Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] [pron] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chukar-type partridges Alectoris are longer , more upright and slightly more pheasant-like than smaller Perdix , and readily distinguished where they overlap it in W and S Europe by black and white eyestripes , white chin and throat , broad black band extending from eye down neck to form breast-band , conspicuous black and white barring on flanks , and red bill and legs . |
| 2 | Scie Scientific or You want it in scientific mode if it says scientific |
| 3 | They made it clear that they saw it as the core of a European army . |
| 4 | Essentially , it was a calculative attitude and it was clear that they managed themselves in the sense that they saw work as being a means to their personal ends , which might be owning a boarding house , for example . |
| 5 | He also advocated the appointment of prison inspectors and made it clear that he expected them to be as thorough as he himself had been , probing every corner and speaking with every prisoner . |
| 6 | Innocent had not controlled French aspirations but he had made it clear that he saw himself as the arbiter of Europe and John 's cession of his kingdom in 1213 considerably strengthened the pope 's hand . |
| 7 | ‘ Oh , I hope I shall always be Kingy to you , Miss Sally-Anne , ’ making it clear that he included her in the charmed circle of his friends . |
| 8 | But Rodrigo was not like other mercenaries ; he made it clear that he required nothing for himself . |
| 9 | He makes it repeatedly clear that he addresses himself to the Greeks who have little knowledge of Roman institutions ; but on the other hand he refers to Roman readers ( 6.5 1 .3–8 ) and is quite obviously looking at them over his shoulder . |
| 10 | She would cook them all a good breakfast and make it clear that she expected them to be at the table on time . |
| 11 | ‘ It 's unproven technology , and Microsoft has not made it clear that it wants it as a server ’ . |
| 12 | She was so transparent that there seemed nothing but clear skin between what she felt and what she said . |
| 13 | She felt a deep , sensual pleasure as she held his leaping , quivering manhood in check , but the heat of him was so dangerously exciting that she arched herself in mute supplication , begging him to give her the release that her body craved . |
| 14 | The transition was so abrupt that it took her by surprise . |
| 15 | They are patronising and they insult us by not understanding — and ignoring — the real requirements of our time . |
| 16 | She might lose him but for now he was as enslaved as she was and Maggie caressed him as he caressed her until his kisses grew more demanding and he turned her beneath him again . |
| 17 | Karen realised that her goal was to find a job which was challenging and interesting and which provided her with opportunities for foreign travel . |
| 18 | Then I get this hot feeling at the back of my head and everything goes funny and I find myself on the floor . |
| 19 | Having secured his freedom , his sexual appetite continued unabated and he threw himself into an even more vigorous life of carnal debauchery . |
| 20 | After all , these services are free and we take it as a compliment if you ask . |
| 21 | It came free and he threw it at me . |
| 22 | ‘ But all the people who took part were very , very brave and I have nothing but admiration for them all . |
| 23 | We use them as rubber and you hold them in your arms , alright ? |
| 24 | The design team under Hugh Lasson and Misha Black ( both later knighted ) were right in believing that there was hunger for visual stimulation among the British and they got it in the form of sculpture , murals and mobiles by Moore , Hepworth , Piper , Sutherland , Topolski and Epstein as well as a pedestrian precinct which was all grilles and screens and balls and decks and terraces and fountains and colour . |
| 25 | I think you would be interested if I take you through the Severn Tunnel . |
| 26 | Prior to 1979 , most local authorities were Conservative-controlled and they considered themselves to be local authorities , not Governments . |
| 27 | Because one of the typewriters is broken and she blamed it on me . |
| 28 | Their glasses were empty and he took them to the bar for a refill . |
| 29 | The question " Were you speaking Patois or English just then ? " will not necessarily make a lot of sense to a member of the London Caribbean community , any more than the questions " Why did you say that in Patois ? " or " How would the effect of that be different if you said it in ordinary English ? " . |
| 30 | Although I 'm strongly against what can only be described as the ‘ bastardisation ’ of a property , a little out-of-keeping decor is often unavoidable unless you restrict yourself to a very limited range of choice . |