly in the sense that erm if nothing more than running round the vehicle to make sure there are no marks and bangs and scratches on it which you 're going to inherit from the the previous run that it had er with a different driver perhaps . |
| 17 | I says what curling tongs , says you left curling tongs on , I 'd actually burnt my finger I must 've sleepwalked and I , I felt the bed when I remembered all this and it was dry so I must have sleepwalked it all and went to the toilet and done my hair cos there was a big burn all down my finger . |
| 18 | He said : ‘ I ca n't afford to be emotional about it all and stay on a high . |
| 19 | ‘ Well ? ’ said William , when they 'd seen it all and adjourned to the pub opposite the station , an old waiting room of a pub that had not yet been converted into a wine bar or a theme park and was consequently empty . |
| 20 | Liam just decided to ignore it all and hope for the best . |
| 21 | A look that claimed her for his own and spoke of a love that would bind them together for always . |
| 22 | Hullabaloo had ideas of his own and put in a short one . |
| 23 | Sucking his torn finger-end , he went into the cell next his own and sat on the floor , his back against the wall , looking at the scraps of scratched lettering on the distemper opposite him . |
| 24 | Let us hope Trevor can surprise us all and stay on the park until the end of the season . |
| 25 | Cycling in the hills on your own or sitting in the NAAFI ! |