Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [adv] [verb] [pos pn] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Shortly afterwards we returned to English prep schools , where I quickly had my French beaten out of me in French grammar classes , and where Lorne responded by continuing to be unable to talk or , rather , to speak in any known language , for he would hold forth volubly in a tongue uniquely his own .
2 During the warm weather I take the opportunity to sit in my garden where I often do my sewing up .
3 Gino 's chipper in Duke Street , near where she normally boarded her tram after work , charged one penny for a bag of crispy batter , and if you were lucky , there might be a nice piece of fish , or a stray lump of white pudding hiding among the golden , greasy flakes .
4 To the left , opposite the reception desk , in the parlour with the rubber plant and the lace half-curtains , where she sometimes had her breakfast ( if she was up before ten when Madame stopped serving it ) , she saw her grandfather , Sir Anthony Everard , erect against the window , with her young aunt his daughter beside him , Xanthe Everard , Miranda 's nursery playmate .
5 I thought it was a fine display of irreligious pop art myself , but the local Scout Master must 've taken offence , for the Dog pack packed up and headed for The Robey , where they currently host their anti-establishment , multi-media club nights .
6 At Ibrox , Rangers have just re-placed the League Cup in the trophy room and have no intention of allowing Macari or anyone else to interrupt their return to top form .
7 McMurdo and Waugh paid their share but Johnstone prevaricated until 1989 when Sheriff Officers acting for the brewery issued arrestment orders ‘ freezing ’ Johnstone 's wages from his work in broadcasting and sports journalism , where he eventually found his niche as a witty and streetwise commentator .
8 In February 1713 De Lamerie set up his own workshop in Windmill Street , where he rapidly established his prominence as both manufacturer and retailer .
9 At home the attitude of my parents-in-law was that I was from outside Pakistan , so I must be very independent — although I never showed my independence .
10 Although I still held my card of the Transport and General Workers .
11 Although I still love my husband , we have n't been happy since my son was born .
12 Although I often read my horoscope .
13 Even now , five years later , I do not let my children get close to me , although I sometimes allow my wife to sit with me while I eat .
14 Please say that I finally look my age at least ! ’
15 Other special Air Force camps were built in different parts of Germany and it was in these that I eventually spent my rime as a prisoner .
16 ‘ You know that I nearly broke my word to you about drinking just now , McAllister . ’
17 Then I whirled , so quickly that I nearly ricked my neck , as I caught a movement at the edge of my vision .
18 He was one of the people who actually made the series , but I have to say that I never thought his career was channelled in the right direction .
19 The plain truth is that I once twisted my knee after falling down a ridiculously narrow flight of stairs at a crowded party in a terraced house in Highgate , and I found it so comforting and indeed so peculiarly elegant to lean on a good stout walking stick during the weeks that followed this mishap that I continued to do so long after my leg had returned to normal .
20 My main subsequent regret is that I only knew my father from the perspective of parent to child and not from that of adult ( parent ) to adult ( son ) whence different qualities and traits of personality come to be appreciated .
21 I could n't think of a single thing to say , but dimly realized that I now had my role for the evening ; I had done nothing to bring this off ; but I was to be the identifiable face of the campaign .
22 You know that I always keep my word . ’
23 I must say that I really enjoyed my time in the RAF and I 'm convinced that for National Serviceman , the Air Gunner 's trade was the best way to complete the compulsory Armed Service requirement of the time .
24 I make sure that I really condition my hair and that 's about it .
25 And while her eyes went wide at the importance of that statement to the literary world , ‘ It was with no small degree of relief , ’ he continued , ‘ that I personally took my work to my publishers in Prague and , that done , resolved that apart from day-to-day correspondence I would have a whole month off — perhaps longer — and free my mind of anything connected with work .
26 This doubt of not quite knowing so worried me that I sometimes approached my visualization as if addressing a public meeting .
27 Shortly after the start I had problems with Gerhard 's oil all over my visor , so I just drove my taxi home to take third place . ’
28 Your editor , you know , is notoriously devious , so I always take my secretary in as witness .
29 Just as Montgomery kept a photo of Rommel beside him in his desert caravan , so I now had my cancer cell .
30 And once I nearly got my head flattened , cos I sent up the wrong thing and bang he sent it down and I just got my head out of there in time .
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