Example sentences of "[noun sg] [conj] [adj] [conj] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean , if you , if you into , if you were trying to look into building or commercial and you had to send them a planning application for it , you 'd have to prove that building could support the weight . |
| 2 | Mr Paine , I feel sure , will be a candidate for some award or other and I trust he will remember the couple whose bravery obviously far exceeded that called for in the normal course of duty . |
| 3 | As everyone feasted themselves Mum went round with the drink , pouring out gin and whisky or stout as they preferred , making sure to test them all as she did so , while Dad and Fred did the same with the ale . |
| 4 | The scholarship is open to those aged 21–30 with Wine and Spirit Higher Certificate or equivalent and who have been in full-time employment in the catering industry for at least two years or have experience of direct sales in on-licensed premises . |
| 5 | It is therefore in the artist 's interest to avoid using fixative on a finished drawing where possible because it tends to flatten the surface of the pastels . |
| 6 | ‘ But we will amend our side if necessary as we go along . |
| 7 | A gaoler led them into the porter 's lodge , the fellow bowing and scraping as he recognised Sir John . |
| 8 | Appalled at the dealer 's vulgarity and furious that he had changed the work , Modi told Chéron he was a cheapskate . |
| 9 | Totally competent in his mind and lucid when he made that decision ? |
| 10 | Everything Nicolas or Bridget says is wrapped in inverted commas , which open as the character opens his mouth and close as he closes it . |
| 11 | I had some really good erm this too , listen to this , the woods are lovely dark and deep but I have promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep and miles to go before I sleep . |
| 12 | The woods are lovely dark and deep but I have promises to keep and miles to go before I sleep and miles to go before I sleep by Robert Frost , Robert Frost . |
| 13 | Felipe de Santis sat at the wheel , his eyes dark and irritated as he approached at speed over the rough ground . |
| 14 | There was a little group of men gathered outside what looked like a café , Indians some of them , their faces dark and sombre as they stood arguing over the ruins of their village . |
| 15 | Things are n't so clear cut and straightforward as you think Wednesday and that message is best illustrated by looking at your financial affairs . |
| 16 | Things are n't so clear cut and straightforward as you think Wednesday and that message is best illustrated by looking at your financial affairs . |
| 17 | She had taken after her father , Astrid said , that dogginess — always going after a stick , leaping high to please the thrower , waggingly racing back with it and repeating the action as long as it pleased . |
| 18 | A parliamentary candidate has branded a football club as sexist because she 's been barred from a men-only dinner . |
| 19 | ‘ When you 've been a soldier as long as I have , I tell you , you can smell a parasite from the other side of a black hole ! |
| 20 | You can add or subtract any amount from one side of an equation as long as you do the same thing to the other . |
| 21 | He had often , in their earlier correspondence , spoken of a test or ideal that he wished to impose on himself as a rein on his passionate temperament and his over-eager response to physical beauty and joy . |
| 22 | She was wearing a tweed check suit in shades of lovat green and brown and she did n't want his sticky fingers on it — or worse . |
| 23 | ‘ After all , I only want a bit of peace and quiet and I think I am entitled to that ! ’ |
| 24 | ‘ It seems as if I really do need to lie down , ’ she said faintly , and then he had swept her off the ground and was carrying her to one of the low , comfortable sofas in a private alcove where donors who were feeling faint could eat and drink in peace and quiet as they recovered . |
| 25 | Do n't misunderstand me … she 's a good girl and generous-hearted once you get to know her . |
| 26 | The E-Type Mortgage is a special low cost endowment designed to give you as much help as possible once you have fought your way out of the jungle . |
| 27 | Given the flexibility of concepts such as ‘ asking the wrong question ’ a court can always categorise an error as jurisdictional if it wishes to intervene . |
| 28 | In other words , populations become generally eligible for management as deviant when they disturb , hinder , or call into question … capitalist modes of appropriating the product of human labour … the social conditions under which capitalist production takes place … patterns of distribution and consumption … the process of socialization for productive and non-productive roles … and … the ideology which supports the functioning of capitalist society . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ That you can stay on at Sleet as long as you like , but with the new owner , should he wish to take residence there . |
| 30 | They are not a breed that can be kept in flats , although they do not need endless exercise as long as they have space for freedom of mind . |