Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just when you think you 've got it straight , along comes the Fool with his pig 's bladder and whops you on the nose . |
| 2 | Second , because governments and ministers still retain political objectives and motivations , they will attempt to guard jealously information within their purview and to use it in such ways as to influence and direct public opinion . |
| 3 | Nigel Buxton , 41 , swerved snarply across the road when he lifted both his hands off the wheel and ran them through his hair , Didcot magistrates heard . |
| 4 | " Dear mermaids , wo n't you please turn the wheel and spin me down to the sea-king 's palace ? " |
| 5 | Somehow the guidebook will always find a chink in this armoury and creep out on the crux move , to wheel and flutter its way to the boulders below . |
| 6 | He risked a soaking of foam as he darted out to cut his mooring lines , then twisted Dream Baby 's wheel and thrust her throttles forward . |
| 7 | His parting advice to those interested in taking the challenge was ‘ keep an ear to the ground , your back to the wheel and get your foot in the door ’ . |
| 8 | The operation of the wheel is unusual , being a variation on the overshot type in which water falls on to the top of the wheel and turns it in the same direction as the water 's flow . |
| 9 | If you have quick release wheels , take off the front wheel and lock it to the frame and back wheel . |
| 10 | We 've got to go there tomorrow , so ’ — he took his hand from the wheel and gave her a quick pat — ‘ put your neb under your wing until after the holidays and see what transpires then . ’ |
| 11 | The driver of the long-distance lorry would tighten his hands on the wheel and urge his machine faster past the bleak terrain that marks fear and anxiety across the breadth of the Motherland . |
| 12 | He had taken one hand from the wheel and held it up in protest . |
| 13 | " Besides all this Tristan learned to ride nimbly with shield and lance , to spur his mount skilfully on either flank , put it to the gallop with dash , wheel and give it free rein and urge it on with his knees , in strict accordance with the chivalric art . |
| 14 | ‘ If they keep their bikes in garages , they should consider removing a wheel and putting it in the house . |
| 15 | Alternatively , an economical and effective way of securing your car is to fit a strong chain and padlock around the steering wheel and attach it to the seat , clutch or brake pedal . |
| 16 | I was me and it was both frightening and exciting , like driving very fast round a precipitous bend with someone now and again taking my hands off the wheel and forcing me to trust . |
| 17 | It also reduces the load on the tail-skid or wheel and makes it slip sideways more easily . |
| 18 | Well , let me tell you , ’ she flung at him acidly , ‘ you 're a bygone species , you 're on your way out , and if you do n't turn that wheel and head us back the way we came I 'll see you in gaol for this faster than you can say pieces of eight . ’ |
| 19 | According to a report by the Automobile Association — Women and Cars — the typical British woman motorist enjoys driving , is confident behind the wheel and sees her car as a necessary tool for work and a social life . |
| 20 | Since it was obviously expected of him , he took his right hand off the wheel and put his arm around her shoulders . |
| 21 | As sanity returned , she gave a little jerk and wrenched her mouth free . |
| 22 | But he turned her around with one swift jerk and forced her to face him . |
| 23 | I understand that Wyre Borough Council are standardising all the play equipment throughout the borough and bringing it up to British Standards safety requirements . |
| 24 | Its presence will indicate hostility towards religion and make it very difficult for people to take religion seriously . |
| 25 | Bede perceived in Ceolwulf a love of religion and recommended him to Ecgberht , bishop of York , in 734 as a willing helper in the work of ecclesiastical reform and organization . |
| 26 | They have profaned our temples , insulted our religion and raped our women . ’ |
| 27 | Once I grasped the centrality of symbolism to the religion and grasped its effect , it was time for me to leave . |
| 28 | In an address to a potentially hostile assembly of Protestant ministers , he brought up the subject of his religion and emphasized his belief in a strict separation of the affairs of state and those of the church . |
| 29 | Only Sinead O'Connor would have the courage , the reckless spirit , to take on songs made famous by the greatest singers — Ella Fitzgerald , Billie Holiday , Peggy Lee — to sing them live in front of a 47-piece orchestra , then take on organised religion and blame it for child abuse , and damn the consequences . |
| 30 | The workers who were fiddling at this particular factory were able to keep their self-image and conduct their working lives as good citizens ; like most unconvicted white-collar criminals they were not stigmatised . |