Example sentences of "[pron] [det] [conj] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | I raised a cup of my own and took a belt . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Should I go out on my own and start a business , or would the insecurity be unbearable ? |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | The office of collector of supply was one which held its value over time , for the salary appears to have increased at a rate which more than compensated the holder for the ravages of inflation . |
| 9 | ( The charter still exists and the seal can be seen in the town museum , which more than repays a visit . ) |
| 10 | Greek negative theology was able to make the original revelation particularly their own and offered a constant corrective to their hellenistic love of rationalism and intellectual debate . |
| 11 | Then they wrote some papers of their own and forced the Mexicans to sign them . |
| 12 | After lunch , pensioners had the choice of venturing off on their own or visiting the Tales of Robin Hood Centre . |
| 13 | The souk was not located , as markets usually were , in a square of its own but occupied the space created by a crossroads . |
| 14 | It took all the courage he had to thrust his head and shoulders into the mouth of that entrance , but he closed his eyes and twisted and turned and after a time tumbled out into a great stone chamber , lit with a soft light of its own that dimmed the glitter of his shining key . |
| 15 | However , MacArthur doubted whether the Soviet Union would attack Japan — ‘ Even if the Soviet Government had aggressive intentions towards her it would be incapable of carrying them out , unless it could secure mastery of the air and either had a Far Eastern fleet of its own or possessed the means of neutralising any action by our own fleet . ’ |
| 16 | According to unofficial indications the Janata Dal ( S ) had 61 votes of its own and had the support of Congress ( I ) and 27 members of parties allied to Congress ( I ) . |
| 17 | Under the Third Republic , Fumaroli observes , Braque , Picasso , Giacometti and Matisse received no State subsidy ; nor did Proust or Gide ; popular boulevard theatre was left on its own and produced the likes of Pitoeff , Guitry and Jouvet . |
| 18 | Unable to stand it any longer , Sheila went up to him and before he had time to react seized both envelopes , feverishly tearing open her own and handing the other to Mona , who appeared almost unable to take it . |
| 19 | My sister , who is 80 , lives on her own and takes no tablets . |
| 20 | She knew she did not want to be an employee or to set up on her own and accepted a position as Recorder on the South-East Circuit while looking at the appointments pages in the newspapers . |
| 21 | Therese sang back , matching every sob with a shrill one of her own and giving an extra heartrending tremolo here and there . |
| 22 | Perhaps she was incapable of standing on her own and needed the encouragement of supportive males . |
| 23 | He thought : I 'll get her on her own and have a private talk . |
| 24 | Carole would take the first opportunity to get her on her own and have a word with her in private . |
| 25 | Well you can have them all and put the black in when you need it . |
| 26 | The first of the five villages of the Cinque Terre , Monterosso al Mare is the largest and the most accessible of them all and has the finest hotels and restaurants . |
| 27 | ‘ If we sell one more player I might as well sell them all and forget the silver and take the gold — I 'm not going to continue to sell one or two a season . |
| 28 | He greeted them all and handed the letter to Gabriel . |
| 29 | I lit the taper , twisted another dozen pages , lit one more and pushed the waistband of my trousers down to my knees . |
| 30 | It is now up to Ferguson to prove he is doing something more than repeating a cliched defence . |