Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ As patriots , we think we have some Cambodians to support us , ’ said Khmer Rouge leader Khieu Samphan in an interview in Paris in August . |
| 2 | My few possessions mocked me . |
| 3 | I waved my sword like a madman , screamed at some men-at-arms to follow me , and raced like a whippet to the postern gate . |
| 4 | Some accounts have it that the Leviathan was actually the mate of the land beast BEHEMOTH . |
| 5 | Some pool-owners prefer their concrete pool to have a coloured finish and this can be provided during the mixing stage . |
| 6 | But outbreaks of Bovine TB have doubled in Gloucestershire and some surrounding counties over the last 3 years and some vets say we must throw aside sentimentality and act now BEFORE the problem reaches epidemic proportions . |
| 7 | Results will be given as quickly as possible , but some experts fear they could take up to a month if demand is high . |
| 8 | Indeed , Ford 's own potted history of Dagenham records that ‘ some experts said it was unworkable ’ . |
| 9 | Some experts suggested they were due to other industries nearby — like chemical factories and oil refineries . |
| 10 | From the sketchy results available , some experts think they see flaws in the study , in the sampling and testing procedures especially . |
| 11 | It stood north of the village , and some experts believe it may have been the fulling mill called Beckmill in 1474 . |
| 12 | The savings on operating costs alone were immense , some experts putting it in the order of £2 million a year . |
| 13 | In addition , the whole climate of opinion created by the Government has induced some employers to short-change their staff as and when the possibility has arisen . |
| 14 | I always donate to these organisations and have benefited to the extent that organisations like THT , Body Positive and LAGER have made the general public aware of the infection and have made some employers take it into account . |
| 15 | Their ability to demand high wages was by 1790 causing some employers to dislodge their hold by introducing machinery : " we are determined to destroy all sorts of Masheens for printing in the Kingdom " , runs one of the milder sentences in an anonymous letter from the journeymen received by one employer . |
| 16 | A few calls answered him . |
| 17 | They are generally very attractive and well made ; the dyes are of excellent quality , although there is a tendency by some groups to overwash their items , which weakens the pile ( p. 27 ) . |
| 18 | In this connection , central government and LEAs were urged to be sensitive to the wishes of some groups to have their daughters educated in single-sex schools . |
| 19 | In South Africa , ants visiting Ficus sur to tend homopterans deter parasitoids of the figs , thus enhancing pollination success , but some ants feed on arriving pollinators , while some birds eat them as they emerge . |
| 20 | Some birds laid their eggs on the floor and others showed signs of frustration . |
| 21 | The present-day breeding habits of some birds give us a reasonably good idea of how polyandry evolved . |
| 22 | Some Florentines liked them because they were picturesque . |
| 23 | By the same token , the dodos of Mauritius were giant pigeons ( though some biologists believe they were closer to rails ) . |
| 24 | It flaps its wings a few times to lift itself off the ground , then simply rises up , using whatever thermals and air currents it comes across . |
| 25 | The eyes in his skull-like face have long sunk into their sockets , and the rotted remains of a few teeth share his fetid mouth with a blackened , slightly forked tongue . |
| 26 | We may not be lovers any more , but we 're still very good friends despite a few attempts to pull us apart . |
| 27 | His name has been moderately conjured with by British academics , but there have been few attempts to systematize his work for the classroom , as has happened in the United States . |
| 28 | Some artists separate their art from their lives , some are articulate about their aims , others are gruffly evasive . |
| 29 | It may be appropriate sometimes to use a material which does not confirm to a given-set of standards ; equally some artists need their materials to be consistent . |
| 30 | some artists expect us to make them stars . |