Example sentences of "[noun] [art] [noun] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The clocks are very expensive — some costing more than ten thousand pounds , but even in the depths of a recession the firm thought it had enough work to keep it ticking over . |
| 2 | We approached it cautiously , in case the cops had it staked out . |
| 3 | Some , like Robert Fishlock of Thistleton , were taxed on wages ; perhaps he was somebody 's chief servant , and in any case the muster described him more realistically as a labourer and valued his goods at 30s . |
| 4 | You mean in case the bogeyman gets me ? ’ she teased . |
| 5 | Not , the constructivist argues , by the enrichment of perceptual input ( in any case the evidence tells us that this is already rich ) : only through action itself . |
| 6 | Now I feel it is very hurtful when you have a boyfriend and when he finds out he does n't want to know in case the child calls him Daddy . |
| 7 | I had to cancel a live radio performance and head for Stornoway , home of the Calvinist hits , where the black puddings come in square boxes in case the ministers think they 're too phallic . |
| 8 | ‘ Yes , we were , although it was a Cambridge officer who broke the news because I did n't want any delay in case the Press got it . |
| 9 | We wasted days and days dancing in the Pink Pussy Club , yawning at Fat Mattress at the Croydon Greyhound , ogling strippers on Sunday mornings in a pub , sleeping through Godard and Antonioni films , and enjoying the fighting at Millwall Football Ground , where I forced Changez to wear a bobble-hat over his face in case the lads saw he was a Paki and imagined I was one too . |
| 10 | We talked of Partition and the how the old princess had thrown the last family heirlooms — a series of beautiful inlaid jade daggers down the haveli well , in case the police arrested them for possessing offensive weapons . |
| 11 | Mr Didier , just in case the police think it 's me , ’ Angelina declared honestly . |
| 12 | The normally staid Independent cleared its front page for a graphic , reminiscent of a medieval woodcut , depicting all stages in the evolution of the Cosmos , while the Sun announced that ‘ We Find the Secret of the Creation ’ and showed a mysterious egg-shaped blob with the caption ‘ AMAZING … the universe with ripples shown in the patchy areas ’ , presumably in case the readers thought they were patches in the rippled areas . |
| 13 | These broke in whatever direction the mood took them . |
| 14 | In Passages in a Wandering Life , Thomas Arnold the Younger tells us that between 1835 and 1850 : |
| 15 | For his part the comedian says he understands why the man was so upset , though not his racism . |
| 16 | It was therefore with some trepidation that I ventured out to see if it was possible to meet my own demanding standards and buy a high quality basic marine system within the modest , at today 's prices , £250 budget the editor set me . |
| 17 | Supplementary pension tops up your income to the level the government thinks you need . |
| 18 | I was to be Connie Fraser , Joel the doctor attending me . |
| 19 | In too many cases the draughtsman finds it quicker to design a new part than to search through hundreds of drawings for one that fits his task . |
| 20 | In that same month Warcup had several meetings with the king and his ministers , Laurence Hyde , later first Earl of Rochester , and Sir Leoline Jenkins [ qq.v. ] ; and on 4 March the council ordered him £1,500 by privy seal , for his expenses . |
| 21 | but when William the Conqueror came I think it was |
| 22 | William the Conqueror meant it to impress the rebellious Londoners with his power , as well as protecting them . ’ |
| 23 | William the Conqueror occupied it when he landed at Pevensey in 1066 before the Battle of Hastings . |
| 24 | For these reasons the Department considers it to be of the utmost importance that the form is used in all of the appropriate circumstances and clearly it will help if it can be completed right after the incident has taken place . |
| 25 | In a nasty , but highly entertaining tirade , one of the more perceptive remarks was that if it was n't for The Wedding Present , Ukrainian music would be confined solely to Blue Peter specials ; surely one of the main reasons the band did it in the first place . |
| 26 | The result of the partnership will be an Electronic Software Licensing NetWare Loadable Module , but in addition the companies say they are working on developer tools that will give software authors access to the services needed to build licence-enabled NetWare applications . |
| 27 | In addition the Sioux regard it as wrong to answer a question unless they are absolutely sure of the correct answer . |
| 28 | Although both these patterns of results are consistent with Easterbrook 's hypothesis the differences make it hard to actually predict an expected pattern of results for any new experimental manipulation of arousal . |
| 29 | If the Federated States wanted to join a regional arrangement deemed undesirable by the United States ( a nuclear-free zone treaty , for example ) the latter , although a third party to the negotiations or concluded agreement , could claim under this provision the right to stop them doing so . |
| 30 | Jason the instructor says they made out very well and worked together well as a team … |