Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A wary look came into Johnny 's eyes and he gave her a quick glance of alarm . |
| 2 | At only 18 , Dundas will be seeing things through young and excited eyes and I wish him the best . |
| 3 | ‘ The social worker at the hospital — she was marvellous — she put us in touch with a charity that keeps a list of all these types of Homes and she sent us a list and this one was more or less on our doorstep . |
| 4 | We got erm , got erm she bought me some Maltesers and she bought me a chocolate orange as well . |
| 5 | Of course , all theatrical activities came to an abrupt halt ; but Guthrie was not prepared to accept what seemed like being the total demise of Sadler 's Wells Opera , and proposed sending a small touring group of the company round the provinces and he offered me a small contract . |
| 6 | Christina climbed the pool steps and he handed her a towel . |
| 7 | ‘ Kristian is very good with fans when they see him the street and ask him for autographs . |
| 8 | ‘ It looked as though it was on its last legs when you gave me a lift yesterday . ’ |
| 9 | He thought of the widow in her ramshackle hut at the end of the village and the gratitude in her eyes when he gave her a purse of coins . |
| 10 | Fran brought her thoughts back to the moment , forcing a slight , polite smile to her lips as she flicked him a quick sideways glance . |
| 11 | He even put his arm around my shoulders when he wished me a merry Christmas . |
| 12 | And I thought er and er I had wee tablets that you gave me a while ago , Brusdeximit |
| 13 | the only reason that police get away with drink driving is cos half the buggers are Masons and they give them the old funny hand shake and its oh on your way sir |
| 14 | At least she would n't have far to go home if the evening turned into an unmitigated disaster , with him weeping drunken tears and slobbering all over her shoes while he told her the sad story of his life . |
| 15 | Scientists did not help matters when they gave it the generic name Oreamnos , meaning ‘ mountain lamb ’ . |
| 16 | Most of the people I went with took mountain bikes and they envied me the Pioneer as I sped along with far less effort that they had to use . |
| 17 | Mr Hobbs gave her back her teeth and she shot me a desperate little smile . |
| 18 | ‘ It was interesting to take on these different values and it gave us a new perspective . ’ |
| 19 | He said ‘ Okay , I want you to show me everything , ’ and I said ‘ Well , there are six strings , they 're tuned like this and written down an octave , ’ ( For those that do n't know , when guitar music is transposed onto a stave , it 's dropped a whole octave to keep it on the treble clef — Ed ) and he was taking notes and I gave him a beginning guitar book so that he could see how it was all written out ! |
| 20 | ‘ He was up against international defenders and they paid him the ultimate compliment of having to trip him up half of the time . |
| 21 | They enabled the sisters to honour their own privacy needs and they gave us a clear sense of personal identity . |
| 22 | It took them I ca n't remember how many hours but it took them a long time . |
| 23 | Yeah under question things and they give you the answers in blue . |
| 24 | seventeen thousand pounds if he gave them a free cup of coffee . |
| 25 | and to St Giles and they heard about me and they offered me a month 's holiday and they were complete strangers and they gave me a month 's holiday |
| 26 | Well the aye , the quality of the cattle cos it gave you a better grass , better feeding before that you see they bought some clover . |
| 27 | Because it 's a national thing I mean it 's something the company is hoping to go forward with the time it 's a government initiative , if we are offering trainee managers when they join us an , an N V Q and they do n't get it at the end of their training . |
| 28 | May they remind us of birthdays and other gift-days as they teach us the secret that all life is meant for celebration and contemplation . |
| 29 | After all , you were n't overly concerned about my feelings when you interviewed me the other day , were you ? ’ |
| 30 | And he said well my father is doing today I ca n't do today I 'll do it Friday and I shouted down the stairs but he owes you a day you should n't be going in . |