Example sentences of "[pron] [adj] [conj] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sends them dozy and open the door and put them back in again . |
| 2 | However , most of the campaigns are run by authorities in the more accessible countryside ; there are few campaigns organized by those in the remoter or upland areas , either because they deem them undesirable or consider the likely returns insufficient . |
| 3 | By sending permanent representatives to the courts of Europe the Ottomans would have been accepting a kind of regular and established contact with the west which denied their most deeply held assumptions , which implied an at least partial renunciation of the inherent superiority to the Christian world which they claimed , and which for a surprisingly long time , even after the balance of military strength had turned decisively against them , seemed to almost all of them unnecessary and to promise no real advantage . |
| 4 | Nothing easier than to turn the husband into a trustee for his own wife . |
| 5 | ‘ And there 'd be nothing easier than popping a cheque in the post to them , or sending them some cast-off woollies , or ladling some soup into them , or offering them advice . |
| 6 | I kept the rooms clean and made sure that no-one robbed or attacked the clients . |
| 7 | I turned to my left and saw a large Labrador . |
| 8 | I trundled along the valley , keeping the curve of the plateau to my left and watching the distant Land Rover , which seemed to be going too far south . |
| 9 | I rose , broke my fast and slipped the landlord some pieces of silver which made his vinegarish face look more congenial and subservient . |
| 10 | It 'd be nice to have 5 or so in hand with Scum only 13 points ahead , we win em all and take the league from under their noses . |
| 11 | Because the people of really did n't feel they 'd been consulted , I , I carried out a little survey of my own and got a very good response . |
| 12 | I raised a cup of my own and took a belt . |
| 13 | Although it was my health I was considering , and no one else 's , it was still difficult to step out on my own and leap the bounds of convention . |
| 14 | Should I go out on my own and start a business , or would the insecurity be unbearable ? |
| 15 | I had to go on my own and ring the doorbell with an easel and canvas under my arm and I did n't know what to wear . |
| 16 | As a respondent in my study commented about economising on the heating : ‘ I turn it off when I 'm in on my own and put a blanket on myself . |
| 17 | She lay , half asleep , listening to the blustering wind outside her shutters , and then , satisfied by the sound of steps somewhere outside , and the decisive snap as someone shut and latched the loose door , she went to sleep again . |
| 18 | So we can drink ourselves silly and get a bill for about ten pounds . |
| 19 | Having met with this problem on my first day , the following morning I wised-up and took a taxi around the harbour , half an hour before sunrise , to approach Farm Cove by way of the delightfully names Woolloomooloo Bay . |
| 20 | Shall we soon abolish death and refer to someone dead as having a life problem ? |
| 21 | Keep them warm while frying the remaining mixture . |
| 22 | Transfer cooked croquettes to a plate and keep them warm while frying the remaining mixture . |
| 23 | Most of them required or sought the help of the pope or his standing officers and courts . |
| 24 | Around her squealed and shouted the sixty or so pupils of Thrush Green Church of England Primary School . |
| 25 | Julie looked to her left and caught a glimpse of what looked like a large terraced house fronted by a blue and white canvas awning . |
| 26 | Let us consider this line at its worst and discount the farm , which can be counted only as ‘ corroborative ’ evidence of alignment , and even then only if prehistoric remains are to be found there . |
| 27 | Another showed her topless and wearing a tiara outside Buckingham Palace . |
| 28 | As she moved to push him away , he stepped with her into the lift , pressed the button for her floor , and , as the lift doors closed , he pulled her closer and aimed a kiss at her mouth . |
| 29 | ‘ He was a student at the university : they were to be married until she decided a career on the stage suited her better than becoming the wife of a Hapsburg cavalry officer . |
| 30 | In the end she would only find her fascinating and feel no pity for her at all . |