Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] [conj] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , if she 's got a young family , I mean , nine times out of ten it 's her that 's got to watch them rather than saying to the husband , oh I 'm off to play football dear ! |
| 2 | It also criticized the Department of Transport ( DTp ) for not applying them vigorously and called on the department to widen the scope of inspections and review methods of enforcement . |
| 3 | Overall , the most fruitful way to examine the interaction of courts , executives and assemblies is to see them all as engaged in a continuous process by which the law and rights are constantly being defined and redefined . |
| 4 | Look how he blooded Speed and Batty … he did nt chuck them in and hope for the best . |
| 5 | Take some of the favourite things that your child likes , mix them together and serve from a warm pot with a ladle . |
| 6 | They took the same tube into work but walked apart on the final stretch to the office in case anyone saw them together and jumped to the right conclusion . |
| 7 | Add them together and divide by the number you 've got . |
| 8 | When problems have arisen such as in the urban riots they have explained them away as resulting from a lack of proper parental and school discipline ( blaming the victim again ) or as the work of political agitators . |
| 9 | Dorcas called them over and pointed to the tank above them . |
| 10 | He regards them not as belonging to a particular branch , but to the Area ; hence , ‘ transfer ’ has been erased from the Dictionary . |
| 11 | Ultimately I took to wearing them all the time — only whipping them off when approached by a boy I vaguely fancied or at the doorway of the house of a friend of my mother 's , with a boy my mother fancied for me inside . |
| 12 | Ultimately I took to wearing them all the time , only whipping them off when approached by a boy I vaguely fancied , or at the door of a friend of my mother 's with a boy she fancied for me inside . |
| 13 | As they approached , a big rabbit appeared over the edge of the ditch , looked at them quickly and vanished into the bank . |
| 14 | ‘ You told me once that going to a Workhouse was simply exchanging one prison for another . |
| 15 | A girl who 's managed to stay alive for a whole year takes me aside and passes on the two basic rules of survival : 1 ) Never get separated from the others . |
| 16 | She all but tripped over a clothes line embedded in the tussocky grass . |
| 17 | Then he stood up and strode from the room , and she all but collapsed into the chair he 'd just vacated , feeling as though she 'd been battered by a storm at sea . |
| 18 | Do not forget that you live alone and there may not be anyone there to pick you up or ring for the doctor if you break a leg or a hip . |
| 19 | Finally , it produces thousands of young , which transfer into the next fly that picks them up while feeding on the host . |
| 20 | No they were oh no we brought them up and put on the shelf . |
| 21 | it 's like party balloons , she 's got like water balloons I mean , with water and , they was , I had them in this box mucking about , I was trying take something out , and then like we dropped a water balloon in their bathroom and erm , we started having water fight , and that they filled them up and go into the balloons and then you go and tie it up |
| 22 | Molly pointed to the bright bunch on the scrubbed table and Giovanna gathered them up and strode to a hook on the dresser where they dangled with all their labels . |
| 23 | I pick them up and look at the envelopes . |
| 24 | He screwed them up and sank to the floor . |
| 25 | Dry them thoroughly and massage into the skin a little vegetable oil ( or cream ) containing a few drops of the same essence(s) . |
| 26 | Oh , the neighbour rang me up and said by the way she 'll be a bit late |
| 27 | Harvey helped me up and pointed to a concrete runway just below us . |
| 28 | Lorton showed them out and went to the kitchen to pour himself a drink . |
| 29 | ‘ He came round the front and dragged me out and jumped into the driver 's seat . |
| 30 | If you leave them behind and take to the lanes you 'll rarely see a car . |