Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb base] [conj] [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Small wonder that he seldom responds to the challenge .
2 Yet Ellcock , an intelligent man with strong views on the game , graciously allowed the Daily Mail to photograph him ‘ celebrating ’ at home watching Sky TV as Wayne Larkins hit the winning run in the Jamaica Test when he probably felt like crying again because he was not at Sabina Park to share the moment .
3 Close observers of Microsoft say that what really interest it is the licensing fees it says Sun should be paying .
4 The dialectally divergent spellings suggest that at the very least three written English versions of the tale existed : an East Midland original , a south-eastern copy and the West Midland copy that we now have .
5 His financial transactions extended throughout the eastern counties , and although the bulk of his fortune almost certainly came from moneylending , his six houses in King 's Lynn and the quay attached to his own stone house in Norwich suggest that he also had interests in trade .
6 Vanity and a nod towards Alan Meale compel that we also include this : A short-sighted scribbler called Amos ; Recorded the gaffes of the famous ; And if ever his column ; Becomes faintly solemn ; He 'll be sacked on the spot ( who would blame us ) ?
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