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 | Take some of the favourite things that your child likes , mix them together and serve from a warm pot with a ladle . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Add them together and divide by the number you 've got . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | As they approached , a big rabbit appeared over the edge of the ditch , looked at them quickly and vanished into the bank . |
| 9 | ‘ You told me once that going to a Workhouse was simply exchanging one prison for another . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | She all but tripped over a clothes line embedded in the tussocky grass . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Dry them thoroughly and massage into the skin a little vegetable oil ( or cream ) containing a few drops of the same essence(s) . |
| 14 | If you leave them behind and take to the lanes you 'll rarely see a car . |
| 15 | They ca n't feel me cos they do n't know I 'm there , and if I want to I can fly over their heads and leave them behind and live in the sky . |
| 16 | Would you care to accompany me now or follow in a couple of minutes when you have finished your conversation ? ’ |
| 17 | Sally did n't want another long day on the hill , so wished me well and watched for an hour as my headtorch beam got smaller and more erratic as I moved away across the glacier , interrogating the ice . |
| 18 | The boys thanked her politely and returned to the rest of the royal party grinning and clutching their gifts . |
| 19 | His front leg was paralysed from an old road accident , our vet guessed the owners had abandoned her rather than pay for the amputation . |
| 20 | We followed him outside and sat at the tin table under the tree . |
| 21 | Athelstan took him aside and stared into the bleary-eyed face . |
| 22 | She turned from him now and ran to the door and up the back stairs . |
| 23 | She turned from him now and looked towards the house door where Millie was standing . |
| 24 | Then he released her abruptly and strode from the room . |
| 25 | Trouble is when , they take her abroad and travel in a caravan |
| 26 | That being the case , I have accepted my father 's invitation to live with him again and to return to the stage under his direction . |
| 27 | Partly in anger , partly in contempt , Jimmy turned away from him again and stared at the outside door , attempting to control his emotions . |
| 28 | Talbot looked at him speculatively and pointed towards the north-west . |
| 29 | I spoke to him afterwards and apologized for the crowd , as if it was my fault ! |
| 30 | Kenneth liked him too and joined in the questioning . |