Example sentences of "[coord] [pos pn] [noun] [adv] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , for example , the consent of the victim is no defence to a charge of murder or , in the case of an assault , ‘ that the victim thought his or her punishment well deserved and submitted to it ’ . |
| 2 | gear with my forehead with such force that my goggles , which I was wearing luckily , were shattered and my face badly bruised and bleeding profusely . |
| 3 | He 'd been so lovely , and her shoulder still burned where he 'd put a hand on it after the game . |
| 4 | Daughter Elizabeth later refined the laws and increased the penalties , partly because she and her advisers often suspected that there were occult plots against the throne . |
| 5 | This new book by Angela Everitt and her colleagues perhaps indicates that a fresh start is being made , and that this state of affairs will begin to improve . |
| 6 | In spite of herself , Shiona was aware of a warming of her skin from her scalp to her toes , and her reaction both humiliated and angered her . |
| 7 | And her eyes too shone as she looked at the two men sitting there . |
| 8 | He 'd slowed to step around some soft drinks crates-the bar , although open , seemed only half-ready for business — and their arms almost touched as she came up behind him without realising . |
| 9 | In the case of traffic injuries , the temporal proximity of putative causes and their effects strongly suggests that a large part of the fall in mortality from this cause is attributable to centrally coordinated action . |
| 10 | None of these large animals could possibly have passed over the arms of the sea which now separates these countries , and their presence plainly indicates that a land communication must have existed since the origin of the species … ’ |
| 11 | Only as they were put into operation , piecemeal , were their assumptions clarified , and their aims consciously formulated and defended by regulationists . |
| 12 | The early joint appearances of the Prince and Princess of Wales and their travels together confirmed that the public approved of the Prince 's choice . |
| 13 | The Leicester project illustrates that college resources can be taken to the community and their use jointly negotiated and controlled with local residents . |
| 14 | I was n't afraid of losing my boyfriend while I was in prison , because I 've seen people who 've been in for two years and their boyfriends still come and see them . |
| 15 | The Roman army was now committed to establishing a frontier in difficult terrain and their losses steadily mounted until Scapula , worn out with bitterness and frustration , collapsed and died . |
| 16 | In those days marriage was a crucial turning point for a woman for it determined her social rank and their future economically speaking as well as their happiness . |
| 17 | And his tone clearly implied that his sister was n't just ‘ anyone ’ . |
| 18 | Isaac Walton , Donne 's biographer , relates the tale : ‘ Several charcoal fires being first madde in his large study , he brought with him into that place a winding sheet in his hand , and having put off all his clothes , had this sheet put on him , and so tied with knots at his head and feet , and his hands so placed as dead bodies are usually fitted , to be shrouded and put into their coffin , or grave … with his eyes shut and with so much of the sheet turned aside as might show his lean , pale and death-like face . ’ |
| 19 | Losos and his colleagues now believe that the fringes have several other uses . |
| 20 | Mr Phillips and his bulldog prudently decided that such a salute did not amount to ‘ trouble ’ . |
| 21 | He is not badly informed here , perhaps because participants had accompanied Emma to Flanders , and his account generally complements and sometimes extends that of the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle . |
| 22 | He fell in love with the man , the political doubts about sexuality and disability came later as he learnt more and his mind slowly opened and then contracted with knowledge that proved to be no salvation . |
| 23 | However , matters between him and his congregation gradually deteriorated as he was thought to be very ‘ High Church ’ , and a bitter dispute broke out between 1845 and 1848 between ‘ High ’ and ‘ Low ’ Church supporters . |
| 24 | Santos preaches the virtues of working legitimately for a crust and our hero merely sneers until he spies the seductive posterior of Amber Evans ( Stacey Dash ) , follows her into her swanky office and obtains a job in the mailroom despite having a criminal record to rival Al Capone . |
| 25 | We and our partners tacitly recognise that there are a number of captured art treasures on Russian territory . |
| 26 | Experience is subjective , whether sensory , conceptual or otherwise , and our confusion only arises when we think we are separate from what we perceive . |
| 27 | When the suit is wet , it traps a thin layer of water between the body and the suit and your body quickly warms that up to a comfortable working temperature but if you fall in when the suit is dry , the cold water can be quite a shock and so a good trick in cold weather is to put the wet suit on in a hot shower and then over the top you wear a spray suit again to keep off the wind and to protect the wetsuit . |
| 28 | Detestable stuff , but my Dad always insisted that we had an egg cup full , once a week . |
| 29 | ‘ But my sessions gradually increased and my double-session intensified systematically until my weekends have also become involved and I am now on seven days a week . ’ |
| 30 | But my husband always thought that my in-laws were good to me , because they never criticised me in his presence , He had told them beforehand ‘ I know this girl , what she is like , so I do n't want to hear anything about her from you . |