Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] [subord] [pron] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When she 'd said she was worried about her superiors , he 'd felt like telling her that he had her superiors right where he wanted them , but he could n't . |
| 2 | After a while you get when you first start the first time you ever ride a two wheeler and you have someone holding it or you have some stabilizers on till you know what you 're doing . |
| 3 | You may have to wait for one or two things but you know like like copy sometimes but I did n't used to send them s erm er contracts in unless they had everything . |
| 4 | Mark took these pictures down because he knew they would terrify his patients . |
| 5 | She was n't even aware of having spoken the words aloud until she saw his face tauten with some undefinable emotion as he held her from him . |
| 6 | I prefer to leave pictures just as I finish them in front of the subject . |
| 7 | UNTAMED HEART ( 15 ) CHRISTIAN Slater has specialised in off-beat roles ever since he lost his screen virginity at 20 , playing a novice monk in The |
| 8 | The other thing that was said about him , particularly towards the end , after the U-turn on economic policy , was that he 'd been captured by his officials , and that he also , in the end , rather relished the company of the permanent secretaries more than he did his Cabinet colleagues . |
| 9 | Take all the flower heads off if you want it to grow . |
| 10 | CARRY ON KISSING : Admirer Hubert , smothering smiling Di 's hand with smackers yesterday after she accepted his offer |
| 11 | He was still in hospital five months later when I finished my tour . |
| 12 | You can explain to him about your system and he 'll put the books back where he found them . ’ |
| 13 | And er Sun Life who 're a , who , who er you know are favourite for er for er gilts management , er er were busy buying index-linked gilts about twelve months ago when nobody wanted them . |
| 14 | Doherty was aghast 12 months ago when he made his first attempt to win the title and lost heavily to the unfancied Fergal O'Brien but this year he was determined to wipe out that memory and win his third title in a matter of months . |
| 15 | Thomas last played in the full England side 13 months ago when he won his first cap in Saudi Arabia and did little of consequence . |
| 16 | It 's been fully serviced up to 4 months ago when I bought it . |
| 17 | On the other , simultaneously , He moves across the surface of the sea : upon the face , riding the waves even as He creates them , surfing the world into existence . |
| 18 | Survivors quietly described how families were destroyed , women abused , men castrated ; how the Gestapo made them play their gypsy violins even while they performed their atrocities . |
| 19 | But she is continually spotted out in the real world , so to speak , especially in the shops even though she looks nothing like her screen image . |
| 20 | He caught her by the waist , in a half rugby tackle , lifted her up , spun her around and in one fell swoop had hoisted her on to his shoulders even before she realised what was happening . |
| 21 | Then she felt the coverlet being pulled off the bed and João was on top of her and his sweet breath was in her face and his mouth over her mouth ; he was forcing her legs apart until she thought she would split ; he was trying to lift them right up over his shoulders , and at the same time trying to enter where she was impossibly small , cursing at his lack of success and finally grunting and gasping , until she felt a little damp fountain on her belly and he rolled off the bed and pattered quickly from the room . |
| 22 | He is eager to cultivate such sales channels worldwide because he feels them to be an under-exploited source of revenue . |
| 23 | I had chosen these subjects specifically because I knew nothing about any of the four disciplines and because , having studied foreign languages at A Level , it seemed natural to develop my linguistic skills . |
| 24 | I was offered a cup of tea and stayed ten minutes longer than I thought I 'd be . |
| 25 | But this hardly solves the problem of knowing how to obtain the relevant indices just when we need them . |
| 26 | ‘ I can not because I do n't believe God would change His plans just because I asked Him . ’ |
| 27 | To the girl he said , " Do n't put any calls through till I tell you , Inez . " |
| 28 | I did put my shoes on cos I thought I sha n't get them on in a minute because my feet swell when I sit down . |
| 29 | She knew her limitations better than she knew her worth , and she taught in a private school because it gave her a little more latitude to come and go as she wished — an important point , since she cared for an old mother whom eighty years had made exacting . |
| 30 | The ice occasionally shears away as I put my weight on it . |