Example sentences of "[adv] [adj] [conj] [noun prp] [vb -s] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Ephron of our story , like the Sudanese taxi driver , does not mean what he says , as he makes abundantly clear when Abraham insists on paying a proper price for the field and the cave . |
| 2 | And yet an Englishman 's relation to English culture and its traditions may be more tormented than Schniedau allows for , especially if the Englishman in question defines himself as , or aspires to be , an English artist . |
| 3 | It 's more comfortable if Herta lies on her side and I take up position behind her . |
| 4 | Actually , the use of this final pronominal element is quite transparently a way to regain attributive status for the adjective which precedes it , and its use with certain adjectives ( to be introduced below ) which do not genuinely occur in predicative position is thus much more significant than Bolinger allows for , showing that there are values attached to attributive status which are more important than mere position in the sentence relative to the verb , and that speakers will even seek to conform to these by devising an attributive construction which would otherwise not be called for . |
| 5 | It is becoming increasingly essential that Carling recovers from his strained thigh muscle in time for Saturday 's first Test against the All Blacks . |
| 6 | The Morisot essay is particularly convincing as Nochlin works over the complex relations of power involved in a woman artist painting a portrait of her daughter with her wet nurse . |
| 7 | I am myself now quite certain that Hywel knows about Elizabeth and the doctor . |
| 8 | During Andrew and Fergie 's wedding preparations in June , Charles causes raised eyebrows himself by appearing completely uncaring when Diana faints at the opening of the Expo exhibition in Vancouver . |
| 9 | It is certainly true that Marx speaks of single practices as central to societies ( as in the passage quoted earlier ) and Althusser may well believe that as far as exegesis is concerned no more need be said . |