Example sentences of "[noun pl] [subord] [pron] [verb] [pron] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brian Clough , the Forest manager , said : ‘ His contract was not expiring but he deserved a rise for the contribution he has made over the last 12 months -so he earned himself a new deal . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Kristian is very good with fans when they see him the street and ask him for autographs . |
| 3 | ‘ It looked as though it was on its last legs when you gave me a lift yesterday . ’ |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Fran brought her thoughts back to the moment , forcing a slight , polite smile to her lips as she flicked him a quick sideways glance . |
| 6 | He even put his arm around my shoulders when he wished me a merry Christmas . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Scientists did not help matters when they gave it the generic name Oreamnos , meaning ‘ mountain lamb ’ . |
| 9 | seventeen thousand pounds if he gave them a free cup of coffee . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It would be easier to work out the story of the Jingoes if we knew what the beginning was . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | After all , you were n't overly concerned about my feelings when you interviewed me the other day , were you ? ’ |
| 15 | The 40-year-old told one of the sisters if anyone asked who the father of her baby daughter was she should lie and say it was her boyfriend , Leeds Crown Court was told . |
| 16 | He 's holding James and Richard 's reins while I bring you a bit nearer . |
| 17 | He should not introduce such arguments when we know what the Government are after — attacking the British coal industry . |
| 18 | erm er and it involves going to the lab and sitting around for about a couple of hours while they feed you a bit of sugar and then take some blood tests every half hour . |
| 19 | Maybe we should listen to our friends when they tell us a few home truths . |
| 20 | FORMER Goon Harry Secombe , who has had a second home in Majorca for the past 15 years , reckoned he had finally been accepted by the locals when they gave him the Spanish name El Gordo . |
| 21 | Like Alexei , he had nails on the ends of his fingers instead of talons , and he stared at Alexei 's hands as he gave him a filled cup , then raised his eyes and bowed solemnly . |
| 22 | I went back to the Maggot 's foul house , where he kept his killer dog and astonishing collection of guns , and we sat on his makeshift verandah that overlooked a noxious and polluted creek and shared a few whiskies as he told me an incredibly tedious tale of how he had once sacked the quarterback of the San Francisco Sugar Plums . |
| 23 | To be honest it would be between the portfolios as you call them the the folders and erm probably that the golfing thing . |
| 24 | Okay they 're the straightforward ones if you do it the other way round if you differentiate cos you 'll get minus sine . |
| 25 | An expert can now make a final determination about the construction of documents provided he asks himself the right question . |
| 26 | Both sexes like the idea that women pretend , men because it confirms their suspicion that their partners are basically frigid and devious manipulators , women because it gives them a delicious sense of power to think that the delirium which men fondly ascribe to their virile prowess is no more than a hollow civility , like laughing at Grandpa 's jokes . |
| 27 | Girls of various shapes and sizes paraded in front of the boys while she told them the prices so that they would be sure they had enough money on them . |
| 28 | They particularly enjoy dealing with Orcs as it gives them a chance to outwit their larger and more brutal cousins . |
| 29 | He poured Moselle for her , brushed fingers as he handed her the glass and looked into her eyes . |
| 30 | Thank you Chairman , erm I 'm delighted to be the last person to present a set of budget proposals as it gives me the opportunity to draw attention to some facts that seems to have been overlooked by the representatives of the other two groups . |