Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] [conj] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has taught me that the world does n't revolve around me . |
| 2 | All the inside surfaces were wood , the fire smoke had blackened them and the heat produced a rich resinous smell of burning pine . |
| 3 | But they , they er I mean you do n't have to be too bright to realize that the questions have been given them and the answers have g been given them . |
| 4 | The corporation also said it would consult with the local residents about the operation and regretted not having approached them before the work began . |
| 5 | ‘ He has reminded me that the beginning of a reign is a traditional time for the pardoning of malefactors , ’ he said . |
| 6 | Now Berliners aim to realise the potential that 's eluded them since the war , and the development of no man 's land is crucial ; the practical realisation of unification , and it 's fraught with problems . |
| 7 | The reputation of the new drugs had preceded them and a ripple of optimism ran through the sanatorium , though Doctor Staples had been careful to stress that they were still in the experimental stage . |
| 8 | I had included myself in the North Oxford set as of right , a right seemingly confirmed by the way Alison had approached me and the ease with which we had conversed . |
| 9 | What has amazed me and the friends I 've press-ganged into watching the process is the speed with which the ‘ genetic algorithm ’ sniffs out the way to decode the message . |
| 10 | Mellor claimed that he had been driven out of office by the tabloid press , which had pursued him since the discovery in July of his extramarital affair with an actress , Antonia de Sancha . |
| 11 | ‘ If Fraser had n't mucked about when he got back and found she 'd gone , we might have caught her before the boat sailed . ’ |
| 12 | It was not only the size of the church that had impressed him but the decoration , the overwhelming , almost suffocating richness of the baroque interior . |
| 13 | But you 'd got hold of him , and you 'd squeezed him till the pips rattled , and you 'd done for him as a man . |
| 14 | The gallant compliments of the captain and his officers particularly had reminded her that the beauty so widely admired in her youth had not yet faded . |
| 15 | The Nuremberg Trials lifted the scales from the eyes of many Germans , and later OMGUS surveys reported that only one in eight ( 12 per cent ) of those questioned in the American Zone recalled trusting Hitler as Leader up to the end of the war , while 35 per cent claimed never to have trusted him and a further ( 6 per cent to have kept faith in him only until the outbreak of war . |
| 16 | The stink of chloroform overwhelmed her as the wad was jammed hard under her nose . |
| 17 | Ferdinando , a clean white blouse on and freshly shaved , looked the handsome fellow who had first attracted her and the way he carried his son , with ease and pride , made her feel warm towards him . |
| 18 | Basically the 1969 Act , despite the controversy that has surrounded it and the resource problems that have hampered its implementation , must be seen as a notable step forward and one consistent with a renewed general acknowledgement of the importance of the family . |
| 19 | Daft as it seems , we could have won it because the kick was produced too quick for Paul Simpson and we hit the ball later on , Mark Stein 's a little back header , very unlucky not to win it for us . |
| 20 | I introduced it to my classes in May last year and have developed and modified it as the weeks have passed . |
| 21 | There the ego has become so fragmented and is so er erm sick as it were that the id has overwhelmed it and the reality sense is lost . |
| 22 | It has certainly reminded us that the decade is likely to be characterised by low growth and tight competition , and that retailers need to be positioned with a low cost base , flexible work-force and strong retail formats to meet the challenges of the next few years . |
| 23 | He declared that 90 per cent of Indonesians belonged to this class of small farmers , labourers , urban workers : and he did not direct his attack upon the other 10 per cent but upon the Dutch who had exploited them and the Chinese entrepreneurs who lived off their labour . |
| 24 | ‘ Isa has not seen me since the happy news and it is that which restores me to near my old self . ’ |
| 25 | Is there any hint that you might be forced to make an inver an inversion o in that sense that er you would be able so that you would have to make statements like that as you 've made you you 've turned them that the employer 's statement on it 's head ? |
| 26 | Well done you and a very , very special thanks to the Princess Royal , without whose leadership it would not have been possibly at all . |
| 27 | Eventually even Gorbad had to give up , Altdorf had defeated him and the Waaagh was over . |
| 28 | He could have told her about the IRA kidnapping him , but that would have alarmed her and the whole household . |
| 29 | No , I have n't seen him since the . |
| 30 | Marie had thought about telling him the truth : that Bella had seen him and the police would soon be after him . |